Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch, First Edition (106 results)

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Kent Williams (cover art) (illustrator). First American Edition. ". a vivid and beautiful tale of good and evil, and the perennial contest between religion and magic." 522 pages. CONDITION: The book itself is bright, tight, and square - its covers with light shelf-wear and bumped spine ends. The interior is unmarked and uncreased, with pristine text pages. Its hauntingly-illustrated dust jacket - now in a clear mylar (removable) protective cover - is complete - not price-clipped - and unmarked, compromised only by a pair of diagonal creases on the front flap. This is truly an attractive copy - at an excellent price. ***NOTE: Due to this book's size and weight (ca. 2.5 pounds securely packed), an additional shipping fee must be charged for domestic (USA) Priority and International orders - not to exceed the actual US Postal amount. ***No additional charge for domestic Media Mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 522 pages. First American edition. From the DJ: ". . .sophisticated entertainment and an inquiry into the various spiritual crises that afflict the modern world." 8vo, red boards with beige quarter, gilt lettering on spine, minimal wear to boards, faint foxing to fore-edge and end papers, in unclipped practically unworn DJ. Small marks and occasional notes in very light pencil in the margins throughout; diagram of relations between characters and list of page references for various concepts, also in pencil, on rear end papers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Ex Libris with all the usual attributes. Minute soiling wrinkling; Very Good condition. Spine leaning. A few marks and a little rubbing, but pages and cover mostly clean. Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Slightly cocked, jacket slightly bumped at extremities of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2nd Impression of the 1985 1st UK Edition. Book is straight, square, securely bound, uniformly age toned and free of markings and blemishes. Unclipped Dust Jacket (still showing original GBP £9.95 net rice) and Cover are clean and bright, with sharp corners (DJ: one corner and top of front hinge have small chips), straight headbands, gently bumped tails, crisply legible lettering and clearly distinct artwork and design. (Please see Seller images). ISBN 0701130008. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING if any questions or for more information, details or photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. 1st US. Large, heavy, sturdy book, cream cloth spine, purple boards with embossed initials at top front, gold and line design bright on spine, 522 pages. Tiny blue highlighting dot on the following pages (we may have missed some): 5, 12-13, 21, 33, 41, 51, 61, 70, 75, 79, 83, 90, 99, 109, 115, 116151, 159, 171, 182, 203, 244, 256, 267, 277, 287, 316, 330, 340, 351, 359, 386, 411, 424, 438, DJ glossy in shades of purple with a color-illustration of butterfly in front of man's face on front, spine and back, praise on back from John Updike, Robertson Davies, Joyce Carol Oates and others. Very Fine DJ/Fair book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Viking Adult January 1986 Binding: Hardcover VG. in VG dj dj in mylar; rem mrk on bottom edge 522. 1st U.S. edition. 8vo.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by WILLIAMS, KENT DJ COVER ART (illustrator). First Edition?. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S18.98) DUST JACKET,clean, solid, bright; GOLD spine titles on WHITE cloth spine strip.red hard covers.WHITE endpapers .YRED & BLACK titles on PINK/RED glossy dust jacket,showing young man & large moth COVER ART. Inner back cover shows 3x4" B&W photo of author & biog.; 390 pages; ."What an incorrigible, irresistible conjurer-up this woman is!" .ambitious; unique; ingeniously plotted.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine Pages Browning. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A very attractive copy of the first edition in dust jacket. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint; First Printing. Slight bump to top of spine. ; First printing of Penguin mass market edition, 1986. Nice tight flat copy, no names inside, appears unread. Cover artwork by Louise Brierley. ; 528 pages; A serious yet funny novel about trying to be good. Stuart Cuno wishes to become good, like a prest but without God, giving up a promising academic career much to the bewilderment of friends and family who question his motives and his sanity. Meanwhile, Stuart's step-brother Edward Baltram is tormented by guilt because he has, he believes, killed his best friend due to a practical joke that goes badly wrong. Edward's quest for atonement will lead him to a beautiful and ambiguous house of enlightenment, Seegard, the family home, away from the harsh reality of London. Mass Market PB.

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 522pp, dustjacket a little bumped, pages a little yellowed as usual. The author's 22nd novel, and another which has redemption as a central theme. 400 grams.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Ninth Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Penguin Books, 1985. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good with shelf/edgewear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

First edition. 1st printing. Slight yellowing to pages; binding tight; dust jacket crisp & bright. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket.

"First American Edition Published in 1986" stated on copyright page, FINE in FINE dust jacket with some spine sunning. 1st US edition.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 19.95 G FM FICT - MURDO T1165. First Edition. First American Edition. Good Hardcover with Dust Jacket. GOOD - Collectible. Standard-sized.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, 3rd Printing. Text/Bright, clean w/ftrace margin discoloration. Softcover/VG; sound w/light edge wear, faint creasing to lower back corner, & trace soiling. First published 1985. Dame Iris Murdoch (1919 - 1999) in 3 parts: I, The Prodigal Son; II, Seegard; and, III, Life After Death. A tragiscomedy of seeking to be good --- Edward Baltram seeks atonement for causing his best friend's death, while step-brother Stuart Cuno wants to be good, like a priest, but without God. At Seegard, "a beautiful and ambiguous house of enlightenment", Edward meets his natural father, and Stuart plays a role.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. New York, NY, Viking Press, 1986. First American edition. 8vo. Tan quarter cloth over mauve boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 522 pp. Appears unread. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. 522 Pp. Cream Cloth Spine, Burgundy Boards. First American Printing Stated. Very Near Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $18.95, Slightest Bumping To Spine Ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of the first American edition. A fine copy in a near fine jacket, which is faded on spine. A clean copy with price ($18.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Rear stacks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Impression. Secon impression hardcover with unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Jacket is sunned. Edgegs are a little creased. Small blemish on page block foot. Page block and page edges are tanned. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Chatto & Windus/The Hogarth Press, 1985, London, Book Condition: Very Good plus, Dust Jacket: Very Good Plus; browning to books pages as is usual with this edition, invisible 1 1/2" closed tear to rear dj inside flap.nice tight copy with mylar jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Owner signature and date on front end paper. Otherwise a tight, unmarked book.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 522pp; Pages slightly yellowed else a bright copy in unclipped d/w; Size: 12mo. Book.

Condition: Very Good. 1985. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear & age. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a fine copy. First edition copy. . . .

1st U.S. edition Fine/fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Hardcover has spotted text edge, bumped corners, dust jacket bumped at spine and corners.