Clea
Lawrence Durrell · Faber and Faber, London, 1960
C$400 · Very Good condition
Faber and Faber Limited, 24 Russell Square, London, 1960. FIRST UK EDITION ('First published in mcmlx by Faber and Faber Limited / Printed in Great Britain by Latimer Trend & Co Ltd Plymouth / All rights reserved / (c) Lawrence Durrell 1960'). The closing novel of the Alexandria Quartet and Durrell's structural keystone - shifting from Justine/Balthazar's recursive memory and Mountolive's third-person realism into a forward-moving time-axis as the war reaches Alexandria. Hardcover with original pictorial dust jacket (cream field, red 'CLEA' calligraphic title, black-and-red typographic spine and front panel: 'a novel by the author of Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive'). Period ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper: 'J. Beidelman / February 1960 / Oxford' - a Faber UK 1st acquired and inscribed in Oxford in the month of UK first publication. Companion Quartet volumes from the same collection available (Justine, Balthazar Dutton, Mountolive Dutton 1st).
Details
- Publisher: Faber and Faber, London, 1960
- Binding: Hardcover
- Edition: First UK Edition (Faber, mcmlx = 1960)
- Condition: Very Good
- Dust jacket: Good
- Category: Literary Fiction