The Alexandria Quartet

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

Price: $1,000.00

Hardcover. 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 edition. By comparison the limited English edition was 500 copies. An excellent copy of a scarce title.

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Item #440445 The Alexandria Quartet. Lawrence DURRELL.
The Alexandria Quartet
The Alexandria Quartet

Lawrence Durrell
birth name: Lawrence Durrell
born: 2/27/1912
died: 11/7/1990

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Biography

English writer who is best known as the author of The Alexandria Quartet, a series of four interconnected novels. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

Durrell's brother, Gerald, was a well-known naturalist who wrote several books on the subject.more

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