London: Chatto & Windus, 1974 proof copy but not stated, title has 1974 but imprint has c1975, tan or mustard wrappers with black titling to cover and spine, no other text, starts at half title which has small area discoloured where old price has been erased at top corner, rear wrapper light crease at top corner, 391pp, sewn collations with glued on paper wrappers. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

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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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Bookseller: Fortuna Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 012165
Title: A Word Child ( Proof )
Author: MURDOCH Iris
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0701120924
ISBN 13: 9780701120924
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1974
Keywords: British Fiction Literature Collectable Modern First Edition Proof Copy in Wraps
Bookseller catalogs: FICTION LITERATURE & CRITICISM;

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