The Sacred & Profane Love Machine
by Murdoch, Iris
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1974. Nice copy, unmarked, tight and square. Jacket has crease on back flap, else very close to fine. In mylar. . 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Swinging between his wife and his mistress in the sacred and profane love machine and between the charms of morality and the excitements of sin, the psychotherapist, Blaise Gavender, sometimes wishes he could divide himself in two. Instead, he lets loose misery and confusion andfor the spectators at any ratea morality play, rich in reflections upon the paradoxes of human life and the nature of the battle between sacred and profane love.
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012224
- Title
- The Sacred & Profane Love Machine
- Author
- Murdoch, Iris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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