Tunc, Lawrence Durrell — 1st Edition

Name: Tunc, Lawrence Durrell — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6772
Price: 60.00 GBP
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Publication: London, Faber and Faber, 1968

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 316.

Condition Report: Near Fine. The publisher's original red cloth binding remains tight and structurally sound, with remarkably sharp corners and no significant shelf-wear to the extremities. The gilt titling over the black spine block is crisp and unoxidised, indicating minimal light exposure without the jacket. Internally, the hinges are perfectly secure. The text block is pleasingly clean and bright, completely free from foxing or handling marks, showing only the faintest whisper of uniform age-toning to the extreme page edges. The original typographic dust-jacket presents exceptionally well, remaining unclipped (retaining the 25s net price flap) with only trivial rubbing to the spine ends and a minor degree of sun-toning to the white panels, preserving its striking visual appeal.

Catalogue Note: A true first edition, first impression of Lawrence Durrell's inventive Faustian novel, which forms the first volume of The Revolt of Aphrodite duology.

This copy is presented in its original red cloth binding (a known variant alongside the green cloth state) and retains the distinctive typographic dust-jacket design characteristic of Faber's late-1960s output.

While standard first printings of this title are well-represented on the open market, surviving copies that have avoided the heavy sunning and edge-wear typically afflicting this specific jacket design are becoming increasingly difficult to source for the discerning collector.

In Tunc, brilliant young inventor Felix Charlock develops a supercomputer named Abel capable of recalling and predicting everything. His genius attracts the attention of Merlin's, a shadowy and omnipotent international corporation that seduces him into a Faustian pact. Bound to the firm and married to the founder's daughter, Felix soon discovers that the corporation’s absolute control over his life is a gilded cage. As the boundaries between identity, free will, and corporate dominance blur, Felix embarks on a desperate and surreal struggle for personal and creative freedom.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Lawrence Durrell

Book Publisher: Faber and Faber

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Modern Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 316

Book Publication Year: 1968

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: The Revolt of Aphrodite

Country/region of manufacture: Plymouth, United Kingdom

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