balthazar von durrell lawrence

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: London: Faber and Faber, 1957-60, 1957. 4 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in red, blue, yellow and red morocco respectively after the design of the original cloth bindings, titles to spines gilt on contrasting coloured labels, plain blue endpapers, twin rule to turn-ins, all edges gilt. Housed in a red leather entry slipcase. A fine set. First editions, first impressions. Perhaps Durrell's greatest success, a study of love and political intrigue in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during World War II. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 121818

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 1.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: London: Faber and Faber, 1957-60, 1957. 4 volumes, octavo. Original pink, blue, yellow and red cloth respectively, titles to spines in gilt. With the dust jackets. Ownership signature to front free endpaper of Clea. Some light foxing to edges of text block. An excellent set in the jackets, spine panels of Clea and Justine faded, some shallow chips, a couple of short closed tears and nicks to extremities, some faint foxing. First editions, first impressions. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 112378

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 2.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: Faber & Faber 1957-60, London, 1957. Hardcover. First Edition. Durrell's magnum opus, chronicling the lives of British expatriates in Egypt before WWII. The tetralogy was selected as No. 70 on The Modern Library's list of The 100 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century. Four octavo volumes. Cloth boards; dustjackets; 253+250+320+287pp. First Printings. Each Near Fine, clean and unmarked in original dustwrappers. Justine in unclipped, mildly spine-sunned second state jacket (handprint present on spine) retaining a portion of the "Book Society" wraparound advertising band; Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea each price-clipped, Balthazar with mild spine fading. Still a Near Fine set in attractive, lightly worn dustwrappers, Very Good Plus to Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 17004

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 3.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: London: Faber and Faber, 1962, 1962. Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, twin rule to to turn-ins, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy. Signed limited edition, number 56 of 500 numbered copies. Durrell's enduring masterpiece. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 76495

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 4.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: Faber and Faber, London, 1960. Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. A very solid example of the true 1st editions, 1st issues of the 4 titles which make up Durrell's masterful "Alexandria Quartet". Published separately between 1957-1960, the Quartet includes "Justine" (1957), followed in quick succession by "Balthazar" (1958), "Mountolive" (1958) and, finally, "Clea" (1960). All 4 books have held up very well and all 4 are tight and Near Fine in crisp, price-intact, VG+ or better dustjackets. Save for a bit of very light chipping at the spine crowns and just a touch of darkening along several of the spines, this is an attractive, very well-preserved set. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 13661

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 5.

Beschreibung: London Faber and Faber -1960, 1957. First editions, first impressions, four volumes, 8vo., comprising Justine, internally fine, dust-jacket, price-clipped with two small closed chips and one small, closed tear to spine edges, light dust-soiling and a few spots to edges and fore-edge, otherwise very good and a better than usual example , 1957; Balthazar, internally fine, dust-jacket toned at extremities and on spine, closed tear to base of upper fold on spine, otherwise near-fine, 1958; Mountolive, fine, 1958; Clea, internally fine, a couple of minor marks to upper panel of dust-jacket but none of the usual fading to the spine, 1960; original cloth, bright, in all a very good-plus set. At the age of 11, Durrell, who was born in the North of India near Tibet, was obliged to move to England. He disliked living in such a different country and culture and never fully adapted to it. Only later, in 1935, when he and his family made a decision to live in Greece he felt that it reminded him of India. While in Greece, he drafted a novel entitled The Book of the Dead, a predecessor to his first volume of The Alexandria Quartet. However, only much later, in 1952, after his return to the Mediterranean, Durrell began actually writing Justine. During the 1940s he had worked for the British Information Office in Egypt. He was separated from his first wife, Nancy Myers, and in Alexandria he met Eve Cohen, a Jewish woman on whom the character of Justine is loosely based and who became his second wife. Durrell would eventually complete the Quartet in France. The Alexandria Quartet was a success, both with the critics and with an increasing readership and Durrell was acknowledged as being one of the most important writers of his time. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 94249

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 6.

Beschreibung: 1957-1960, 1957. First Editions. Four volumes Justine: very nice copy in slightly spotted and rubbed, price-clipped, dust-wrapper that is slightly darkened at spine panel; newspaper cutting of a photograph of the author neatly mounted on p.[12] (a blank facing the first page of text) and bordered by rules in red ink, ownership signature on front free end-paper. Balthazar: very nice copy in dust-wrapper that is a little darkened at spine panel. Mountolive: very nice copy in dust-wrapper that is chipped and worn with slight loss at head and foot of spine panel and has some loss to head of lower panel; a previous owner has supplied the dust-wrapper of a later impression to protect the original. Clea: fine copy in dust-wrapper that is a little faded at spine panel. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6150

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 7.

Beispielbild für diese ISBN

Beschreibung: Edhasa. PAPERBACK. Zustand: Good. 8435001946. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9788435001946

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 8.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: London: Faber and Faber, 1962, 1962. Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles, dark green endpapers. A fine copy. First combined edition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 59975

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 9.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: Faber and Faber (1957-60), London, 1957. 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 hinges but is otherwise bright and fine in very good to near fine dust jacket slightly darkened on spine and toned on edges and with few tiny corner chips; MOUNTOLIVE shows light scattered foxing to page edges and endpapers, otherwise near fine in like dust jacket with touch of rubbing, slight tanning to spine and tips nicked; CLEA shows moderate foxing to endpapers most noticeably on front pastedown but is only lightly foxed on page edges, otherwise bright and fine in near fine dust jacket with touch of light soiling and slightly sunned. Note: Ownership signature of "Harry Blackmer, Paris, 1960" on front pastesdown of CLEA. Presumably the same Blackmer in the 1932 Supreme Court decision that recognized a state's right to retain jurisdiction over its citizens abroad (Blackmer v. United States, 284 U.S. 421). Blackmer was found guilty of contempt for refusing to appear when subpoenaed as a witness for the U.S. in a criminal trial related to the Teapot Dome Scandal. Altogether a very good to near fine set. HIS MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED WORK. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 53820

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 10.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: London Faber 1957, 1957. All first edition, first printings, published by Faber between 1957-60 (with no mention of subsequent printings). Comprising: JUSTINE Published by: Faber and Faber in 1957. Bound in original red boards with gilt/gold lettering to the spine with no inscriptions, marks or stamps whatsoever. Some fading and a little wear to the gilt titling to the spine and some light marks to the centre of the foot of the front board. A good+ book. In a very good+ FIRST ISSUE (later issues had the hand-print mimicking the front cover design to the spine of the dust wrapper and review for 'White Eagles Over Serbia' being the last review on the rear panel). Small chip to the top of the front panel. Not price clipped showing 15s as called for. Some light chipping to corners and some browning to the spine. BALTHAZAR Published by: Faber and Faber in 1958. Bound in blue boards with gilt/gold lettering to the spine. Tightly bound without inscriptions. A very good book. In a very good+ clipped first issue wrapper. With a little light chipping to the spine tips. Two small internal tape repairs. MOUNTOLIVE Published by: Faber and Faber in 1958. Bound in yellow boards with gilt/gold lettering to the spine. Tightly bound with one name and date to the front pastedown. A near fine book with one small stain to the top edge. In a near fine unclipped wrapper (first issue) with some light wear to the head of the spine. CLEA Published by: Faber and Faber in 1960. Bound in orange boards with gilt/gold lettering to the spine. Tightly bound with only one name to the ffep. A fine book. In a near unclipped wrapper - a little faded to the spine. A rare set of all four first editions in the Alexandria Quartet and the author's masterpiece. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 10962

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 11.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: London: Faber and Faber, 1962, 1962. Octavo. Original orange cloth, titles to spine gilt on black ground, hand-print design to upper board in black, yellow endpapers, top edge gilt. With the original acetate dust jacket, in the publisher's black and gold slipcase. A superb copy. First collected edition, one of 500 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation leaf. A beautiful copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 82296

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 12.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: Faber. London. 1957 - 1960, 1957. Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FOUR VOLUMES. All FIRST EDITIONS. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.3 inches). A fine and clean set in fine recent leather bindings of full dark blue morocco. Spines with five raised bands, the compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Decorative floral gilt border on the boards. Top edges gilt Housed in a felt-lined slip case with dark blue cloth covering. A fine set of this popular tetralogy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 8797

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 13.

Beschreibung: Faber and Faber, 1957. Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Alexandria Quartet, all first printings published by Faber in their original jackets. Justine: very good book in a near fine, price-clipped jacket. Balthazar: a near fine book in a near fine jacket -- not price-clipped. Mountolive: fine book in a fine jacket -- not price-clipped. Clea: fine book in about a near fine jacket with slight fading to the red lettering on the spine and a closed tear to the rear flap fold. A very presentable set, mostly near fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1549311567147

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 14.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: London: Faber and Faber., 1962. First single volume edition. Signed by the author. Limited to 500 copies. Bound in the publisher's orange boards, with original acetate and black and gold slipcase. A fine copy, with the slightest of fading to the spine. Housed in a purpose-made folding box. The author had always intended the Alexandria Quartet to be read as one novel. This printing also allowed him to correct and amend the text of the first editions. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7470

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 15.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: London: Faber and Faber, 1962, 1962. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine in gilt on blue ground. With the dust jacket. Spine ends gently bumped, short closed tear to rear board, light rubbing. A near-fine copy in the very good dust jacket, slight toning to spine and edges, a few edge-splits, minor loss to spine ends and rear panel. First one-volume edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Margaret McCall from Larry Durrell" along with a full-page drawing of a map titled "Languedoc by Epfs" and showing Sommières, Nîmes, Uzès, Cevennes, and Anduze. These places were of particular importance to him: "he completed Justine, the first volume of the Quartet, on Cyprus in 1956, after his separation from Eve, and wrote the remaining three volumes in Languedoc, where he lived near Nîmes and in Sommières" (ODNB). The recipient Margaret McCall (1925-2008) was a BBC producer. She was married to the television script writer Philip Broadley who nicknamed her "Lauren" due to her resemblance to Lauren Bacall. In Broadley's obituary in The Times newspaper, Margaret is mentioned: "She joined BBC TV and went on to produce some of the corporation's finest arts and music documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s, introducing numerous writers and artists to television for the first time. Among them were Lawrence Durrell, with whom she developed a special friendship, John Betjeman, who likewise became a close friend, Robert Graves, and Graham Sutherland". This "special relationship" was likely a love affair with Durrell. She did an interview for the BBC "Intimations: Lawrence Durrell. Strong opinions from the author of The Alexandria Quartet" broadcast in 1965, probably at the beginning of their affair. A lovely association copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 136288

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 16.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: Faber & Faber, London, 1962. Signed limited first edition of Durrell's masterpiece, one of 500 numbered copies. Signed by Lawrence Durrell on the limitation page. Octavo, original orange cloth, hand-print design to upper board in black, yellow endpapers, top edge gilt. With the original acetate dust jacket, in the publisher's black and gold slipcase. Bookplate to the front pastedown of book collector Otis Skinner Blodget. An exceptional example. Lawrence Durrell's masterpiece The Alexandria Quartet are four novels set in Alexandria, Egypt during the 1940s. The first of his four novels Justine "demands comparison with the best books of our century." Balthazar continues Durrell s epic series with "a spontaneous, resourceful new beauty" and, in the third novel Mountolive, Durrell again creates a "work of splendid craft and troubling veracity." The tetralogy s final novel Clea completes Durrell s stated design of modeling "the series on the relativity proposition in physics" altogether achieving "a spontaneous, resourceful new beauty" (New York Times). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 97421

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 17.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: Faber and Faber, London, 1962. Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Signed Limited Edition. Signed limited edition, and first single-volume edition. Copy number 88 of 500 copies, signed by Lawrence Durrell. Near Fine with cloth lightly rubbed at extremities and faintly faded at the spine; small, faint scrapes to edge of page block at early pages. In acetate wrapper which toned and dimpled at the spine. In a Very Good publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed at the extremities, and darkened unevenly along the edges. The first single-volume edition of Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, containing the novels Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea; Signed by the author. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 180903001

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 18.

Beschreibung: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1957. Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Each volume signed by Durrell on front free endpaper, except for Mountolive signed on title page. All early printings (though none firsts). All vols. (except for Justine) very good with good+ dust jackets: minor wear and handling soil; a few smalls tears to jackets; slightly inscreased soiling and discoloring to rear panels of Mountolive and Clea. Justine shows significant rub wear at head & foot of spine and significant dampstaining and chipping to jacket; signature also smudged. Books come in slipcase, scuffed and edge-worn. Jacket flaps clipped. Very rare to have the complete Quartet signed. Happy to send pictures. Signed by Author(s). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 034843

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 19.

Beschreibung: Dutton. Zustand: new. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers thinkB0007DLLR6

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 20.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: Faber and Faber, 1962. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 302/500 COPIES signed by the author, pp. 884, 8vo, original scarlet buckram, backstrip and front cover blocked and lettered in black, blind and gold, the backstrip a shade faded (as often), t.e.g., glassine-jacket, board slipcase with a little rubbing, very good. 'It has been possible, for this edition, to correct a number of small slips pointed out by readers and critics, and also to add some passages which were cut out of the original volumes in the MS. stage.' (Preface). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 61925

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 21.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: Faber, London, 1962. Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 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 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. Signed by Author(s). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ARC90384

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 22.

Beschreibung: London: Faber and Faber, (1962), 1962. Thick 8vo, original orange-red buckram, gilt lettering. Durrell's famous masterpiece of fiction, here in its first collected, limited edition, the text of which was slightly revised by Durrell. Cloth very slightly worn; fine copy in the publisher's slipcase which is a little scraped and dinged. First collected edition, limited issue, number 390 of 500 numbered copies, signed by Durrell. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 27898

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 23.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: Faber and Faber, 1963. Full-Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. Reprint. 1963 second edition, first printing of Justine, 1960s reprints of first editions of the other three books. Spines slightly faded. We have more books available by this author! The complete set of four books, finely rebound in two volumes by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Full burgundy morocco, gilt titles, rules, and decorations, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. The collector who had these rebound included his/her monogram on the front corner: O.C.S. "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. The Quartet offers the same sequence of events through several points of view, allowing individual perspectives to change over time. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2263961

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 24.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: Faber and Faber, London, 1962. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. London, Faber and Faber, 1962 (first thus). Octavo; orange buckram lettered in gilt on a black panel on the spine, with an illustration of a black handprint in a small indented panel in the front cover; top edge gilt; spine very slightly flecked; a fine copy with the fine original clear acetate dustwrapper and the publisher's slipcase (slightly rubbed at the extremities). The first collected edition, with revisions. Number 72 of 500 copies signed by the author. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 102025

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 25.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: E.P. Dutton, New York, 1958. Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Uncorrected proof, consisting of unbounded folded and gather sheets, with the first and last leaves stapled into the finished dustwrapper. Fine in very good dustwrapper with small tears. Scarce format. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 380062

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 26.

Beschreibung: E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1957. Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Editions. This is a rare four volume set of the US first editions of the entrancing Alexandria Quartet, in mostly FINE/Fine conditions except as stated. Justine, the first novel and most difficult to find, first edition stated on copyright page, FINE in VG + DJ: light wear along spine of DJ, 2 small closed tears on front cover, soiling on rear but all letters clear. DJ unclipped, price of $3.50 at bottom. Balthazar is F/F, copyright 1958, black boards, text and DJ unmarked save for small sticker of Hudson's Bookshop on inside rear board. Price of $3.50 on lower front flap. Mountolive, (F/NF, first edition stated, first printing. Small black penny-sized smudges on DJ front, ffep and first white page. 2 corners lightly bumped. Clea, 1960, first edition stated, F/F. Photos on request to serious buyers. No browsers please. This is still an exceptional literary achievement and a quality set with all four small volumes intact rather than one immense 884 page volume, and is is much more manageable. Hard to find in this condition. Sold as a set. Individual first edition copies of some US amd UK (Faber and Faber) firsts also available. Query book seller. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 170906

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 27.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: Faber and Faber, 1960. pp. 250, crown 8vo, original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt partially against a red ground, backstrip and head of upper board darkened, top corners a little knocked, a few spots to endpapers, dustjacket price-clipped with some spotting and toning, good. A notable association copy of the Alexandria Quartet's second installment, the flyleaf bearing the presentation: 'Inscribed for Sylvia Beach by Lawrence Durrell, 1961'. It was afterwards the copy of poet Edouard Roditi (ex-Charterhouse and Balliol College, Oxford), with three lengthy ALs to him laid in, two from Paul Bowles (within the same envelope) from October 1991, discussing matters mundane (broken lift, leaking roof) and literary ('the [Joel] Redon opus', given short shrift by Roditi), and - in relation to the present work - Durrell's mother-in-law Claire Howell (née de Menasce, formerly Vicendon), buried in Tangier; a letter from February the following year, from Bowles's bibliographer Jeffrey Miller, picks up on the latter theme, transcribing the headstones of Durrell's mother-in-law and her second husband - both in St Andrew's Anglican graveyard in Tangier: 'I stood next her grave [.] and was touched by the intimate connection between art and life [.] Clea lying in the ground there but immortalized in the Quartet'. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 64812

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 28.

Foto des Verkäufers

Beschreibung: E.P. Dutton and Company Inc, New York, 1962. Signed limited first edition of Durrell's masterpiece, one of 199 numbered copies, this is number 70. Signed by Lawrence Durrell on the limitation page. Octavo, original half cloth, over marbled boards, top edge gilt. In fine condition. Lawrence Durrell's masterpiece The Alexandria Quartet are four novels set in Alexandria, Egypt during the 1940s. The first of his four novels Justine "demands comparison with the best books of our century." Balthazar continues Durrell s epic series with "a spontaneous, resourceful new beauty" and, in the third novel Mountolive, Durrell again creates a "work of splendid craft and troubling veracity." The tetralogy s final novel Clea completes Durrell s stated design of modeling "the series on the relativity proposition in physics" altogether achieving "a spontaneous, resourceful new beauty" (New York Times). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 97452

Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren 29.