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London: Faber and Faber, 1962. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed limited edition, and first single-volume edition. Copy number 88 of 500 copies, signed by Lawrence Durrell. Near Fine with cloth lightly rubbed at extremities and faintly faded at the spine; small, faint scrapes to edge of page block at early pages. In acetate wrapper which toned and dimpled at the spine. In a Very Good publisher's slipcase which is lightly rubbed at the extremities, and darkened unevenly along the edges. The first single-volume edition of Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet, containing the novels Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea; Signed by the author.

Mountolive is the third volume of The Alexandria Quartet series by British author Lawrence Durrell. Set in pre-World War II Alexandria, Egypt, Mountolive is part of a sequence of novels that tell a complex story of passion, politics, and betrayal. The series is celebrated for its rich and intricately woven narrative and exploration of modern love.