![]() ![]() ![]() 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. Original variously coloured cloth, spines lettered in gilt on coloured grounds. 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. Me costó meterme en la historia, sin embargo la prosa de Durrell me fue envolviendo casi sin darme cuenta. ![]()
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