THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET.
Four volumes, comprising: 1. JUSTINE. Pp. 254; red cloth, spine blocked in blue and lettered & decorated in gilt, tiny ink stain to top fore-corner of upper board, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; top edges pale blue; 2. BALTHAZAR. Pp. 250; blue cloth, spine blocked in red and lettered & decorated in gilt; top edges pale yellow; 3. MOUNTOLIVE. Pp. 320; yellow cloth, spine blocked in purple and lettered & decorated in gilt; 4. CLEA. Pp. 288; orange cloth, spine blocked in green and lettered & decorated in gilt; all demy 8vo; dust wrappers, Justine price-clipped, but in the first issue state (without the small handprint on the backstrip), slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with tiny chip at head of backstrip (which is faded), Balthazar edges and backstrip lightly faded, with tiny chip at foot of backstrip, Mountolive edges a trifle rubbed, Clea faintly soiled; housed together within a custom-made navy cloth slipcase with ribbon pull; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedowns, the free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Faber and Faber, London, 1957-1960. First editions. Thomas & Brigham 27, 29, 30 & 33. Item #165027
Price: $4,000.00