The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell, First Edition (40 results)

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. 1ª Edición. Barcelona, Proa, 1995. Traducció de Manuel de Pedrolo i Jordi Arbonès. 864 pàgines. 24 x 16 cms. Tela editorial amb sobrecoberta il.lustrada. Cinta separadora. Bon estat. Primera edició.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good in a Good price-clipped dust jacket. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear. Dust Jacket is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has toning to white of rear panel. 20.5 cm.; 8.25 inches tall; 318 pages. First Edition, First Printing, American. Mountolive is a novel of vertiginous disclosures, in which the betrayer and the betrayed share secret alliances and an adulterous marriage turns out to be a vehicle for the explosive passions of the modern Middle East. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket.

1st edn. Hardback in d/w. 884pp. Pink cloth boards with gilt titles on blue background to spine. Minor bumps/rubs to extrems. Neat ownership to front free endpaper, otherwise VG, clean, bright and tight. In G+ unclipped d/w with small loss to two corners and a couple of internally repaired small tears.

Paperback. First Thus. Mass-market paperbacks in 16mo. 4.25 x 6.375 in. 257; 247; 292; 280 pp. + adverts. Complete set of Durrell's tetralogy. First Giant Cardinal Edition, First Printings. Pictorial wrappers. No. 70 of Modern Library's list of 100 Best English-language Novels of the Twentieth Century. Very good. Justine good only, with mild waterstain to fore-edge & first two pages separating. Moderate edgewear and light toning to all volumes. Bindings generally tight & square otherwise.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Octavo. 884 pp. First American one-volume edition. As issued, in publisher's salmon cloth with title in gold on the spine; lacking the dust jacket. Binding is lightly rubbed at the spine and edges; generally it presents well; some foxing to the endpapers and some minor and limited staining to the bottom edge of the first blank; contents are clean. A nice edition of this modern classic.

Condition: Very Good. First ed thus in the BCA collected edition. DJ is is in good condition with slight wear on all edges and some small tears. Not price clipped. Rust boards with gilt lettering to spine. In very good condition, just some slight tears to front endpapers.

First ed thus in the BCA collected edition. DJ is is in good condition with slight wear on all edges. Not price clipped. Rust boards with gilt lettering to spine. In very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. vii / 198 pp, and vi / 263 pp 2 uniform volumes in individual slipcases, each with 10 bw plates, bound in orange cloth with gilt titles to spine bw photographic illustrations to front covers, brown endpapers . All volumes in fine condition with only the slightest signs of reading., slipcase show a few rubs and marks, minor shelf wear. Heavy Set will need extra postage outside UK.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1962. First Omnibus Edition. Octavo; 884pp. Printed dust jacket with $10.00 price intact; book in red cloth with gilt lettering and blue title square to spine. Jacket shows a few shallow tears along edges, with a 1.5" crease at bottom front, wear to corners and spine ends, and some general toning and smudging, mostly to white back panel. Boards are clean with some fading along edges. Spine slightly cocked. Endpapers foxed. Opens easily between a few gatherings, but binding is sound. Pages unmarked. First omnibus edition of Durrell's Quartet, consisting of the novels Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, and Clea.

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.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A first four in one volume edition of the Alexandria Quarter by Lawrence Durrell. A first edition of this one volume edition.?The Alexandria Quartet is a collection of four novels by Lawrence Durrell, that present perspectives of characters in Alexandria before and during the Second World War, being the novels Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea.?Lawrence Durrell was a British novelist, poet, dramatist and travel writer.?In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart indeed with very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is very smart with some fading to the spine and chipping to the head of the spine. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, clipped, faintly toned and rubbed. Red buckram, rubbed at the bottom edge, pushed at the head and foot of the spine. Square, bound with some reading wear, former owner's signature inside the front board, clean otherwise. The first complete one-volume edition that brings together Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, and Clea. The Modern Library named the quartet as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.

Four volume set. Hardcovers with dust jacket, Includes Justine (seventh printing), Balthazar (fourth printing), Mountolive (second printing) and Clea (first printing). Very good with rubbing, slight tearing, chipping and/or fading to jacket, hint of cover wear, fading to DJ spine of Clea, uneven page toning to Clea.

Faber. UK. 1961. Paperback. Four books, all first edition in this format. The Modern Library has in the past stated that the 'Alexandria Quartet' is one of its best 100 English language novels of the twentieth century. A smart set. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

FIRST THUS. Large octavo. Justine pp xix, [1], 203; Balthazar pp vii, [1], 198; Mountolive pp vi, 263; Clea pp viii, 241. 10 sepia photographic plates per volume. Orange cloth with gilt titles to spine and pictorial upper boards; brown endpapers. Individually housed in plain brown paper-covered slipcases. Fine copies in like slipcases. Full set of Durrell's classic mid-twentieth century tetralogy. Scarce as a set, particularly in this condition. First vol. printed 2008, successive volumes printed 2009. Heavyweight, so a contribution towards increased postal charges may be requested for overseas deliveries.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. First single-volume edition of Lawrence Durrell's famous work 'The Alexandria Quartet' in the original, unclipped dust wrapper. First edition of this work. The Alexandria Quartet was a great critical and commercial success, set in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during the Second World War. An exploration of relativity and notions of continuum and subject-object relations, with a theme of modern love.?The most famous work by Lawrence Durrell, this is the first single-volume edition grouping all four novels Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, and?Clea; originally published between 1957 and 1960, and with revisions by the author.Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with minor bumping to head of spine. Dust wrapper unclipped and smart with minor shelf wear, light age toning to spine and wraps, lightly chipped to head of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Collected Edition. Red cloth, gilt on blue. Dust jacket sunned. Interior crisp and clean. First collected edition containing the four novels in the title. Collectively, this tetralogy was listed as one of the Modern Library's 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Couverture souple. Condition: Comme neuf. Edition originale.

First impression, Fine in dustwrapper. The first one-volume trade edition with a short Preface and a number of revisions to the text by the author. A Fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. First Edition. 4 volume set of first editions, first printings of Durrell's classic quartet ('Justine' is a second printing as stated on the jacket). A very good set in original jackets (jackets have some minor wear to edges; books have minor wear; 'Clea' has a neat ink name on endpaper; 'Balthazar' has a small inked-out name on endpaper).

[Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, without reviews to jacket. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250 [6]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the grey illustrated dust-jacket. A crisp, clean copy internally, with some light chipping to jacket edges, toning to jacket spine, and a few toned spots to jacket covers. Price-clipped. Very good. The second book in the Alexandria Quartet, following 'Justine' (1957).

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).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. British Signed limited edition, number 124 of 500 copies. With original publisher's clear plastic jacket. No slipcase. Signed by the author in red ink directly to front page without dedication. Contains : Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea. All published in this one volume edition with revisions. Clear plastic jacket is very good with a few small marks, a few minor scratches and a little dustiness. Boards are very good with fading/few marks, little rubbing to spine, very minor pushing/bumping to corners, the odd small mark and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top of pages gilt (slightly scratched). Small mark to lower corner of a few pages. Odd small mark/minor foxing to page edges and bottoms. Small bookseller's sticker inside front board. Pages bit tanned. Odd small mark/minor foxing inside boards/to end-papers. Occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. Odd light crease to a few pages. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Alexandria Quartet, Lawrence Durrell. 1962. Sijthoff. 8vos. 221pp + 222pp + 286pp + 264pp. First Dutch editions, comprising the four volumes of the famed quartet, in striking dust jackets, uncredited. Cream cloth with blue titles at the spine. A very good set in good to near fine jackets, Justine with several chips, splits, rubbing and creases with a little loss and several tape repairs at verso. Balthazar with corners and tips rubbed and bumped, tear to rear panel connection centre of spine panel, rear fore edge joint rubbed. The remaining two volumes with lighter rubbing, small chips and tiny loss at corners and tips, but all generally presentable in Mylar. Cloth boards on the whole fine, one or two minor marks across the set, the bindings tight and square, seemingly unread. Internally all about fine with some light offsetting at endpapers. A terrific set, scarce.

4 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces and numerous sepia-toned photographs as plates; pictorial boards, terracotta cloth backs lettered in gilt, brown endpapers, a fine set in publisher's board slip-cases. With uniform personal bookplate on front paste-downs. COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE VERY SCARCE.

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).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Alexandria Quartet, comprising Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, and Clea. Lawrence Durrell. 1957-60. London: Faber & Faber. 8vos. Justine and Mountolive second impressions published in the same month as the firsts, Balthazar and Clea first printings. Publisher s coloured cloth in original dust jackets. JUSTINE: Very good. Binding firm with a gentle lean, textblock lightly spotted, prelims lightly foxed with ink ownership inscription. Jacket with a few closed tears, nicks, some handling marks to fore-edge, unclipped. BALTHAZAR: Near fine. Cloth clean, binding firm with very faint lean. A few spots to textblock, internally clean with pencil inscription (as Justine), some offsetting else fine. Dust jacket unclipped with a few spots to panels and a few small nicks and rubbing. MOUNTOLIVE: Near fine. Cloth clean, binding firm and square. Some spots to textblock, ink ownership inscription (as others) with a little offsetting to prelims, else fine. Dust jacket unclipped with a few chips and nicks to corners and tips. CLEA: Near fine. Cloth clean, binding tight and square. A few light spots to textblock, internally a few spots to ffep else fine, no inscriptions. Dust jacket unclipped with some rubbing to corners and tips, a few other scuff marks but presentable. Overall, a lovely example of Durrell s magnum opus.

Yellow Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: 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).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 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.

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).