The Black Prince
by Murdoch, Iris
It is witty and wise and provocative...brilliantly good' Evening StandardA story about being in love The Black Prince is also a remarkable intellectual thriller with a superbly involuted plot, and a meditation on the nature of art and love and the deity who rules over both. Bradley Pearson, its narrator and hero, is an elderly writer with a 'block'. Encompassed by predatory friends and relations - his ex-wife, her delinquent brother and a younger, deplorably successful writer, Arnold Baffin, together with Baffin's restless wife and youthful daughter - Bradley attempts escape. His failure and its aftermath lead to a violent climax; and to a coda which casts a shifting perspective on all that has gone before.
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The Black Prince
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The Viking Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1973. 1st American Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near-fine Book in VG+ dust jacket. Top edge of book spine is gently bumped, a little spotting to fore-edge of pages, no other defects. Bound in original orange and yellow boards with red topstain. Binding is very tight, pages are… Read more about this item Item Price
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Viking Press, 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. (1st) Slightly smaller, thicker book, dark yellow cloth spine, orange boards with beautiful purple design on front and back, black lettering very fine on spine, black inside covers and adjacent end papers, 366 stiff lightly browned pages. DJ beneath mylar, front and spine has glossy colorful design by James and… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1973. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of this novel by Irish author, Iris Murdoch. This is Murdoch's fifteenth novel, which eventually was released as a stage play. Prior owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper, 'Julian Andrews'. Possibly the… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: The Viking Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5". None. The first U.S edition of this novel by Irish author, Iris Murdoch. This is Murdoch's fifteenth novel, which eventually was released as a stage play. The first U.S edition. Narratively, the work consists of… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Iris Murdoch
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1973. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5". None. A first edition of this award-winning novel based on the story of 'Hamlet' by Iris Murdoch. 'The Black Prince' is remarkable for the structure of its narrative, consisting of a central story bookended by forewords and post-scripts by characters within it. It largely consists… Read more about this item Item Price
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Chatto & Windus Ltd, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. The dust jacket is shelf rubbed and the laminate is lifting at the front. Old tape residue marks. It still looks good in cellophane. The front end page has been removed. Internally clean and tightly bound. [B.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Item Price
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London : Chatto & Windus 1973 1st edition. hard cover, dust jacket, purple cloth, 364pp, edges slightly dust stained, endpaper very slightly yellowed with small stain, otherwise very good in very good dust jacket, no other marks, names or inscriptions. ISBN 0701119241 Item Price
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London: The Book Club, 1973. library marks endpapers and title page, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: slight edge wear and creasing, library sticker spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library. Item Price
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The Black Prince
by Iris Murdoch
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London (42, William Street): Chatto & Windus, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing (true first). xviii, 364pp. With a foreword by Bradley Pearson, and editorial afterwords. In purple cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine (boards just a little rounded at spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Black Prince
by Iris Murdoch
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Great Britain: Vintage Books. Very Good. 1982. Reprint. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0099283999 Paperback A story about being in love.0099283999 Bradley Pearson, narrator and hero, is an elderly writer with a 'block'. Finding himself surrounded by predatory friends and relations -- his ex-wife, her delinquent brother, a younger, deplorably successful… Read more about this item Item Price
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Viking Press, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Very Fine. Yellow cloth spine, salmon boards with purple design, 366 pages. Owner's 6-line stamp on long pages' edge and bottom pages' edge. DJ beneath mylar, beautifully color-illustrated, photo of Murdoch on inside back flap. DJ has tiny light crease at top back edge. Near Very Fine DJ/Near Fine book.
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