The Philosopher's Pupil (first US edition)
by MURDOCH, Iris
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0670551864
- ISBN 13
- 9780670551866
- Seller
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Grange over Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
MURDOCH, Iris
The Philosopher's Pupil (first US edition)
ISBN: 9780670551864
The Viking Press, New York, 1983, 1st US Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG-/vg-, three quarter bound blue boards with black/silver gilt linen spine, dark blue endpapers, 576 pp.
Boards clean and firm, gentle rubs to edges and corners, small chip to spine tail, bottom edge sunned, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, cracked spine between pages 136 & 137 and 310 & 311, light marks and dust soiling to edges. Moderate shelf wear to wrapper including small chips to bottom and top edges, tanned, now protected in acid free archive film.
FICTION, 1ST EDITION, HARDBACK, IRIS MURDOCH
45567 hb 60 FIC/1ST ED/M £26.50
The Philosopher's Pupil (first US edition)
ISBN: 9780670551864
The Viking Press, New York, 1983, 1st US Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG-/vg-, three quarter bound blue boards with black/silver gilt linen spine, dark blue endpapers, 576 pp.
Boards clean and firm, gentle rubs to edges and corners, small chip to spine tail, bottom edge sunned, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, cracked spine between pages 136 & 137 and 310 & 311, light marks and dust soiling to edges. Moderate shelf wear to wrapper including small chips to bottom and top edges, tanned, now protected in acid free archive film.
FICTION, 1ST EDITION, HARDBACK, IRIS MURDOCH
45567 hb 60 FIC/1ST ED/M £26.50
Synopsis
IRIS MURDOCH was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. She went to Badminton School, Bristol, and read classics at Somerville College, Oxford. In 1948 she returned to Oxford where she became a fellow of St Anne's college. Awarded the CBE in 1976, Iris Murdoch was made a DBE in the 1987 New Year's Honours List. She died in February 1999.
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- Bookseller
- Daisyroots Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45567
- Title
- The Philosopher's Pupil (first US edition)
- Author
- MURDOCH, Iris
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670551864
- ISBN 13
- 9780670551866
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 576 pp
- Keywords
- FICTION, 1ST EDITION, HARDBACK, IRIS MURDOCH
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION first editions;
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