Iris Murdoch from Berthoff Books

Chatto & Windus, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 328 pages. Murdoch's 16th novel. 8vo, olive green cloth with gilt lettering (and small water-spot) on spine, light shelf wear, slightly cocked, faint foxing to top edge, tan stain as from laid-in clipping on ffep, in unclipped DJ with light soil and foxing. Bookstore sticker from Foyles, Charing Cross… Read more about this item

The Viking Press, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 505 pages. Murdoch's 20th novel. 8vo, beige flecked boards with brown quarter, gilt lettering on spine, little shelf wear, faint foxing to edges, in DJ with small tears and chipping at crown and bottom of front panel. Former owners' names written in pencil on ffep, small pencil marks… Read more about this item

Viking, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 522 pages. First American edition. From the DJ: ". . .sophisticated entertainment and an inquiry into the various spiritual crises that afflict the modern world." 8vo, red boards with beige quarter, gilt lettering on spine, minimal wear to boards, faint foxing to fore-edge and end papers, in unclipped practically unworn… Read more about this item

Viking, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 563 pages. Murdoch's 24th (third to last) novel. 8vo, beige paper over boards with brown quarter and gilt lettering on spine, no visible shelf wear, very light soil to edges, in unclipped DJ with light wear to top of flaps. Postcard of Durer self-portrait from the Prado laid in.… Read more about this item

Chatto & Windus, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 601 pages. Murdoch's 23rd novel (4th from last). 8vo, pale mauve cloth with gilt lettering on spine, edges age-toned with a few stains, page margins age-toned, light shelf wear, in unclipped DJ with light shelf wear and a little soil and rumpling to flaps. Pencil notation on ffep, notes… Read more about this item

Viking, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 249 pages. Iris Murdoch's last novel. First American edition. 8vo, gray paper over boards with black cloth quarter, gilt lettering, black end papers, minimal shelf wear, faint foxing to edges, in unclipped DJ with minimal wear but a few small paint splatters on front panel. Marginalia in pencil on… Read more about this item