![]() A very good set, spine of Balthazar toned, spine of Justine slightly leaning, spine ends lightly bumped, minor rubbing to board edges, light offsetting and foxing to preliminary and end matters, in like unclipped jackets, extremities rubbed, jackets of Justine and Balthazar foxed with spine panels browned and a little chipped at ends, minimal tape repair to their versos, minor marks to other jackets, overall a bright, sharp set.Īnthony Burgess, 99 Novels, The Best in English Since 1939, 1984. Small bookseller's tickets to front pastedowns. A group of friends and lovers narrate the action, offering their own perspectives on a series of events in Egypt during the World War II. ![]() Original variously coloured cloth, spines lettered in gilt on coloured grounds. Rediscover one of the twentieth centurys greatest romances in Lawrence Durrells seductive tale of four tangled lovers in wartime Egypt that. By Lawrence Durrell Depending on who you ask, the Alexandria Quartet is either four short novels or one massive book with a higher page count than War and Peace. Only with the Quartet sales did Durrell begin to live from his writing" (ODNB). "The four novels emerged in rapid succession from 1957 to 1960 and elicited wildly divergent but generally favourable reviews, praising or attacking Durrell's luxuriant prose, his highly romantic recreation of Alexandria, and his self-proclaimed use of Einstein. First editions, first impressions, of Durrell's enduring masterpiece, a study of love and political intrigue in Alexandria, Egypt, before and during the Second World War. ![]()
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