CLEA BY LAWRENCE DURRELL PUBLISHED BY FABER & FABER 1960, FIRST EDITION.
Very good condition, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age.
A beautiful light red cloth bound hardback book, with gilt titles set within a blocked green, stylishly presented box positioned nicely at the top part of the spine.
Comes with nice, not priced clipped dust jacket, please see photos.
287 pages, all intact and in nice clean, readable order.
Tight binding.
A love story written by a creative artist, with an imagination that explores hidden depths of romance and mystery.
A mid-century book that would grace any stylish library.
This is the fourth volume of a group of novels intended to be judged as a single work.
It is sequel to Justine, Balthazar, and Mount-Olive.
Together the four novels constitute "The Alexandria Quartet"; a suitable descriptive subtitle would be "A word continuum.
" (Author's Note)