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A Severed Head

Signed first edition of Iris Murdoch's A Severed Head

Iris MurdochJean Iris Murdoch, 1919–1999
First edition. 8vo., 251, (1) pp. Reddish brown paper-covered boards stamped in gilt to spine. Dustjacket designed by John Woodcock (priced 18s net to front flap).
A 'Book Society Alternative Choice'.
Signed by Author to title page.
Foxing to top and fore-edge, as this title is wont, pencil notations to rear, recording occasion of book signing and subsequent readings, else Fine.
Author's fifth novel, later adapted for the stage by J.B. Priestley. A comedy of manners and a harbinger of the 1960s sexual revolution set in a middle-class, London milieu. Dramatised for the big screen in 1970 by Frederic Raphael, in a production directed by Dick Clement and starring Claire Bloom, Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough and Ian Holm.
[Fletcher & Bove, A 483]
special feature
signed
edition
first edition
format
hardback
publisher
Chatto & Windus
published in
London
publication year
1961
ISBN
not assigned
pagination
251 pages
width × height
​14 × ​20.5 cm
genre
literary fiction
language
English
binding style
cloth
binding state
original binding
condition  . . .
near fine
of jacket
fine
GBP£ ​375
EUR€ ​449
USD$ ​495
ref.7HU R2Y