Lawrence Durrell — Tunc

London, Faber and Faber, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Lawrence Durrell's Faustian novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Tunc' is the first novel in a two novel series by Lawrence Durrell, in which inventor Felix Charlock has many encounters with the mysterious, 'influential and successful firm' named Merlin's. Durrell stated that 'Tunc' is the strangest sort of book, and that it 'does not pretend to pretend&apos. He follows this by saying that 'All the characters are as real as they make you and die happily ever after like readers and writers do. What more can one ask?' Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, and travel writer. He was also the eldest brother of British naturalist Gerald Durrell. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with little to no shelf wear. A bit of spotting to text block. Dust wrapper is excellent, with minimal edge wear and a small amount of age-toning to margins. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.