The Sandcastle
by Murdoch, Iris
'Iris Murdoch was one of the best and most influential writers of the twentieth century.' Peter Conradi, The GuardianThe quiet life of schoolmaster Bill Mor and his wife Nan is disturbed when a young woman, Rain Carter, arrives at the school to paint the portrait of the headmaster. Mor, hoping to enter politics, becomes aware of new desires. A complex battle develops, involving love, guilt, magic, art and political ambition. Mor's teenage children and their mother fight discreetly and ruthlessly against the invader. The Head, himself enchanted, advises Mor to seize the girl and run. The final decision rests with Rain. Can a 'great love' be purchased at too high a price?
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by Murdoch, Iris
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Topedge a little soiled, thus near fine in about fine dustjacket. Author's third book. Item Price
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"The Sandcastle" by Iris Murdoch. London: The Reprint Society, [1959]. (Originally published by Chatto and Windus in 1957). pp.286. Hardcover, quarter bound in cream, with wine coloured boards, top edge wine also (covers unmarked, corners square, spine bumped, top of spine foxed, some foxing to fore-edge). dw. (two tears to spine, chipped at bottom; tear to front cover, spine faded,… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1957. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A scarce uncorrected proof copy of Iris Murdoch's 'The Sandcastle'. First edition. 'The Sandcastle' is the story of a middle-aged schoolmaster (Bill Mor) with political ambitions who meets a young painter (Rain Carter), come to paint a former school headmaster's portrait.… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good+ in Good dj. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear to bottom edge, light age-toning to edges of text block, spine very slightly turned, lower rear corner bumped; jacket edgeworn, very slightly darkened at spine, with various tiny nicks and small tears, a bit of paper loss at several corners, missing about… Read more about this item Item Price
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Penguin, 1961. Softcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Penguin Books, 1961. 8vo. Softcover. Tanning to spine with lightly tanned page margins. Binding firm. Item Price
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London: Chatto & Windus. Ex library book. Green, cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on the spine. Good reading copy. Author's third book. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . ex lib. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1958. Item Price
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1 . hardback. Good. 1st ed. NY (Viking) 1957. Good condition in sunned and frayed dust wrapper. Very slightly racked and creased spine. Internally a nice copy.
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The Sand-Castle
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London: The Reprint Society, 1959. slight wear to cover edges, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: someedge wear. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
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Penguin [with] Chatto & Windus,, [1960]. 8vo., First Edition thus; printed wrappers, backstrip just a trifle browned else a remarkably bright, fresh, clean copy. Penguin 1474. Cover artwork by Charles Mozley. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Item Price
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Lily Year Book 1946, The: Number Ten
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London: Royal Horticultural Society, 1946. Hard. Good+. 8vo, 9 3/4. Illustrated with photographs.. Good+. Lacking dust jacket. Cloth covers with gilt titles to spine and front. Covers lightly dust marked. Mild page browning internally. Light foxing to page edges. Annotated in pencil throughout.
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London: Chatto & Windus,, 1957. Inscribed by the emerging writer First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author the month after publication on the front free endpaper, "With love from Iris, June 1957". This early publication was her third book. The publisher Norah Smallwood thought it "probably Iris Murdoch's most popular novel as far as sales were concerned" (cited… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sandcastle
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London: The Reprint Society. 1959. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine is age-toned. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 286 pages. . Book Club… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SANDCASTLE
by IRIS MURDOCH
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LONDON: THE REPRINT SOCIETY, 1959. 1st Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First thus - This edition published by The Reprint Society LTD by arrangement with Chatto and Windus LTD 1959 Clean sharp boards, foxing to fore edge. Clean throughout. Very good.
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The Sandcastle
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The Sandcastle
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The Sandcastle.
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United Kingdom: Penguin Classics, 1960. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. first thus, paperback, 313 pages, pages tanned otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B162
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The sandcastle
by Murdoch Iris
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Chatto & Windus, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are shelf rubbed and a bit sunned. one previous owner's inscription and a library marking.[J.nor]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Item Price
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The Sandcastle
by Iris Murdoch
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Chatto & Windus, 1957. Hardcover. Good. 1957. No Edition Remarks. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Annotations and underlining to some pages. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Item Price
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The Sandcastle
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Penguin, 1964-01-01. Paperback. Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Item Price
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