A Word Child
by Murdoch, Iris
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First US edition, first impression (The Viking Press, Inc, 1975). Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page: 'With the good wishes of Iris Murdoch'.
Quarter-bound in yellow and red cloth with lettering to spine in red and black. A very good book with some knocking to corners in a very good dust jacket with a few tears and small nicks to edges.
Quarter-bound in yellow and red cloth with lettering to spine in red and black. A very good book with some knocking to corners in a very good dust jacket with a few tears and small nicks to edges.
Synopsis
IRIS MURDOCH was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. She went to Badminton School, Bristol, and read classics at Somerville College, Oxford. In 1948 she returned to Oxford where she became a fellow of St Anne's college. Awarded the CBE in 1976, Iris Murdoch was made a DBE in the 1987 New Year's Honours List. She died in February 1999.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fine Book Cellar Ltd. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1476183139233
- Title
- A Word Child
- Author
- Murdoch, Iris
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Date Published
- 1975
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Murdoch, Word Child, Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Signed First Editions; Iris Murdoch;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Fine Book Cellar Ltd.
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Chelmsford, Essex
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