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Lot 482

MURDOCH, Iris (1919-99). The Flight from the Enchanter, London, 1956, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION. With 19 other books by the same author, all FIRST EDITIONS IN DUST-JACKETS. (20) Please see the full listing below.

Estimate: £500 - £800
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MURDOCH, Iris (1919-99). The Flight from the Enchanter. London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. 8vo (198 x 135mm). Half title (rectangular stain to the left-hand half of the half title). Original tan cloth gilt (small stain to the upper cover), dust-jacket by Edward Bawden with the price of 15s. unclipped (jacket torn and repaired, some fraying and rubbing to the extremities). FIRST EDITION of the author's second novel. With 19 other books by the same author, namely, The Sandcastle (London, 1957), The Bell (London, 1958, with Book Society Choice band), A Severed Head (London, 1961), An Unofficial Rose (London, 1962), The Unicorn (London, 1963), The Italian Girl (London, 1964), The Red and the Green (London, 1965), The Time of the Angels (London, 1966), The Nice and the Good (London, 1968), Bruno's Dream (London, 1096), A Fairly Honourable Defeat (London, 1970), An Accidental Man (London, 1971), The Black Prince (London, 1973), The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (London, 1974), A Word Child (London, 1975), Henry and Cato (London, 1976), The Sea, The Sea (London, 1978, WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE), Nuns and Soldiers (London, 1980) and The Philosopher's Pupil (London, 1983), all FIRST EDITIONS IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH WITH DUST-JACKETS. The collection includes a complete run of the author's novels from 1956 to 1983. (20)

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