The Alexandria Quartet
by Durrell, Lawrence
The Alexandria Quartet is a tetralogy of novels by British writer Lawrence Durrell, published between 1957 and 1960. A critical and commercial success, the books present four perspectives on a single set of events and characters in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during World War II. As Durrell explains in his preface to Balthazar, the four novels are an exploration of relativity and the notions of continuum and subject-object relation, with modern love as the subject.
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The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea (GC 63, 99, 766, 767)
by DURRELL, LAWRENCE
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- Used - Very good. Justine good only, with mild waterstain to fore-edge & first two pages separating. Moderate edgewear and light toning
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- 1961
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Asheville, North Carolina, USA
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New York: Pocket Books, 1961. First Thus. Paperback. 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.. Mass-market paperbacks in 16mo. 4.25 x 6.375 in. 257; 247; 292; 280 pp. + adverts. Complete set of Durrell's tetralogy. First… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet (4 Volumes) Justine; Balthazar; Mountolive; Clea;
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Dorchester, Dorset, GBR
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£528.00
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London. Faber & Faber. 1957; 1958; 1958; 1960; All 1st.. Size 5.25 x 8.0 inches. In coloured cloth covers with gilt to spines. With illustrated dustwrappers. In very good condition with very good dustwrappers (dw; spines slightly faded and rubbed on edges. Justine has a tear from the base of the spine. Clea price clipped. With protective plastic… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET
by Durrell, Lawrence
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- 1957
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Melbourne, Victoria, AUS
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London: Faber and Faber, 1957. Four volumes, comprising: 1. JUSTINE. Pp. 254; red cloth, spine blocked in blue and lettered & decorated in gilt, tiny ink stain to top fore-corner of upper board, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; top edges pale blue; 2. BALTHAZAR. Pp. 250; blue cloth, spine blocked in red and lettered & decorated in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet
by Lawrence Durrell
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- Used - Very Good Indeed
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- First edition
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- 1962
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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London : Faber and Faber, 1962. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet : Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
by Durrell, Lawrence
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- First Single-Volume Edition
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- 1962
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- Half Morocco
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London, Greater London, GBR
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£450.00
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London: Faber & Faber 1962. 8vo. 884 pp. Bound in a recent half maroon morocco over maroon cloth. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & lettering. New endpapers. Clean copy. No ownership names. The first collected edition with the text revised by the author and with a new preface. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First Single-Volume Edition. 1962. Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
by Durrell, Lawrence
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 5th or later Edition
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- 2005
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- Soft cover
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- 057122556x
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Carmarthenshire, GBR
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London: Faber & Faber, 2005. 5th or later Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. paperback, 884 pages, a fine clean copy. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. B121.
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Alexandria Quartet
by DURRELL, Lawrence
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- 1957
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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£3,011.25
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London: Faber and Faber, 1957. Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea]. London: Faber and Faber , [1957-1960].
First editions. Four octavo volumes. 253, [1, blank] pp.; 250 pp.; 320 pp.; 287, [1, blank] pp. Justine is a first edition with a first issue jacket. The jacket is unclipped and priced 15s. The spine contains no hand-print and the review… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, and Clea
by Durrell, Lawrence
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- Used - Very Good binding
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- 1962
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- Hard Cover
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1962. Hard Cover. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet (Signed Limited Edition)
by Durrell, Lawrence
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- Used - Good
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- Limited Edition
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- 1962
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- Hardcover
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Toronto, Ontario, CAN
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£354.24
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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,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet [Justine/Balthazar/Mountolive/Clea]
by Durrell, Lawrence
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- 1957
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, GBR
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£2,450.00
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London: Faber, 1957. All first edition, first printings, published by Faber between 1957-60 (with no mention of subsequent printings). Comprising: JUSTINE - A very good+ book with no inscriptions. In a very good unclipped first issue wrapper (first issue does NOT have the hand imprint on the spine and is priced at 15s and not 16s). The wrapper has… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Montolive & Clea
by Durrell, Lawrence
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Signed Limited Edition
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- 1962
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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£602.25
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1962. Signed Limited Edition. Near Fine. Signed limited edition; number 167 of a limited 199 copies signed by Lawrence Durrell. Bound in publisher's marbled paper-covered boards over blue cloth spine lettered in gilt; lacking acetate wrapper and slipcase. Near Fine with light rubbing to binding, minor sunning to spine. Evidence of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea [4 volume slipcased set].
by Durrell, Lawrence.
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- 2008
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- Hard Cover
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, GBR
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£85.00
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London; Folio Society, 2008 - 2010., 2008. Hard Cover. FIRST THUS except Mountolive: Second Printing. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
by Durrell, Lawrence
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
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- 057122556X
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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£5.27
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet: Justine; Balthazar; Mountolive; Clea
by Lawrence Durrell
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- Used - Very Good Indeed
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- Near Fine
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- First edition
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- 1957-1960
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- Cloth
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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£495.00
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London: Faber, 1957-1960 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Near Fine. 8.5" by 6". None. A complete first edition set of Lawrence Durrell's 'Alexandria Quartet', with 'Mountolive' and 'Clea' retaining their original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impression of each volume of the quarter.With the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrappers to 'Clea' and 'Mountolive'.Lawrence Durrell's tetralogy… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet: Justine. Clea. Mountolive. Balthazar. (4 Volume Set in Slip Case )
by Durrell, Lawrence
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine (Slip Case)
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- 1961
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0525482423
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Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
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£60.22
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New York: E.P.Dutton & Co. Inc, 1961. Clean and tight and square. No creases along the spines. Justine, renewed copyright 1985, D80.: Appears unread. Blue colored spine. Clea: renewed copyright 1988 D83 . Appears unread. Purple colored spine. Mountolive, renewed copyright, 1986, D82. Appears unread. Green colored… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet
by DURRELL, Lawrence
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1962
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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£803.00
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New York: E.P Dutton, 1962. Hardcover. Fine/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… Read more about this item Item Price
£803.00
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THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea
by Durrell, Lawrence
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- Used
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Middletown, Maryland, USA
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£1,204.50
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London: Faber and Faber, (1957-60). First edition of each of the four volumes comprising his most critically acclaimed work. JUSTINE shows light foxing to page edges but is otherwise near fine in very good or better dust jacket with slight toning to spine, light soiling and tanning and tiny chips at spine tips; BALTHAZAR shows faint spotting along inner… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet: Justine. Clea. Mountolive. Balthazar. (4 Volume Set in Slip Case )
by Durrell, Lawrence
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good (Boxed Set)
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- 1975
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0525477950
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Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
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£44.16
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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc, 1975. These four books are clean and tight. D80. D81. D82. D83. Copyright pages list 1961 but each book has an ISBN. Each book has the top corner clipped on the first blank page. Justine and Balthazar have a light crease on the spine. Very little shelfwear. The slip case has sunning slong… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea [4 volume slipcased set].
by Durrell, Lawrence.
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- Used
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- 2008
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- Hard Cover
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, GBR
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£120.00
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London; Folio Society, 2008 - 2009., 2008. Hard Cover. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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Time and the Mind: Personal Tempo, The Key to Normal and Pathological Mental Conditions
by BABCOCK, Harriet
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1941
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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£321.20
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Cambridge: Sci-Art Publishers, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Blue cloth gilt. Stamp and signature of a noted psychologist on the front fly, a bit of sunning along the spine and a small light spot on the front board, a sound, very good copy. Signed by the author, an important female psychologist who specialized in abnormal psychology… Read more about this item Item Price
£321.20