A Fairly Honourable Defeat
by Murdoch, Iris
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0701115343
- ISBN 13
- 9780701115340
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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 lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 127mm. "This is a novel about the almost mechanical effects of vanity, lying and fear in a situation where imperfect beings are related to each other by obscure and deep bonds." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
Synopsis
A Fairly Honourable Defeat is a novel by the British writer and philosopher Iris Murdoch.
Reviews
On Aug 11 2005, Raabe said:
An extremely entertaining fiction full of easy philosophies and quirky characters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20459
- Title
- A Fairly Honourable Defeat
- Author
- Murdoch, Iris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0701115343
- ISBN 13
- 9780701115340
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1970)
- Keywords
- 0701115343
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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