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Lawrence Durrell

The Alexandria Quartet First Editions

Faber

1957 - 1960

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A collection of first edition, first printings of Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet.

  • Lawrence Durrell (English).
  • Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea.
  • London: Faber, 1957-1960.


A rare set of all four first editions in the Alexandria Quartet.

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Justine:

In a very good unclipped first issue wrapper, first issue does not have the hand imprint on the spine and is priced at 15s and not 16s.

The wrapper has one small internal tape repair to a closed tear.

Some small chipping to the spine tips and corners.


Balthazar:

In a dust wrapper which has a couple of repairs to the spine tips and a little light spotting to the folds.


Mountolive:

Some slight browning to the text block, however, clean internally and tightly bound.

Some slight bumping to the head and base of the spine.

One small stain to the front board.

In a very good, unclipped wrapper showing chipping to the head and base of the spine and edges.

Some slight loss to the top of the front panel and three very small, closed tears to the rear panel.

Clea:

In a near unclipped wrapper - a little browned to the spine.

Feature(s)

First Edition, Dust Jacket

Language

English

Subject

Modern first editions, Sets, Novels, Literature, English literature and history, Fiction

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