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Balthazar
by Lawrence Durrell
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Boynton Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Lawrence Durrell. Stated first edition. Possibly signed by the author (?)
Dust Jacket: Very Good+ An unclipped dust jacket with original price ($3.50) still intact. In a mylar protective wrapper. Hardcover: Near Fine. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1958. No markings or writing in the book, 250 pp. Has an ex-libris sticker on inside cover. Either previous owners name or author signature on flyleaf page. Black cloth with silver lettering on spine.
In 1998, the Modern Library ranked The Alexandria Quartet number 70 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In addition, to Balthazar, the other three novels include: Justine (1957), Mountolive (1958) and Clea (1960). By the end of the century, Durrell was a bestselling author and one of the most celebrated writers in England.
As Durrell explains in his preface to Balthazar, the four novels are an exploration of relativity and the notions of continuum and subject–object relation, with modern love as the theme.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burning Tree Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BTB00274
- Title
- Balthazar
- Author
- Lawrence Durrell
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Pages
- 250
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Balthazar, Lawrence Durrell
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burning Tree Books
Biblio member since 2022
Boynton Beach, Florida
About Burning Tree Books
Burning Tree Books is an independent online bookstore specializing in modern first editions and ephemera. Our curated inventory includes a wide range of genre and authors, from Pulitzer Prize-winners like Ernest Hemingway to spy novelist, John le Carre' or should we say David Cornwell?
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