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Limited Edition. #438/500 copies of the British Limited. A beautiful Fine copy in deep orange buckram stamped in gilt in decorative panel at spine, top edge gilt, in publishers soft unprinted acetate dustwrapper (also Fine), in publisher's black/gold patterned paper slipcase (also Fine). 884pp. SIGNED by Durrell on the preliminary colophon leaf. With a one-paragraph by Durrell for this edition. The tetralogy, with minor revisions. The first volume (Justine) was adapted to the cinema in a feature which starred Dirk Bogarde, Anouk Aimee, Michael York, etc. Q16396 Hardcover in dustwrapper in publisher's slipcase.

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.