"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
Iris Murdoch | First Editions
1919 - 1999
See below our stock of Iris Murdoch First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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The Black Prince.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1973. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 364 [2]. Publisher's purple paper-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. With the blue dust-jacket illustrated by Christopher Cornford, priced at £2.50. Toning to edges, with some light rubbing and bumping to binding and jacket edges..... More
The Book and The Brotherhood.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1987. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 601 [1]. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Phillips. Signed by the author to the title page. Quite heavily browned low-grade paper-stock. Some light handling. Jacket price-clipped..... More
The Sandcastle.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1957. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.318; [1], imprint; [1], blank. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Charles Mozley, priced at 15s. Discreet single name to flyleaf, bookstore label to pastedown, some dustiness and toning to both..... More
The Sea, The Sea.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1978. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, with a signed card from the author. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 502 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pictorial dust-jacket reproducing a detail from a famous Hokusai woodblock print and an uncredited detail from a wall painting..... More
The Unicorn.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1963. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 319; [1], blank. Sage green hardcovers with gilt titles to spine, top edge coloured blue, in pictorial dust-jacket by Christopher Cornford priced at 21s. Book is near fine; jacket very good, with a few chips and..... More
An Unofficial Rose.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1962. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.348; [4], blank. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by T. Ritchie. Discreet owner's name to flyleaf, some edge spotting, price-clipped jacket lightly used, toned to spine. Very good. A tragi-comedy of..... More
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