![Henry And Cato](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/775/121/1605121775.0.m.0.jpg)
Henry And Cato
by Iris Murdoch
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG++/VG+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0701121955
- ISBN 13
- 9780701121952
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
HARDBACK "COLLECTABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1976 * Publisher: Chatto & Windus.* Binding and cover condition: Grey/blue cloth covered boards, gilt title to spine only. No bumps or rubs, minimal age to edges. VG++.* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated dust wrapper showing an acrobat on the trapeze. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £ 4.00. Black & white titles on green and brown ground. Black titles to slightly faded spine. Some age marks to rear flap fold, (now in clear un-attached archival jacket). VG+.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Owners hand written name and address to ffep. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to all edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG+.* Illustrations: None. * Pages: 340 pp. text. i pp. blank page at rear.* Description: Henry, who is in his early thirties, leaves America and returns to the family estate in England after the death of his elder brother, Sandy, who was killed in a car accident. Henry, who has never enjoyed a close relationship with his brother, and is resentful of his mother (who Henry knows always preferred Sandy to him) is not sorry that Sandy is dead and he decides to set the cat amongst the pigeons by informing his mother that he intends to sell the house and the whole estate.* A VG++ text copy of the 1st./1st. with some minor age and wear reducing it to VG+, (now in clear un-attached protective film cover).*
Synopsis
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents, grew up in London and was educated at Oxford and Cambridge. She is the author of 26 novels and several works of philosophy. She died in 1999.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10450
- Title
- Henry And Cato
- Author
- Iris Murdoch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG++/VG+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0701121955
- ISBN 13
- 9780701121952
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London UK.
- Date Published
- 1976
- Pages
- 341
- Keywords
- Novel, Fiction, Blackmail, Murder.
Terms of Sale
Cocksparrow Books
We offer a 30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs. This applies for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Cocksparrow Books
About Cocksparrow Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...