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A Severed Head
by MURDOCH, Iris
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto and Windus, 1961. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Original orange paper, titled in gilt, in original dark green dust jacket; plain endpapers; 252pp; works by the same author opposite title page. Bookplate of Baird Brown. Square and tight, with slight dustiness to top edge, small erasures and bookplate to front endpapers, else Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced 18s) and whole, lightly rubbed along edges, minor browning at flap folds: Very Good or better.
Murdoch's fifth novel, a satire about marriage, adultery, and incest among well-to-do Londoners. Adapted for the stage in 1963, and made into a 1970 film starring Claire Bloom, Lee Ann Remick, Richard Attenborough, and Ian HOlm.
Murdoch's fifth novel, a satire about marriage, adultery, and incest among well-to-do Londoners. Adapted for the stage in 1963, and made into a 1970 film starring Claire Bloom, Lee Ann Remick, Richard Attenborough, and Ian HOlm.
Synopsis
A Severed Head is a satirical, sometimes farcical 1961 novel by Iris Murdoch. Primary themes include marriage, adultery, and incest within a group of civilized and educated people. Set in and around London, it depicts a power struggle between grown-up middle class people who are lucky to be free of real problems. A Severed Head was a harbinger of the Sexual Revolution that was to hit Britain in the 1960s and '70s.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56726
- Title
- A Severed Head
- Author
- MURDOCH, Iris
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1961
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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- Title Page
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- Edges
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- Erasures
- Erasures indicates marks where someone has removed bits of text or content from a book. In Book Arts, erasures can also mean a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
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- Fine
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