A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Murdoch, Iris
A Fairly Honourable Defeat is a novel by the British writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch.
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An extremely entertaining fiction full of easy philosophies and quirky characters.
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat Murdoch, Iris
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- 1970-02-02
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The Viking Press, 1970-02-02. Hardcover. Very Good. 1970 Viking hard cover - 1st edition 1st printing - slight wear to edge of dust jacket at top binding (now in mylar cover) minor wear to binding - minor staining to page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
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Chatto & Windus, London, 1970. First edition.. 0. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 402pp. Very good, foxing to outer page edges. / Very good clipped d/w. . Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Murdoch, Iris
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- 1970
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NY: Viking Press, 1970. 1st American printing; dj w/lite wear ony, unclipped price, in mylar; green c w/cream boards & titles;; 436 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 Vo. Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Murdoch, Iris
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London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1970). First Edition. Hardcover. 0701115343 . No signatures. A couple of contemporary newspaper review clippings of this title loosely included. Some foxing to top page edges. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; First printing. [8], 402 pages. Light blue boards with gilt… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Iris Murdoch
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- 1970
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1970. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this novel by Irish author, Iris Murdoch. 'A Fairly Honourable Defeat' was Murdoch's thirteenth novel. It regards the lives of several friends whose lives are thrown into disarray by one Julius King. The story hinges on a wager King makes… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Murdoch, Iris
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- 1970
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Viking Books, 1970. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Murdoch, Iris
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- 1970
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Viking Books, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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- 1970
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Piggott, Arkansas, USA
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Viking Press, 1970. Pages [436] clean, unmarked, no serious weaknesses to binding, very slight lean to spine. NON price-clipped dust jacket [$ 13.95], in new archival mylar, clean, crisp, colors bright, a little edge wear and display indications. Yellow boards, green cloth spine, black and yellow lettering and decorations. A novel for devotees of the author's The Nice and the… Read more about this item Item Price
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A FAIRLY HONOURABLE DEFEAT
by Murdoch, Iris
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London: Heron Books (By Arrangement with Chatto & Windus) 401pp. Book clean, square. Gilt-titled and decorated spine firm lightly bumped at head. Leaves clean. Gilt title and decoration to very good + brown boards. Attached yellow ribbon bookmark. First published in 1970, 'A Fairly Honourable Defeat' was Irish Murdoch's thirteenth novel. A stand-alone title in the Heron Books Collectors' Edition… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by MURDOCH, Iris
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- 1970
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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Toronto / London: Clarke, Irwin & Company / Chatto & Windus, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Canadian edition, possibly simultaneous with the English. Very faint stain on the rear board else about fine in fine dustjacket. Signed by the author: "All best wishes, Iris Murdoch. Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Iris Murdoch
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by MURDOCH, Iris
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- 1970
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: The Viking Press, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some edgewear. Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by MURDOCH Iris
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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Christchurch, Auckland, NZL
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1970 unclipped VG to near fine book and wrapper, closed top edge has some foxing. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Murdoch, Iris
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Chatto & Windus, 1970-01-01. 1st Edn. 1st Imp.. Hardcover. VG+/F/VG++. Box 91 HARDBACK ""FIRST EDITION,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1970.* Pub: Chatto & Windus.* Binding and cover condition: Light green cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine & none to face. No bumps or rubs. No visible faults. FINE.* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Murdoch, Iris
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- 1970
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The Viking Press, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. [Psychological Fiction] Second Printing. Hardcover and dust jacket. Jacket differs from pictured. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Owner's name on verso, else unmarked. <br> In this dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate how easily loving couples,… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by MURDOCH, Iris (Dublino 1919 - Oxford 1999),
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- 1970
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London: Chatto & Windus, , 1970. Rilegato tela, sovracoperta (cloth, dust jacket). Molto buono (Very Good). . 8vo. pp. 402. Molto buono (Very Good). Prima edizione (First Edition, First Printing). Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Murdoch, Iris
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Viking Books, 1970. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Iris Murdoch
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- First edition
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- 1970
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1970. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A first edition of this Iris Murdoch novel, with its original dustwrapper. The lives of several friends are thrown into disarray by the machinations of Julius King. Julius makes a bet with his ex-girlfriend Morgan that he can break up the homosexual couple Axel… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Murdoch, Iris
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1970
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- Hardcover
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New Port Richey, Florida, USA
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: The Viking Press, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. (1st) Thick, sturdy book, blue cloth spine, yellow boards, yellow and black lettering fine on spine, yellow color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 436 pages. DJ colorfully illustrated with puppet on front, slight wear to top front tip, very slight wear at bottom tip,… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Murdoch, Iris
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