1968 The Nice and The Good

Name: 1968 The Nice and The Good First Edition Iris Murdoch Ranfurly Ex Libris
SKU: MOD13-H-7
Price: 70 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: London Chatto and Windus

Size: 8" by 5.5" Pagination: 349pp, [1]

The first edition of this novel by Iris Murdoch.

£70.00

weight: 0.75kgs / stock code: MOD13-H-7

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Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

'The Nice and The Good' was Iris Murdoch's eleventh novel. It was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1969. In terms of genre, the novel combines elements of the thriller and romantic comedy genres. In original unclipped dustwrapper. With the signature of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly to the recto of front pastedown. Hermione Ranfurly is notably remembered for her war-time memoirs 'To War With Whittaker: The Wartime Diaries of the Countess of Ranfurly'. Iris Murdoch was an English novelist and philosopher. She was best known for the subjects of her work being about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality and the power of the unconscious.

Condition

In a full cloth binding and held in original dustwrapper. Externally, lovely with hardly any shelfwear. Dustwrapper is in excellent condition with just some minor chipping and the odd tide mark to top edge. Internally, firmly bound. 'Ranfurly' signature to recto of front endpaper dated 1968. Pages are bright and clean throughout.

Overall: Fine

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