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The Good Apprentice
de MURDOCH, Iris
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- First
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1985. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); blue cloth covered boards titled in gilt on the spine; dustjacket by Tom Phillips; 522pp.; spine ends gently nudged; toning to the pages, mostly at the edges; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced £9.95 net) with ghost sticker mark above price; minor nicks; Near Fine.
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, "Iris Murdoch's new novel is about obsessive guilt-ridden despair, and the difficult problem of how to try to be good- and the various magical devices which console those who are sensible enough not to try." (from the dustjacket).
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, "Iris Murdoch's new novel is about obsessive guilt-ridden despair, and the difficult problem of how to try to be good- and the various magical devices which console those who are sensible enough not to try." (from the dustjacket).
Sinopsis
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. She is the author of 26 novels and several works of philosophy. Among her many honours and awards are the CBE, the DBE, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread Literary Award and the Booker Prize. She died in 1999.
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- Librería
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 53982
- Título
- The Good Apprentice
- Autor
- MURDOCH, Iris
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Chatto and Windus
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1985
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Modern Fiction;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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- Fine
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