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The Flight from the Enchanter
by Murdoch, Iris
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Olympia, Washington, United States
Item Price
£11.92£10.73
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The book's cover shows chips and rubs at the edges and corners. The spine is uncreased. Pages are tight, intact and unmarked, with a couple of small spots of discoloration. To quote from a review, "Readers who can shiver and laugh at the same time will thoroughly enjoy the batlike swoops in and out of this modern Nightmare Abbey. The book should never be recommended to sufferers from serious-mindedness..." 'The Flight from the Enchanter' was originally published in 1956, with this being the second printing.
This book is rather rare and priced at the low end of the spectrum.
Synopsis
IRIS MURDOCH was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. During the war she was an Assistant Principal at the Treasury, and then worked with UNRRA in London, Belgium and Austria. She held a studentship in philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge, and then in 1948 she returned to Oxford, where she became a Fellow of St Anne's College. Until her death in February 1999, she lived with her husband, the teacher and critic John Bayley, in Oxford. Awarded the CBE in 1976, Iris Murdoch was made a DBE in the 1987 New Year's Honours List. In the 1997 PEN Awards she received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature. Iris Murdoch made her writing debut in 1954 with Under the Net, and went on to write twenty-six novels, including the Booker prize-winning The Sea, The Sea (1978). Other literary awards include the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for The Black Prince (1973) and the Whitbread Prize (now the Costa Book Award) for The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (1974). Her works of philosophy include Sartre: Romantic Rationalist, Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals (1992) and Existentialists and Mystics (1997). She died in February 1999.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turtleman Used Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ST05216
- Title
- The Flight from the Enchanter
- Author
- Murdoch, Iris
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Pages
- 316
- Size
- 12.8 cm x 19.6 cm x 1.5 cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Suspense; Humorous fiction; Romance; Literary Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Turtleman Used Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Buyer responsible for return postage. Due to recently enacted packaging rules, I cannot ship to Germany. (Too expensive.)
About the Seller
Turtleman Used Books
Biblio member since 2018
Olympia, Washington
About Turtleman Used Books
Thanks for visiting Turtleman Books. SALE! Month of May -- All books at or over $10.00 are 10% off!
Opened August 1st of 2022, Turtleman Used Books in Olympia, WA. Address is 108 22nd Ave SW, Olympia, WA 98501. Suite #4. This is a small shop, so some books may only be displayed online, others only displayed in the store. Come on by if you are in town. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Many of my books are oversized. Rather than ask for shipping adjustments at the time of purchase, the list price for heavier books includes the excess shipping cost. All of my photographs are of the actual product, taken by my trusty little Kindle Fire. Currently we have about 2900 books offered for sale online, with more being added daily. Check back frequently to see what's new. -----
Opened August 1st of 2022, Turtleman Used Books in Olympia, WA. Address is 108 22nd Ave SW, Olympia, WA 98501. Suite #4. This is a small shop, so some books may only be displayed online, others only displayed in the store. Come on by if you are in town. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Many of my books are oversized. Rather than ask for shipping adjustments at the time of purchase, the list price for heavier books includes the excess shipping cost. All of my photographs are of the actual product, taken by my trusty little Kindle Fire. Currently we have about 2900 books offered for sale online, with more being added daily. Check back frequently to see what's new. -----
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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