The Red and the Green
by Murdoch, Iris
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1965. Bound in the publishers black hard cover with gilt title lettering to spine. The 318 pages remain in fresh, clean condition with no inscriptions or foxing and are tightly bound. Book sits soild and square. All corners are sharp with no bumping. Gilt title lettering remains sharp and definite. A fresh copy, inside and out. Housed in the distinctive dustwrapper with publishers printed price intact on front inside flap. Light signs of handling with one small closed tear to the back panel otherwise the dustwrapper is near fine. Protected in a removeable archival booksleeve to preserve its condition. Photographs of the book and the dustwrapper are available on request. An attractive collectors copy.. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine.
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Rare Book Shelf
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000576
- Title
- The Red and the Green
- Author
- Murdoch, Iris
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
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About the Seller
The Rare Book Shelf
Biblio member since 2005
Herefordshire
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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