Constance or Solitary Practices.
by Durrell, Lawrence
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1982. First edition of the third novel in Lawrence Durell's Avignon Quintet. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by David Gentleman. Lawrence Durrell was a prolific English novelist, authoring two multivolume series along with numerous independent novels, poetry collections, and travel books. Constance is the third and most popular entry in his Avignon Quintet, and was nominated for the Booker Prize in 1982.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 138734
- Title
- Constance or Solitary Practices.
- Author
- Durrell, Lawrence
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Constance or Solitary Practices First Edition, Lawrence durrell First Edition
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Raptis Rare Books
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About Raptis Rare Books
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...