By Iris Murdoch
London   Chatto and Windus
8" by 5" [6], 1-391pp.
The first edition and printing of Iris Murdoch's novel dealing with redemption.
By Iris Murdoch

1951 A Word Child

London   Chatto and Windus
8" by 5" [6], 1-391pp.
The first edition and printing of Iris Murdoch's novel dealing with redemption.
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: 0.75kgs / : 776A23

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Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition and impression of popular author Irish Murdoch's novel dealing with the complexity of human nature, redemption, and the possibility of love for a harmful soul.

In line with Murdoch's preferred themes of good and evil, sexual relationships, and morality, and her colourful and rounded characters. 

With the unclipped dust wrapper.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The dust wrapper is unclipped and very smart with minor shelf wear and some sunning to the spine. With a small bookseller sticker to the front pastedown. internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean.

Very Good Indeed

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