Search Results: the alexandria quartet signed limited edition by durrell lawrence

London: Faber & Faber, 1962. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 8vo. Gilt lettered orange cloth with" black hand" motif on front panel. Top edge gilt. Wrapped in clear acetate cover. Housed in gilt patterned cardboard slipcase. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the author, this is no. 54. Slipcase rubbed a little to the front panels, side panels and edges with heavier rubbing and the corners with light wear. Book is clean and tight, with just some dirt to the rear board, a couple of folded down page corners and very heavily sunned spine.

Faber & Faber, 1962. ~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. . Signed by author ('Helen'). 1st edn thus. Hardback. Near Fine/Fine. 884pp. Binding sound, text unmarked.

Faber, London, 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 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..

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1962. 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.