Lawrence Durrell - Balthazar

London, Faber and Faber, 1958 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Lawrence Durrell's second 'Alexandria Quartet' novel, described by the author as an 'investigation of modern love&apos. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.The second novel in the four volume Alexandria Quartet.A critical and commercial success, the first three books present three perspectives of a single set of events and characters in Alexandria before and during the Second World War. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Light shelf wear to back strip tail, with back strip a touch age toned. Dust wrapper back strip age toned, with light spotting to perimeters of rear wrap, and front wrap a touch age toned to perimeters. Major loss of paper to back strip tail, with extensive restorations to dust wrapper reverse at back strip and at heads of flyleaf folds. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.

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