The Unicorn
by Murdoch, Iris
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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The Unicorn
by Iris Murdoch
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- 1963
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1963. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of this novel by esteemed author Iris Murdoch. This is Iris Murdoch's seventh novel. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. The 'Unicorn' is set in the west coast of Ireland.It follows the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Unicorn
by MURDOCH, Iris
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- 1963
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. A touch of soiling on the top edge, near fine in very good or better dustwrapper, with light offsetting at the top of of the front panel. Signed by the author. Item Price
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THE UNICORN
by Murdoch, Iris
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- 1963
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Stephenson, Virginia, USA
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1963. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20cm); pale yellowish-green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; grey topstain; dustjacket; [11]-319,[1]pp. Tiny stain to front cover, topstain faded, faint foxing to endpapers and lower edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (21s net), lightly edgeworn and gently spine-sunned, with a few small tears and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Unicorn
by MURDOCH, Iris (1919-1999)
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1963. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 319; [1], blank. Sage green hardcovers with gilt titles to spine, top edge coloured blue, in pictorial dust-jacket by Christopher Cornford priced at 21s. Book is near fine; jacket very good, with a few chips and tears to extremities, some toning. A Gothic fantasy likened… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Unicorn
by Iris Murdoch
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- 1963
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1963. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5". None. The first edition of this novel by Iris Murdoch. This is Iris Murdoch's seventh novel. The 'Unicorn' is set in the west coast of Ireland.It follows the young governess, Marian Taylor, as she takes residence in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Unicorn
by Murdoch, Iris
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1963. First Edition. First edition, first impression. 319 pp. Bound in publisher's grayish oliver cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with former owner's name and info written on front free endpaper, small scuff to fore edge, in a Near Fine dust jacket, faint crease to spine panel, bright and attractive. Gothic fiction set in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Unicorn
by Iris Murdoch
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- 1963
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1963. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A very smart, first edition copy of this Gothic novel by Irish Murdoch, enclosed in the original pictorial dust wrapper. This is Iris Murdoch's seventh novel.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The 'Unicorn' is set in the west coast of Ireland.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Unicorn
by MURDOCH, Iris
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- 1961
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Green wrappers. Toning and creasing on the spine thus very good. Title page states "1961" but publisher's handwritten note on the front wrapper states 1963. Item Price
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The Unicorn
by Iris Murdoch
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1963-01-01
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- Hardcover
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- 0670740772
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Devizes, Wiltshire, GBR
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Chatto & Windus, 1963-01-01. First Edition. hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). First Edition. This copy does not have a dust jacket. Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Item Price
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The Unicorn
by MURDOCH, Iris
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- Used - Good
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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$20.00
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New York: The Viking Press, 1963. Hardcover. Good. Later printing. Ex-library with the usual markings, owner's notation penned on front fly, thus good only, lacking the dustwrapper. Item Price
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The Unicorn
by Iris Murdoch
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- First edition
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- 1963
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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London : Chatto and Windus , 1963. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8" by 5.5". None. First Edition of Iris Murdoch's famous novel 'The Unicorn' Murdoch's seventh novel, 'The Unicorn ' follows the young governess, Marian Taylor, as she takes residence in the isolated country house, Gaze Castle. Discussing Christianity and philosophy, this novel reflects the authors… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Unicorn
by MURDOCH, Iris [Dame Jean], 1919-1999
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- 1963
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
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$115.00
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Near Fine+. First Impression. 8vo: 319,(1)pp. Publisher's pale olive cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge stained slate-blue; illustrated dust jacket by Christopher Comford, priced 21s. About Fine (spine tips lightly faded, one corner bumped), Near Fine or better jacket (back panel toned). Fletcher & Bove A0629. "The isolated west… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Unicorn.
by MURDOCH, Iris.
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- Used - Near fine with ink name on front free endpaper; in a dust jacket with some chipping and use.
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- First American edition.
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- [1963].
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Rochester, New York, USA
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New York:: The Viking Press,, [1963].. First American edition.. publisher's cloth-backed baords in dust jacket. . Near fine with ink name on front free endpaper; in a dust jacket with some chipping and use.. 8vo,. Item Price
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The Unicorn
by Iris Murdoch
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First edition
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- 1963
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- Cloth
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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$122.04
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New York : The Viking Press , 1963. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. First Edition Review Copy of Iris Murdoch's novel 'The Unicorn' First thus, First U.S Edition Review Copy. Loosely inserted is a slip from the publishing company regarding this copy being for reviewers dated May 9… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Unicorn.
by Murdoch, Iris
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$40.00
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Chatto & Windus London 1963. First edition. A good copy in like jacket. Item Price
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The Unicorn
by Iris Murdoch
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First edition
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- 1963
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- Cloth
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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$96.34
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London : Chatto & Winduss, 1963. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". none . A lovely first edition copy of the gothic novel The Unicorn by Iris Murdoch, in a very smart original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this novel in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The Unicorn was Murdoch's seventh novel and is set… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE UNICORN
by Murdoch, Iris
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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$7.00
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Chatto & Windus Limited , 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Light Grey top page edges. From the collection of Cleo ex-library. On the last page of the book there is a library plate pasted in. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed. The text within the book is bright and clear. Tightly bound and presented… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Unicorn.
by MURDOCH, Iris.
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London, London, GBR
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$160.58
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London, Chatto & Windus, 1963. . First edition, first impression; 8vo; very light browning to front endpapers, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's sage cloth, titles to spine gilt, pictorial dust jacket designed by Christopher Cornford. A very good copy in the mildly tanned dust jacket with a single piece of internal repair.
The author's sixth novel, set in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Unicorn.
by MURDOCH, IRIS.
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- FIRST EDITION
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- [1963]
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$45.00
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New York: The Viking Press, [1963]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Precedes the British edition. A fine bright copy in like dust jacket.
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The Unicorn [Hardcover]
by Iris Murdoch
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- Used - Good
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- 1963-01-01
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- Hardcover
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Waynesville, Ohio, USA
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$35.00
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Viking, 1963-01-01. Hardcover. Good. ***Please Read*** English edition - Book shows light wear while the DJ shows considerable wear - interior is tight and clean - 319 pages - my shelf location -7-e-28 Item Price
$35.00