Lawrence Durrell Signed THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET 1st U.K. All 4 TRUE UK 1sts including the Scarce JUSTINE SIGNED Start Price USD 3,500.00 Current Price USD 3,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 19, 2008 End Time Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Location Los Angeles, CA See more about 'Lawrence Durrell Signed THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET 1st U.K.' Description Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! This is a beautiful first edition / first printing dust-jacketed set of the four volumes comprising THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by Lawrence Durrell. They are titled: JUSTINE, BALTHAZAR, MOUNTOLIVE, and CLEA.  All four volumes are TRUE first edition / first printings (London: Faber & Faber) by the British Durrell, with the required first edition statement in each volume. Each is a first printing. Justine, by far the scarcest volume, is SIGNED by Lawrence Durrell on a laid-in page. This is a VERY GOOD complete set of books in VERY GOOD dust jackets. JUSTINE. London: Faber & Faber, 1957. "First Published mcmlvii by Faber and Faber Limited" stated on copyright page, as required.  This is correct designation for FIRST EDITION and FIRST PRINTING of this book. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD dust jacket. Has a previous owner's small name on first free endpage. Some of the gilt lettering on the spine slightly rubbed. Very clean text and interior. Tips and ends sharp. Some light shelfwear to cloth at bottom edge of front panel. This volume is SIGNED BY LAWRENCE DURRELL on a loose leaf laid in (see photo). The supplied dust jacket is slightly later than the book and has original price of 16s net on front flap, a chip at base of spine, and light wear at the top of the spine and at corners, plus two short edge tears. Dust jacket in mylar protector.   BALTHAZAR. London: Faber and Faber, 1958. "First Published mcmlviii by Faber and Faber Limited" stated on copyright page, as required.  This is correct designation for FIRST EDITION and FIRST PRINTING of this book. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD PLUS dust jacket. No previous owner's names nor writings but does have a small pen mark on book's front panel and the boards are somewhat handled. Very clean interior, almost immaculate. The gilt lettering on the spine slightly rubbed. Tips and ends sharp. The supplied dust jacket is slightly later than the book and has original price of 16s net on front flap, some light wear at the upper corners and two small tape ghosts, one at the base of the spine and one on the lower front flap. A beautiful dust jacket in mylar protector.   MOUNTOLIVE. London: Faber and Faber, 1958. "First Published mcmlviii by Faber and Faber Limited" stated on copyright page, as required.  This is correct designation for FIRST EDITION and FIRST PRINTING of this book. FINE (Pristine) book in NEAR FINE (Near Pristine) dust jacket. No previous owner's markings nor signs of previous use. Very clean inside and out. Tips and ends sharp. Unhandled copy. In a beautiful pictorial dust jacket, price-clipped, with only some minuscule light wear at spine ends and upper corners. CLEA. London: Faber and Faber, 1960. "First Published in mcmlx by Faber and Faber Limited," stated on copyright page. This is correct designation for FIRST EDITION and FIRST PRINTING of this book. FINE (Pristine) book in NEAR FINE (Near Pristine) dust jacket. No previous owner's markings nor signs of previous use. Very clean inside and out. Tips and ends sharp. Unhandled copy. In a beautiful pictorial dust jacket with original price of 16s net on front flap, with only some minuscule light wear at the top of the spine and at upper corners. A lovely set. A sensuous story of intrigue, passion, metaphysics and physics in Alexandria, Egypt. Durrell's finest work. 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