A Severed Head.

MURDOCH, Iris (1919-1999).

London: Chatto and Windus, 1961. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.252. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by John Woodcock, priced at 18s. No inscriptions. Book is a little bumped and handled. Very good, in a similar jacket with a few small chips. Martin believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional re-education. Item #61115

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