A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Murdoch, Iris
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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chorleywood, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1970. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publisher's green cloth boards and original pictorial dust-jacket. Slightly fading to spine. small bookplate on front endpaper. Very good. A Man Booker longlisted title, praised for its its sympathetic depiction of a loving and stable homosexual relationship only three years after the Sexual Offences Act of 1967.
Synopsis
A Fairly Honourable Defeat is a novel by the British writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch.
Reviews
On Aug 11 2005, Raabe said:
An extremely entertaining fiction full of easy philosophies and quirky characters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- krokodile books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009754
- Title
- A Fairly Honourable Defeat
- Author
- Murdoch, Iris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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About the Seller
krokodile books
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chorleywood, Hertfordshire
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secondhand books in the year 2000.
dealing in first editions of modern literature,
illustrated books and philosophy. Krokodile Rare
Books opened for business with rare and
secondhand books in the year 2000.
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