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Published by London : Faber and Faber, 1961
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: The Alexandria Quartet, 1. Physical description: 253 p. ; 18 cm. Subjects: English Literature; Prose 20th Century; Fiction; Novels, English. 1 Kg.
Published by London : Faber and Faber, 1961
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
1st edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: The Alexandria Quartet, 1. Physical description: 253 p. ; 18 cm. Subjects: English Literature; Prose 20th Century; Fiction; Novels, English. 1 Kg.
Published by Faber & Faber, 1962
ISBN 10: 0571052045ISBN 13: 9780571052042
Seller: Nineveh Books, Wem, SHROP, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the Faber collection of four novels. Bears signature and date (1970) of previous owner on FEP. Otherwise unmarked and it excellent clean condition. Boards and DJ have v. minor corner scuffs. DJ is unclipped.
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1962
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. First one-volume edition. Jacket has heavy tanning, chipping, and tearing with tape repairs to the inside of jacket, some loss. Some light edgewear to boards and spine ends, front hinge a little strained, owner details to ffep, some foxing to endpapers, however, contents clean and firm. Size: 8vo.
Published by Faber & Faber London, 1969
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition in collected form. Faber & Faber, London. 1969. Hardback with dust-wrapper. 884 pages. Dust-wrapper has fine wrinking to lamination and scratch to rear panel; extremities of cloth sl. rubbed.
Published by Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1969
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Omnibus Edition. A Fine copy in rose-red linen cloth covered boards, in white, black and red dustwrapper, price-clipped. Lengthy (but charming) inscription to half-title page, else clean and unmarked. 884pp. Q07217.
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1969
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in rose linen cloth, in a Fine price-clipped dustwrapper (one invisible closed tear top front panel. 884pp. Text and endpapers immaculate, an unread copy. Durrell's masterpiece. Q16304.
Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1962
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. One volume edition with revisions. A Fine copy in pale rose linen cloth covered boards, stamped in gilt on blue panel at spine, in a Fine pale blue dustwrapper printed in black and burnt red, price-clipped, with a trace of toning to spine and flapfold edges. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. 884pp. Durrell's magnum opus. Q04323.
Published by Faber & Faber, 1960
Seller: M&B Books, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Faber & Faber, London, 1960. Hardcovers with dust jackets. Matching set of four later editions (4th to 7th) all published in the same year. Condition: Very Good: very clean and bright spines with gold gilt lettering and boards with sharp corners throughout; none of the four titles has previous owner's marks or gift inscriptions; none of the dust jackets are price clipped. Justine, seventh impression, March 1960; Balthazar, 6th impression, September, 1960; Mountolive, fifth impression, September, 1960; Clea, fourth impression, March 1960. All four have sound bindings; end papers have light spotting; text blocks are tight and very clean throughout with spotting to leading edges only. Dust jacket condition: Justine has small losses to top and bottom of darkened spine, but not affecting the title letters, and closed tears. Balthazar has darkened spine and small nicks to spine tips and to the edges of flaps. Mountolive has very clean panels and flaps with a little browning to the spine, which has two closed tears and scuffing, and small nicks to flap edges. Clea has a little darkening to the spine, which has very small closed tears to spine tips, scuffs to flap edges with clean panels (please see images).
Published by Faber & Faber, 1962
Seller: St Philip's Books, P.B.F.A., B.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition Signed
Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edn thus. ~No ownership marks. Orange cloth in fresh condition, panel with black hand to front board, spine faded. Corners sharp. All edges gilt. Headband. Clear plastic dustwrapper, original slipcase in decorative paper, slightly edgeworn but sound. 1st edition thus of all 4 books. Limited edition: #126 of 500 copies, signed by author. Hardly used, fine except spine faded. Size: 884pp. Signed by author ('Helen'). Binding sound, text unmarked.
Published by Faber, UK, 1962
Book First Edition Signed
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Edition 1962. 1st one volume edition The Alexandria Quartet - Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea and signed by the author. Limited edition of 500 books this being number 450. Book is very good and bright. Nice bright un-faded spine. Slight patchy colour loss to front board cloth. Contents very good. Slip case not present. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16878. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Faber 1957-1960, London, 1957
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A complete first edition set of Lawrence Durrell's 'Alexandria Quartet', with 'Mountolive' and 'Clea' retaining their original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impression of each volume of the quarter.With the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrappers to 'Clea' and 'Mountolive'.Lawrence Durrell's tetralogy of novels present three perspectives of a single set of events and characters in Alexandria, Egypt, both before and during WWII. The fourth book - 'Clea' - book is set six years later.In order of publication, present here are: 'Justine' (1957), 'Balthazar' (1958), 'Mountolive' (1958) and 'Clea' (1960).With a loosely inserted letter, dated 1970, from John ME Talbot, the sales office manager of Faber, the publisher of these works. Addressed to L.A. Shilcof, Talbot informs him that any copy of 'Balthazar' dated 1958 is a first edition.With the bookplate of John Waern Hill to the front pastedown of 'Clea' and 'Mountolive'. With the inscription of T I Rodela to the front free endpaper of 'Justine'. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with price unclipped dust wrapper to final two volumes. Bumping to back strip heads and tails, with rubbing to back strip of 'Justine'. Otherwise, externally excellent. Dust wrappers in excellent condition, with light chipping to head of 'Mountolive', and minor edge wear to tail of each dust wrapper. Bookplates to front pastedown of two latest works, with inscription to front free endpaper of 'Justine'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. book.
Published by Faber, UK, 1962
Book First Edition Signed
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Edition 1962. 1st one volume edition The Alexandria Quartet - Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea and signed by the author. Limited edition of 500 books this being number 370. Book is near fine and very bright. Nice bright unfaded spine. Contents very good. Includes the original cellophane wrapper and slip case. Slip case is about good with surface loss and rubbing to edges.More images can be taken upon request. Ref16963. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1962
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Signed limited first edition of Durrell's masterpiece, one of 500 numbered copies. Signed by Lawrence Durrell on the limitation page. Octavo, original orange cloth, hand-print design to upper board in black, yellow endpapers, top edge gilt. With the original acetate dust jacket, in the publisher's black and gold slipcase. Bookplate to the front pastedown of book collector Otis Skinner Blodget. An exceptional example. Lawrence Durrell's masterpiece The Alexandria Quartet are four novels set in Alexandria, Egypt during the 1940s. The first of his four novels Justine "demands comparison with the best books of our century." Balthazar continues Durrell s epic series with "a spontaneous, resourceful new beauty" and, in the third novel Mountolive, Durrell again creates a "work of splendid craft and troubling veracity." The tetralogy s final novel Clea completes Durrell s stated design of modeling "the series on the relativity proposition in physics" altogether achieving "a spontaneous, resourceful new beauty" (New York Times). Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century.
Published by Faber and Faber (1957-60), London, 1957
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition of each of the four volumes comprising his most critically acclaimed work. JUSTINE shows light foxing to page edges but is otherwise near fine in very good or better dust jacket with slight toning to spine, light soiling and tanning and tiny chips at spine tips; BALTHAZAR shows faint spotting along inner hinges but is otherwise bright and fine in very good to near fine dust jacket slightly darkened on spine and toned on edges and with few tiny corner chips; MOUNTOLIVE shows light scattered foxing to page edges and endpapers, otherwise near fine in like dust jacket with touch of rubbing, slight tanning to spine and tips nicked; CLEA shows moderate foxing to endpapers most noticeably on front pastedown but is only lightly foxed on page edges, otherwise bright and fine in near fine dust jacket with touch of light soiling and slightly sunned. Note: Ownership signature of "Harry Blackmer, Paris, 1960" on front pastesdown of CLEA. Presumably the same Blackmer in the 1932 Supreme Court decision that recognized a state's right to retain jurisdiction over its citizens abroad (Blackmer v. United States, 284 U.S. 421). Blackmer was found guilty of contempt for refusing to appear when subpoenaed as a witness for the U.S. in a criminal trial related to the Teapot Dome Scandal. Altogether a very good to near fine set. HIS MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED WORK.
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1962
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Limited Edition. #438/500 copies of the British Limited. A beautiful Fine copy in deep orange buckram stamped in gilt in decorative panel at spine, top edge gilt, in publishers soft unprinted acetate dustwrapper (also Fine), in publisher's black/gold patterned paper slipcase (also Fine). 884pp. SIGNED by Durrell on the preliminary colophon leaf. With a one-paragraph by Durrell for this edition. The tetralogy, with minor revisions. The first volume (Justine) was adapted to the cinema in a feature which starred Dirk Bogarde, Anouk Aimee, Michael York, etc. Q16396 Hardcover in dustwrapper in publisher's slipcase.
Published by Faber And Faber, London, 1962
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Durrell, Lawrence. THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET; JUSTINE, BALTHAZAR, MOUNTOLIVE & CLEA. Signed. London: Faber and Faber, 1962. First one volume edition, revised limited to 500 signed & numbered copies. 8vo., 884pp. Publisher's salmon-orange cloth covered boards, bevelled edges, with leather title-label on spine. Top edge gilt. Includes a short Preface by the author, written for this edition: ''It has been possible, for this edition, to correct a number of small slips pointed out by readers and critics, and also to add some small passages which were cut out of the original volumes in the MS. stage. A fine lovely example in the publisher's original unlettered acetate dustwrapper & in the publisher's patterned black & gold paper covered card slipcase showing some minor use. An extremely good copy.[22-32614-30966].
Published by Faber & Faber 1957-60, London, 1957
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Four octavo volumes. Cloth boards; dustjackets; 253+250+320+287pp. First Printings. Each Near Fine, clean and unmarked in original dustwrappers. Justine in unclipped, mildly spine-sunned second state jacket (handprint present on spine) retaining a portion of the "Book Society" wraparound advertising band; Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea each price-clipped, Balthazar with mild spine fading. Still a Near Fine set in attractive, lightly worn dustwrappers, Very Good Plus to Near Fine. Durrell's magnum opus, chronicling the lives of British expatriates in Egypt before WWII. The tetralogy was selected as No. 70 on The Modern Library's list of The 100 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century.
Published by Faber and Faber, 1957
Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA / ILAB, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition set published by Faber and Faber between 1957 and 1960. All four volumes are first edition and first print copies. The set consists of 1. Justine (1957) with the first issue dust wrapper without the hand print on the spine. This is a very good copy. It has a little loss and wear to the spine ends. There are small short tears to the corners. The spine is a shade browned. There is a piece of archival tape to the reverse of the jacket. Two of the corners of the book are bumped. The front free end paper has an impression of a previous owner's pencil inscription. This copy of Justine comes with its original book society wraparound band along with a card that is tucked into the front and signed by Laurence Durrell. 2. Balthazar (1958) is a very good or better copy. The spine of the jacket has browned and there is a patch of browning to the front and back panel. The book is in nice shape. 3. Mountolive (1958) is about near fine. With a browned spine and minor wear to the top. It is not price clipped and the book is excellent. 4. Clea (1960) is near fine. A superb copy with just one tear to the top of the front panel of the wrapper and a shade browned to the spine. The book and jacket overall are excellent. A presentable first print set overall. It is rare to find the promotional band and signed card. . Signed by Author(s).
Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1957-1960
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Editions. First editions. Four volumes. 8vo. Bound c.2004 by Bayntun-Riviere in full light blue morocco, the spines lettered in gilt, hand-marbled endleaves, gilt edges.
Published by London Faber 1957, 1957
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
All first edition, first printings, published by Faber between 1957-60 (with no mention of subsequent printings). Comprising: JUSTINE - A very good+ book with no inscriptions. 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. The rare first novel (one of 500 copies) of the Alexandria Quartet. BALTHAZAR - A first edition, first printing published by Faber in 1958. A fine book without inscriptions in a dust wrapper which has a couple of repairs to the spine tips and a little light spotting to the folds. Becoming scarce. MOUNTOLIVE - A first edition, first printing published by Faber & Faber in 1958. A near fine book without inscriptions. 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 - Published by: Faber and Faber in 1960. Bound in orange boards with gilt/gold lettering to the spine. Tightly bound - a fine book. In a near unclipped wrapper - a little browned to the spine. A rare set of all four first editions in the Alexandria Quartet and the author's masterpiece.
Published by London: Faber and Faber, 1957-60, 1957
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First editions, first impressions, of Durrell's enduring masterpiece, a study of love and political intrigue in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during the Second World War. "The four novels emerged in rapid succession from 1957 to 1960 and elicited wildly divergent but generally favourable reviews, praising or attacking Durrell's luxuriant prose, his highly romantic recreation of Alexandria, and his self-proclaimed use of Einstein. Only with the Quartet sales did Durrell begin to live from his writing" (ODNB). Thomas & Brigmore 27, 29-30, 33. Anthony Burgess, 99 Novels, The Best in English Since 1939, 1984. 4 works, octavo. Original variously coloured cloth, spines lettered in gilt on a coloured ground. With dust jackets. Housed in custom cream cloth slipcase with gilt spine lettering and blind hand device on covers after Justine jacket design. Ownership stamp on front free endpapers of Peter Silverman (Balthazar) and Sheila A. C. Hutchinson (Mountolive). Couple of bumps to extremities, tiny puncture to spine of Clea, affecting jacket, foxing to edges of Justine, small mark to fore edge of Balthazar, all contents clean. A very good set indeed in very good dust jackets, each price-clipped except Balthazar, light toning to spines, occasional closed tears, Justine with horizontal crease at head of rear panel, Balthazar with chips to spine and fold ends with old tape on verso of spine, upper edges of Mountolive a little nibbled, the set presenting nicely overall.
Published by London: Faber and Faber. -1960, 1957
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First editions, first printings. Four volumes. With an autograph letter signed. Beautifully bound in full red, blue, yellow and orange leather after the design of the original cloth bindings. Titles and decorative borders in gilt to the spines. Hand sewn endbands. All edges gilt. Housed in a bespoke black cloth slipcase. Justine with a little light spotting to the prelims and with a pocket to the rear pastedown to house the folded autograph letter. A fine set of the first printing of Durrell's critically acclaimed tetralogy, immaculately presented. The letter written from the author's Bellapaix home reads "Dear Vi / Just a brief note to tell you that we are thinking with deep sympathy of you, and that if there is anything we can do for you at this end you have only to ask / your sincerely / Lawrence Durrell". In 1998 the Modern Library ranked The Alexandria Quartet number 70 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Faber and Faber, 1957-60, 1957
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First editions, first impressions, of Durrell's enduring masterpiece, a study of love and political intrigue in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during the Second World War, presented here in sumptuous bindings by the Chelsea Bindery. "The four novels emerged in rapid succession from 1957 to 1960 and elicited wildly divergent but generally favourable reviews, praising or attacking Durrell's luxuriant prose, his highly romantic recreation of Alexandria, and his self-proclaimed use of Einstein. Only with the Quartet sales did Durrell begin to live from his writing" (ODNB). Thomas & Brigmore 27, 29-30, 33. Anthony Burgess, 99 Novels, The Best in English Since 1939, 1984. 4 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in red, blue, yellow and red morocco respectively after the design of the original cloth bindings, titles to spines gilt on contrasting coloured labels, plain blue endpapers, twin rule to turn-ins, all edges gilt. Housed in a red leather entry slipcase. A fine set.