Alexandria Quartet(Complete Set)

Published by E.P.Dutton, New York, 1959

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Seller: Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library

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All four volumes in early states. Justine carries no print remarks in a 6th printing dust jacket. Balthazar is a stated 3rd printing ,June,1959 of the first edition of August,1958; Mountolive is a stated 2nd printing in in March, 1959 of the first edition of February,1959; Clea is a stated First Edition, 1960. Justine is bound in red cloth with title in black on the spine. There is a 1" line os dicoloration on the front cover. Spine leans slightly. The bottom corners are lightly bumped and spine caps softened/darkened with tiny bit of fraying at the head. Pages are age-toned, clean and unmarked. Balthazar is bound in black cloth with title in gilt on the spine. Corners are sharp and spine caps softened with a tiny tear at the head. Small spot on the fore-edges. Front paste-downs have light tan offsetting where the dust jacket flaps lay. Otherwise, pages are lightly age-toned, clean, smooth, tight and unmarked. Mountolive is bound in back cloth with title in gilt on the spine. Corners are sharp and the heel of spine softened. Pages clean, smooth, tight and unmarked. Clea is bound in black with the title in gilt on the spine, sharp corners and heel of spine softened. The endpapers have light offsetting from the dust jacket. Otherwise, pages are clean, tight, smooth and unmarked. Dust jackets-Justine- Jacket in fair condition with missing paper at ends of the spine panel, corners and fore-edges. Balthazar jacket is in poor condition with the back panel separated. Mountolive jacket is fair condition with missing paper at the ends of spine panels, corners and fore-edges. Clea dust jacket is in very good condition with a small chip of missing paper at the top of the spine panel and tiny chips on the corners. The original prices are unclipped on the front flaps. Now in clear protective covers. Pease see all images.

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Title
Alexandria Quartet(Complete Set)
Author
Lawrence Durrell
Publisher
E.P.Dutton, New York
Publication year
1959
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Good
Binding
Hardcover

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Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, based in Brunswick, Maine is a non-profit corporation that exists solely to assist the Curtis Memorial Library in its many activities, principally through fundraising by the sale of used books. Operating through a retail outlet located at 200 Maine St. in Brunswick and through its on-line sales activities, Curtis Friends operates only with volunteers from the local community and sells only those books donated by its constituents. Curtis Friends has been in existence for several decades.

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