Philosophy encompassing moral philosophy, existentialism, and metaphysics
Berkeley: University of California Press, [1999]. First edition. Octavo. Cloth and boards. First edition. 339,[1] pp. Six black & white plate illustrations. Translated from the Italian by Laura Gibbs. Author's preface, translator's preface, notes, works cited, index. Fine, in a fine pictorial dust jacket. "'Take an abandoned lover, put a......
East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1902. Brown wrappers, printed and decorated in black and red; sewn binding. 6 x 4 in. Five issues. Frontispiece portrait of the artist printed on Japan Vellum laid in to each issue. Artists represented in this collection are Antonio Allegri Correggio, Giovanni Bellini, Benvenuto Cellini, Edwin.....
London: Chatto & Windus, [1987]. Octavo. Pale grey gilt cloth. About fine, in a fine highly pictorial, unclipped dust jacket designed by Tom Phillips whose remarkable portrait of Dame Jean Iris Murdoch hangs in London's National Portrait Gallery. First edition, first impression. Murdoch's twenty-third novel, and considered to be one.....
New York: Avon Books, [1965]. Pictorial wrappers. Wraps toned, spine a slight bit cocked and one light vertical crease, textblock toned, else a good copy. First trade paperback edition. "A gothic tale, told with intelligence and wit by one of England's major contemporary novelists, for broadminded and compassionate readers...
London: Chatto & Windus, [1989]. Thick octavo. Emerald green gilt cloth. First edition. Signed by author on half-title. Some foxing to top edge, else about fine in a fine highly pictorial dust jacket designed by Tom Phillips whose portrait of Dame Jean Iris Murdoch hangs in London's National Portrait Gallery.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1980. Pale blue gilt boards. First edition. Fine, in a fine dust jacket printed in red and black. Twenty-first novel by the prolific Oxford don who nonchalantly starts this novel that is sometimes referred to as a romance for highbrows, with, "'Wittgenstein -- ' 'Yes?' said the.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1975. Octavo. Orange gilt boards. First edition. Pictorial jacket design by Christopher Cornford. About fine but for being cased upside down in its binding (not seen any others listed as such), in very good or better unclipped dust jacket.
[New York: Writers and Readers, 2001]. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrated by [Silvina] Piero. Near fine. First edition. A "documentary comic book" that illustrates and illuminates everything you need to know about Iris Murdoch and her work so that you can be stunningly erudite at any Oxbridge cocktail party you may find.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. Octavo. Paper over boards. First edition, later impression. Fine, in about fine dust jacket. "Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out.....
London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate Street, 1739. First edition. Small octavo. [2],44,[2] pp. Likely disbound from a pamphlet collection with vestiges of the leather spine present; outer leaves dust soiled with occasional spots; internal pages near fine. Original price intact on title page.....