Iris Murdoch — A Fairly Honourable Defeat

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 each other by deep bonds. We watch Morgan as she returns to London, fleeing her relationship with Julius, to live with her sister and her nephew where the consequences of a wager recall Shakespearean comedy and Mozart's operas. Written by Irish Murdoch, an Irish and British novelist and philosopher best known for her novels about good and evil, morality, and the power of the unconscious. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.