Publicado por Rowohlt Verlag, GmbH, Reinbek, Germany, 1960
Librería: Antiquariat Luna, Lüneburg, Alemania
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Original-Leinen. Condición: Gut. deutsche Erstausgabe. dem unsignierten Buch liegt eine Karte bei signiert mit Widmung und Ort von dem britischen Schriftsteller Lawrence Durrell (1912-90). leichte Gebrauchsspuren, Karte bei der Widmung Fleck, signed by author. Size: 8°. Buch.
Publicado por Faber and Faber, London, 1958
Librería: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good(-). Octavo in yellow cloth and green jacket illus in b&w; 320 pages illustrations 21 cm. Signed by Durrell on front free endpaper. Bookseller stamp of Shakespeare & Co, Paris to title page. Jacket design uncredited. "Mountolive, published in 1958, is the third volume in The Alexandria Quartet series by British author Lawrence Durrell. Set in Alexandria, Egypt, around World War II, the four novels tell essentially the same story from different points of view and come to a conclusion in Clea. Mountolive is the only third person narrative in the series, and it is also the most overtly political. According to biographer Ian MacNiven, Lawrence Durrell regarded Mountolive as the clou, the nail holding together the entire structure of the Quartet. And Durrell gave to David Mountolive, his English ambassador, details from his own life: "Mountolive had been born in India, had left it at age eleven, had had an affair with a Yugoslav dancer. Mountolive had not seen his father again after leaving India, and this Larry joined to his own myth of abandonment, a myth he came absolutely to believe, that he had not seen his father after coming to England."-Wikipedia / Fiction Love stories. Romance fiction. Alexandria (Egypt) -- Fiction. Soiling and wear to edges; a well-read copy in an about very good to very good(-) jacket with tape shadows to jacket flaps and verso; in mylar. Stated fourth impression of the first edition.
Publicado por London: Faber & Faber., 1960
Librería: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: Good. 8vo. 320 pp., Orange Cloth, Dust Jacket with protective sleeve, Good with marginal tears and tiny losses at head & tail of spine, minor creasing & staining. Fourth Impression. This is part of Durrell's Alexandria Quartet. (Brigham, p. 15)Provenance: Collection of Chiefly First Editions by Lawrence Durrell, most signed presentation copies, inscribed to his friend Jeremy Mallinson. Mallinson, was Gerald Durrell's right-hand man from the early days of the Jersey Zoo (now Durrell Wildlife Park). Association copy.
Publicado por E. P. Dutton & Co, New York, 1959
Librería: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Book club edition. Signed by Lawrence Durrell on the title page. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with rubbing at edges, stain/blemish to front cover with corresponding mark to verso of jacket. Previous owner name blacked out on front free endpaper. In a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket, a bit tattered at the edges, and with a tape repair made to the verso.
Publicado por Faber & Faber, 1962
Librería: St Philip's Books, P.B.F.A., B.A., Oxford, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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Hardback. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: 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.
Publicado por E. P. Dutton & Co, New York, 1959
Librería: Chicago Signed Books, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. 3rd printing. Book is near fine, Jacket has tears and is ragged but in tact by the flap of the front cover. Inscribed by Author(s).
Publicado por Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 1958
Librería: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
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Yellow Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good DJ. First Edition, First Printing. 320 Pp. Yellow Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Violet. Near Fine Book, Clean, Hinges Tight, No Names Or Marks, Spine Gilt Bright, No Fraying Or Foxing. Dj Not Price Clipped [16S Net], Wear At Corners With Small Losses At Corners And Along Most Of Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine, Not Affecting The Lettering, And Wear Along Rear Spine Edge; Small 1/4" Deep V-Chip At Right Of Lower Edge Of Front Panel. Signed By Author On Title Page And Dated 1970. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Faber 1958, 1958
Librería: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, Reino Unido
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Condición: Good. A first edition, second printing published by Faber in 1958. A good only book with some markings to the boards. SIGNED and inscribed by Durrell to Elisabeth Frink and Edward Poult (1968). Some strengthening to the gutters. In a near fine wrapper which is unclipped and has some light wear to the head of the spine. Rare signed copy of the third Alexandria novel.
Publicado por Faber, UK, 1962
Librería: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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Decorative Cloth. Condición: 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).
Publicado por E. P. Dutton & Co, New York, 1959
Librería: Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA, Conshohocken, PA, Estados Unidos de America
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Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good binding. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. 318 pp. First American edition, first printing, signed and dated by Durrell. In publisher's cloth-over-boards binding with dust jacket. Only light shelfwear to the binding; previous owner initial and date on the front free endpaper else contents are clean; dust jacket is very light rubbed and a trifle sunned at the spine; price intact on the front flap. Mountolive is the third volume in Durrell's famed Alexandria Quartet.
Publicado por Faber, London, 1962
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Limited Edition. The special issue of the first single-volume edition, limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by the author (this being #184). A short preface by the author details a few minor textual alterations. 8vo. 884pp. Orange buckram lettered and ruled in gold at the spine and with a hand motif black-stamped to the upper board. Cloth at backstrip lightly faded, else in fine state with original unprinted protector and decorated slipcase, a little chafed at extremities. Somewhat over bold former owner gift inscription to the front free endpaper. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por London: Faber and Faber, 1962, 1962
Librería: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Reino Unido
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First collected edition, signed limited issue, number 206 of 500 copies signed by the author. Durrell decided "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" (preface). Durrell's study of love and political intrigue in Egypt before and during the Second World War appeared as four individual novels, 1957-60. The series "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 33a. Anthony Burgess, 99 Novels, The Best in English Since 1939, 1984. Octavo. Original orange cloth over bevelled boards, black label on gilt-lettered spine, black hand-print design within blind frame on front cover, yellow endpapers, top edge gilt. Housed in publisher's card slipcase decoratively printed in gold and black. Spine gently sunned, gilt remaining bright, slipcase a little rubbed. A near-fine copy.
Publicado por E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1957
Librería: Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Each volume signed by Durrell on front free endpaper, except for Mountolive signed on title page. All early printings (though none firsts). All vols. (except for Justine) very good with good+ dust jackets: minor wear and handling soil; a few smalls tears to jackets; slightly inscreased soiling and discoloring to rear panels of Mountolive and Clea. Justine shows significant rub wear at head & foot of spine and significant dampstaining and chipping to jacket; signature also smudged. Books come in slipcase, scuffed and edge-worn. Jacket flaps clipped. Very rare to have the complete Quartet signed. Happy to send pictures. Signed by Author(s).
Publicado por Faber, UK, 1962
Librería: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
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Decorative Cloth. Condición: 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).
Publicado por Faber & Faber, London, 1962
Librería: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, Estados Unidos de America
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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.
Publicado por Faber And Faber, London, 1962
Librería: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
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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].
Publicado por Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1962
Librería: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, Estados Unidos de America
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Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: 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.
Publicado por London: Faber and Faber. -1960, 1957
Librería: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, Reino Unido
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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.
Publicado por Faber & Faber, London, 1957
Librería: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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4 volumes. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jackets. Justine retains the publisher's printed wraparound band. The four volumes are preserved in a custom quarter morocco folding clamshell box. First editions; first printings; in the first issue dust jackets. Justine: faintest of foxing to the fore-edge and top edge of the dust jacket; very light fading of the rose cloth; else a fresh unworn copy in a very sharp jacket with very slight fading to the spine. Balthazar: South African bookseller's tiny ticket to front pastedown; else a fine copy in a beautiful jacket with just a touch of fading to the backstrip. Mountolive: slightest of foxing to the fore-edge and top edge of the text block; else a fine copy in a fine jacket. Clea: a fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Justine is signed and inscribed by Lawrence Durrell on the front free endpaper.
Publicado por Faber and Faber 1960-1961, London, 1960
Librería: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición Ejemplar firmado
First editions of each of the novels comprising the author's acclaimed Alexandria Quartet, each signed by Lawrence Durrell. Octavo, original cloth, 4 volumes. Justine is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Signed for Christopher hope he finds her good company! Lawrence Durrell 1985." Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea are each signed on the title page, "Lawrence Durrell 1985." Each book is near fine to fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. A very sharp set, rare and desirable signed. 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.
Publicado por Faber and Faber 1960-1961, London, 1960
Librería: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, Estados Unidos de America
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First editions of each of the novels comprising the author's acclaimed Alexandria Quartet, each volume signed by Lawrence Durrell. Octavo, original cloth, 4 volumes. Justine is signed twice by Lawrence Durrell on the front free endpaper. Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea are each signed by Lawrence Durrell on the front free endpaper. Each book is fine in near fine to fine dust jackets. Each volume are housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Easily the nicest signed set we have seen. 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.