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Lawrence Durrell

31 copies for sale · $25–$3,750 · 22 first editions · 5 signed

Notable copies for sale

Alexandria Quartet (first edition) — Heritage Book Shop$3,750
CLEA (signed) — Michael Pyron Books$750
The red limbo lingo: a poetry notebook (first edition, signed) — Rulon-Miller Books$200
Red Limbo Lingo; A Poetry Notebook (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$125
Vega; And Other Poems (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$45
MOUNTOLIVE (signed) — Michael Pyron Books$750
Selected Poems (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$125
Zero and Asylum In the Snow; Two Excursions Into Reality (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$40
Spirit of Place; Letters and Essays on Travel (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
Caesar's Vast Ghost; Aspects of Province (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
Sicilian Carousel (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
Collected Poems; 1931—1974 (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$30

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Works on the market

MOUNTOLIVE2 copies · $46–$750
Red Limbo Lingo; A Poetry Notebook2 copies · $125–$200
Vega and Other Poems2 copies · $45
Ikons; And Other Poems2 copies · $25–$30
Nunquam: a novel2 copies · $30
Tunc: a novel2 copies · $30
Alexandria Quartet1 copy · $3,750
CLEA1 copy · $750
Prospero's Cell: A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the island of Corcyra1 copy · $300
Selected Poems1 copy · $125
Pope Joan; Translated and Adapted from the Greek of Emmanuel Royidis1 copy · $45
THE DARK LABYRINTH: A NOVEL1 copy · $40
Zero and Asylum In the Snow; Two Excursions Into Reality1 copy · $40
Caesar's Vast Ghost; Aspects of Province1 copy · $35
Key To Modern British Poetry1 copy · $35
Sicilian Carousel1 copy · $35
Spirit of Place; Letters and Essays on Travel1 copy · $35
Collected Poems; 1931—19741 copy · $30
Constance; Or Solitary Practices1 copy · $30
On Seeming To Presume; Poems1 copy · $30

Market context

61 copies of Lawrence Durrell's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $50 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).

Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):

Quinx or the Ripper's Tale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author (forum, 2026-07-02)£110
Acte, first American edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, New York, 1 (forum, 2026-04-23)£100

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