Acte by DURRELL, Lawrence - 1966

Faber & Faber, 1965. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1965. First Edition. 76 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over purple cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Light rubbed marking overall. Some minor scuffing to spine. Light tanning to spine and edges.

NY: Dutton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. First edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (minor shelf wear) dust jacket. .

E. P. Dutton. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. 1st US edition. In protective mylar cover. (Drama, Plays)

London: Faber & Faber, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Purple cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, a few b&w illustrations at rear. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked. DJ has hint of rubbing, wear to spine ends and corners.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition (from English sheets). Octavo. 76pp., with four pages of photographic plates at the rear. Tiniest bit of wear at the corners, still fine (with the gilt spine glowing), in a very good dustwrapper with wear at the folds.

New York, E.P. Dutton, Co., Inc. [1966]., 1966. First American edition (so stated). Small 8vo. Illustrated with 4 b/w halftones from photographs taken from the stage production by Rosemarie Clausen. Pictorial dust jacket photograph by Rosemarie Clausen (unclipped). Very good. 76 pages + 4 pages of halftones at end. No bookplates.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Faber and Faber 1965. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

DUTTON. NY 1965. Near Fine. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. Near fine copy in a priceclipped vg.+ dj. (Faint stain on rear panel of dj. A few short edge nicks & traces of light shelfwear to dj.) A play. .

DW. Not price clipped Small name stamp on front inside board. "plays/Durrell" written on FEP. DW creased, rubbed and worn at edges. Slightly bumped.

London: Faber and Faber, 1965. Bound in the publishers maroon cloth with bold gilt title lettering to spine. The 76 pages remain in excellent condition with no inscriptions and are squarely bound. The binding is fresh with no marks or fading. To the rear of the book there are four excellent black and white photographs from the first transalated production of the play in Hamburg. Housed in the distinctive dustwrapper which portrays a black and white photograph of Werner Hinz as Nero to the front panel taken from the first transalated production of Acte in Hamburg in November, 1961. To the rear are several reviews of Lawrence Durrell's previous works. The dustwrapper still retains the publishers printed price of 15s net to the bottom of the front inside flap. Very slight wear to the edges, otherwise the dustwrapper is in near fine condition. Placed in a protective plastic sleeve to preserve its present condition. A very attractive book throughout.. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. FIRST EDITION.