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Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed limited edition; number 167 of a limited 199 copies signed by Lawrence Durrell. Bound in publisher's marbled paper-covered boards over blue cloth spine lettered in gilt; lacking acetate wrapper and slipcase. Near Fine with light rubbing to binding, minor sunning to spine. Evidence of bookplate removal to first blank sheet. Three-quarter-inch exposure to front inner hinge at bottom. Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, containing the novels Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea; Signed by the author.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
DURRELL, Lawrence. The Alexandria Quartet. E.P Dutton, New York, 1962.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American edition of the first one-volume edition, limited and signed issue. About fine in near fine original unprinted acetate dustwrapper with tiny nicks and tears, in a modestly age-toned, near fine original cardboard fine slipcase. Copy number 45 of 199 numbered copies Signed by the author. A very scarce edition. By comparison the limited English edition was 500 copies. An excellent copy of a scarce title.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Durrell, Lawrence. The Alexandria Quartet [signed limited edition]. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1962.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: 884 pp. Beveled marbled paper boards over deep blue cloth backstrip, lettered and ruled in gilt, in publisher's slipcase. Spine slightly sunned, boards slightly rubbed at bevel, slipcase shows handling wear but is solid. One of 199 signed copies for distribution in the United States; the British edition published by Faber was 500 copies. A beautiful copy of Durrell's magnum opus and a high spot of twentieth century literature.
Seller: Triolet Rare Books, ABAA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.