Murdoch, Iris

The Sea, the Sea

Iris Murdoch · 1978 · Rooke Books

£138.00 (€165.19 | $183.18 | ¥29,288)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1978 . First edition. Cloth. A near fine copy of this first edition Booker prize-winning novel about ego and obsession by Iris Murdoch, with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition of this Booker prize-winning novel by Iris Mur...

The Time of the Angels

Iris Murdoch · 1966 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.63 | $165.92 | ¥26,529)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1966 . First edition. Paperback. An uncorrected proof copy of Iris Murdoch's philosophical 1966 novel about faith and religion. An uncorrected proof, in the publisher's original paper wraps.Murdoch's novel follows an eccentric Anglican p...

A Word Child

Iris Murdoch · 1975 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.78 | $99.55 | ¥15,917)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1975. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this stirring novel of redemption from Irish-British writer and philosopher, Iris Murdoch. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Iris Murdoch's seventeenth n...

An Unofficial Rose

Iris Murdoch · 1962 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.67 | $146.01 | ¥23,345)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1962. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Iris Murdoch's sixth novel, 'An Unofficial Rose&apos. The first edition, first impression with no further impressions stated.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Iris Murdoch was a...

The Red and the Green

Iris Murdoch · 1965 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.43 | $76.99 | ¥12,309)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1965. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical novel by renowned Irish author, Iris Murdoch. The first edition of this novel in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This is Murdoch&apo...

The Italian Girl

Iris Murdoch · 1964 · Rooke Books

£54.00 (€64.64 | $71.68 | ¥11,460)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1964. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of Iris Murdoch's work of fiction, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with title vignette engraving and an engraving ...

The Book and the Brotherhood

Iris Murdoch · 1987 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.49 | $50.44 | ¥8,065)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A very bright, first edition copy of this novel by Iris Murdoch. This novel is Murdoch's twenty-third. It is considered to be one of her best works and concerns a group of close friends living in 1980's England. ...

Henry and Cato

Iris Murdoch · 1976 · Rooke Books

£34.00 (€40.70 | $45.13 | ¥7,216)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1976. First edition. Cloth. A bright, very smart, first edition copy of this novel by Iris Murdoch. 'Henry and Cato' was Murdoch's eighteenth novel. It is set in the English countryside and centres on two childhood friends who had not ...

The Book and the Brotherhood

Iris Murdoch · 1987 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.88 | $53.10 | ¥8,489)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1987. First edition. Cloth. A very bright, first edition copy of this novel by Iris Murdoch. This novel is Murdoch's twenty-third. It is considered to be one of her best works and concerns a group of close friends living in 1980's England. ...

A Word Child

Iris Murdoch · 1974 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.82 | $79.64 | ¥12,734)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1974. Paperback. A proof copy of this novel by Iris Murdoch. 'A Word Child' is the 17th novel by Iris Murdoch. It charts the trials and tribulations of the title character, Hilary Burde. Alike to many of Murdoch's novels, thematically ...

The Sacred and Profane

Iris Murdoch · 1974 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.90 | $46.46 | ¥7,428)

New York, The Viking Press, 1974. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this novel by Irish author, Iris Murdoch. 'The Sacred and the Profane Love Machine' is Murdoch's sixteenth novel and won the Whitbread Novel Award for 1974. First U.S edition, held ...

Nuns and Soldiers

Iris Murdoch · 1981 · Rooke Books

£25.00 (€29.93 | $33.18 | ¥5,306)

London, The Viking Press, 1981. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this novel by Irish author, Iris Murdoch. This novel deals with the themes of honor and innocence, greed and generosity, love and death. It is set in both London and the south of France and revolves...

The Flight from the Enchanter & the Sandcastle

Iris Murdoch · 1956 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.46 | $238.93 | ¥38,202)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1956-1958. Cloth. Two smart early edition of these exciting early novels from Irish-British novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch. Two volumes. Written by Dame Jean Iris Murdoch, an Irish and British novelist and philosopher best known for her novels a...

Henry and Cato

Iris Murdoch · 1976 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.81 | $86.28 | ¥13,795)

London, Chatto & Windus , 1976. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Iris Murdoch's thriller about a priest and a historian, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This work was wri...

An Unofficial Rose

Iris Murdoch · 1962 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.42 | $258.84 | ¥41,385)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of one of Iris Murdoch's popular novels, uncommon to see with the promotional wraparound band and bookmark. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper, with the scarce &...

A Fairly Honourable Defeat

Iris Murdoch · 1970 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.78 | $99.55 | ¥15,917)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1970. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this work with themes of relationships and morality, by Irish Murdoch. First edition. A novel exposing the effects of vanity, lying, and fear in a situation where imperfect beings are related to...

An Unofficial Rose

Iris Murdoch · 1962 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.76 | $106.19 | ¥16,979)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Iris Murdoch's sixth novel, 'An Unofficial Rose&apos. Thematically, this work is dominated by Romantic love. Each of the main characters are in love with at least one of the others. Freedom i...

Acastos: Two Platonic Dialogues

Iris Murdoch · 1986 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.91 | $39.82 | ¥6,367)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of Iris Murdoch's philosophical masterpiece, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. An insightful philosophical work containing fictionalised discussion...

The Black Prince

Iris Murdoch · 1973 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.81 | $86.28 | ¥13,795)

New York, The Viking Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S edition of this novel by Irish author, Iris Murdoch. This is Murdoch's fifteenth novel, which eventually was released as a stage play. The first U.S edition. Narratively, the work consists of a central ...

The Message to the Planet

Iris Murdoch · 1989 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.88 | $53.10 | ¥8,489)

London, Chatto and Windus, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition of 'The Message to The Planet' by the critically acclaimed novelist Iris Murdoch. Murdoch's twenty-fourth novel 'The Message to the Planet', is one that features Murdoch's inte...