A Severed Head

by Murdoch, Iris

A Severed Head is a satirical, sometimes farcical 1961 novel by Iris Murdoch. Primary themes include marriage, adultery, and incest within a group of civilized and educated people. Set in and around London, it depicts a power struggle between grown-up middle class people who are lucky to be free of real problems. A Severed Head was a harbinger of the Sexual Revolution that was to hit Britain in the 1960s and '70s.

Reviews

Review this book!

Available Copies

A Severed Head
More Photos

A Severed Head

by Murdoch, Iris

Condition
Used - Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, blue boards clean (spine a little creased), gilt spine titling bright, text block firm and pages
Edition
1st
Published
1961
Binding
Hardback
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Maidenhead, Berkshire, GBR
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$31.93

Show Details

Description:
London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, no d/j, blue boards clean (spine a little creased), gilt spine titling bright, text block firm and pages unmarked. Very light foxing on endpapers and grubbiness on edges.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Martin believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a… Read more about this item
Item Price
$31.93
No image available

A Severed Head

by Murdoch, Iris

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1961
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Rockville, Maryland, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$35.00

Show Details

Description:
New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
Item Price
$35.00
A Severed Head
More Photos

A Severed Head

by Iris Murdoch

Condition
Used - Good-
Jacket Condition
Good-
Edition
First
Published
1961
Binding
Red cloth. Gold gilt lettering on spine.
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Cape Town, ZAF
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$60.00

Show Details

Description:
DW. Not price clipped. TIght copy with foxing to edges. Large owners sig. on fep. Some minor fishmoth nibble on lower front inside flap and both edges. Back cover acceptably grubby. Protected by removable cellophane.
Item Price
$60.00
A Severed Head
More Photos

A Severed Head

by Iris Murdoch

Condition
Used - Very Good Indeed
Jacket Condition
Very Good Indeed
Edition
First edition
Published
1961
Binding
Cloth
Quantity Available
1
Seller
BATH, Somerset, GBR
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$83.01

Show Details

Description:
New York: The Viking Press , 1961. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. First U.S edition of Iris Murdoch's compelling satirical novel 'A Severed Head' First thus, First U.S Edition. This satirical novel by Iris Murdoch follows the protagonist Martin Lynch-Gibbon through adultery, divorce and failed love affairs.… Read more about this item
Item Price
$83.01
A Severed Head

A Severed Head

by Murdoch, Iris

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
First British Paperback Printing
Published
1963
Binding
Paperback
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Campbell River, British Columbia, CAN
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$19.95

Show Details

Description:
London: Penguin Books, 1963. The authors's fifth novel, this copy is in very solid condition. Interiors are lightly tanned and unmarked. Soft covers show a modicum of shelfwear and age-toning. Mild creasing to the spine. A nice solid copy. First British Paperback Printing. Vintage Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Charles Raymond - Cover Design . 12mo - over… Read more about this item
Item Price
$19.95
A SEVERED HEAD.

A SEVERED HEAD.

by MURDOCH, Iris

Condition
Used - 8vo, 252pp. A good hardback copy in lighlty edgeworn price clipped dust jacket with tanning to rear.
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Camberwell, Victoria, AUS
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$52.78

Show Details

Description:
Chatto & Windus, London, 1961. First edition. . 8vo, 252pp. A good hardback copy in lighlty edgeworn price clipped dust jacket with tanning to rear. .
Item Price
$52.78
A Severed Head

A Severed Head

by MURDOCH, Iris (1919-1999)

Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, GBR
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$83.01

Show Details

Description:
London: Chatto and Windus, 1961. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.252. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by John Woodcock, priced at 18s. No inscriptions. Book is a little bumped and handled. Very good, in a similar jacket with a few small chips. Martin believes he can possess both a… Read more about this item
Item Price
$83.01
A Severed Head

A Severed Head

by MURDOCH, Iris

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1961
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Winchester, Virginia, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$100.00

Show Details

Description:
London: Chatto and Windus, 1961. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Original orange paper, titled in gilt, in original dark green dust jacket; plain endpapers; 252pp; works by the same author opposite title page. Bookplate of Baird Brown. Square and tight, with slight dustiness to top edge, small erasures and bookplate to front endpapers, else Near Fine. Jacket unclipped… Read more about this item
Item Price
$100.00
A Severed Head

A Severed Head

by Murdoch, Iris

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1961
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
London, Middlesex, GBR
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$42.14

Show Details

Description:
London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 205mm Tall, 8vo. 252 Pages. Dust jacket worn, browned to edges and extremities with small tears at corners. .
Item Price
$42.14
No image available

A Severed Head

by MURDOCH, Iris

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
2nd Printing
Published
1964
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0573015279
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Eunumclaw, Washington, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$9.20

Show Details

Description:
US: Penguin Books, 1964. Penguin Books 1964 2nd Printing Fine/ Unread. Light fading to spine. Tight tanned pages.. 2nd Printing. Paperback. Fine.
Item Price
$9.20
No image available

A Severed Head (Acting Edition)

by Murdoch, Iris

Condition
New
ISBN 10
0573015279
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$20.93

Show Details

Description:
Samuel French Ltd. New. Special order direct from the distributor
Item Price
$20.93
A Severed Head. A novel.
More Photos

A Severed Head. A novel.

by IRIS MURDOCH

Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1961
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
London, GBR
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$44.70

Show Details

Description:
Chatto & Windus, London, 1961. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 252pp. Orange-red boards lettered in gold at the spine. Top- and fore edge quite spotted, encroaching a fraction to some leaf margins, and with a touch of further light spotting to the free endpapers, the half-title and the title page. A nice bright copy in… Read more about this item
Item Price
$44.70
No image available

A SEVERED HEAD

by Murdoch, Iris

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
None as Issued
Edition
First Edition, 6th Printing
Published
1976
Binding
Soft cover
ISBN 10
0140020039
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Berkeley, California, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$12.50

Show Details

Description:
London, UK: Penguin, 1976. First Edition, 6th Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/Near New. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/faint creasings to surface & front upper/lower corners. A novel of how being in love triggers disquiet and even ruthlessness, and may well have nothing to do with happiness. Martin Lynch-Gibbon thinks he can have both a beautiful… Read more about this item
Item Price
$12.50
No image available

A Severed Head

by Murdoch, Iris

Condition
Used - Acceptable
Published
1961-04-17
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0670636746
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Rollinsford, New Hampshire, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$38.95

Show Details

Description:
The Viking Press, 1961-04-17. Hardcover. Acceptable. The Viking Press 1961 first edition hardcover, fine quarter cloth, dust jacket missing, tight binding, clean unmarked text Prompt reliable service mailed next business day
Item Price
$38.95
A Severed Head

A Severed Head

by MURDOCH, Iris

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Published
1961
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$75.00

Show Details

Description:
London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Slight foxing on the page edges else very near fine in about fine dustwrapper with two tiny tears. A tale of adultery and incest.
Item Price
$75.00
A Severed Head
More Photos

A Severed Head

by Murdoch, Iris

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First edition
Published
1961
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$165.00

Show Details

Description:
New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [6], 3-248, [4] pp. Quarter white cloth over red paper boards with red lettering on the spine. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket's design by Bill English. A review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. Jacket with two spots… Read more about this item
Item Price
$165.00
No image available

A Severed Head

by Iris Murdoch

Condition
Used; Good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0140020039
Quantity Available
1
Seller
London, Greater London, GBR
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$4.46

Show Details

Description:
Penguin Books Ltd. Paperback. Used; Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.
Item Price
$4.46
A Severed Head

A Severed Head

by Iris Murdoch

Condition
Used - Acceptable
Published
1976
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0140020039
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Seattle, Washington, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$6.88

Show Details

Description:
Penguin Publishing Group, 1976. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Item Price
$6.88
No image available

A Severed Head

by Murdoch, Iris

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1961
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0670636746
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Johannesburg, ZAF
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$9.00

Show Details

Description:
Chatto & Windus, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. the boards are a little shelf rubbed. sporadic foxing.no inscriptions.the binding is excellent. (PM). Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Item Price
$9.00
A Severed Head

A Severed Head

by Murdoch, Iris

Condition
Used - Acceptable
Published
1976
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0140020039
Quantity Available
1
Seller
Seattle, Washington, USA
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Item Price
$6.86

Show Details

Description:
Penguin Books, 1976. Paperback. 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
$6.86