Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch, Signed (16 results)

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Orange design cloth with rust cloth spine wrapand gilt lettering/rules to spine. Number 133 of 250 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. This copy is NEAR FINE in a FINE tissue DJ, encased in a clear plastic wrapper.Issued by London Limited Editions. No noticeable blemishes. Text page edgesevenly toned. Lovely. Signed by Author(s).

First edition. Copy #217 of 250 numbered copies issued by London Limited Editions (London: London Limited Editions 1985). Octavo. pp [viii], 522. Specially bound copy, flat signed by Murdoch herself. A signed limited edition of Iris Murdoch's celebrated novel about morality. Signed by Murdoch on the limitation page as issued. Quarter cloth with gilt lettering and paper-covered boards. Issued with publisher's original glassine dustwrapper. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustwrapper. (Dustwrapper with beginning toning on spine and minimal edgewear, just the slightest chipping). Further photographs available upon request, but please see all photos for accurate condition assessment. Happy to answer any questions. Murdoch's twenty-second novel, following the story of Edward Baltram and his search for his father. Meanwhile, his stepbrother Stuart Cuno, gives up his studies in search of the "pure" life of an aesthete. The novel was shortlisted for the Booker prize. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper covered boards, and with glassine dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Glassine back strip age toned, with closed tear to tail of rear wrap, and losses of paper to the head of front and rear wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned, as is common with this work, otherwise clean and bright. Fine. The novel was shortlisted for the Booker prize.

Hardcovers. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Copy #181 of 250 numbered copies issued by London Limited Editions. Signed by Murdoch on the limitation page as issued. Quarter cloth with gilt lettering and paper-covered boards. Issued with an acetate dustwrapper. Tiny rub spot on front board paper and beginning page toning; dustwrapper with beginning toning on spine and minimal edgwear. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustwrapper in an archival cover. Murdoch's twenty-second novel. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st Edition 1992. London Limited Edition of 250 with this being number 7. Flat signed by the author to the title page. Book is fine and bright. Includes the original tissue wrapper. More digital images can be taken upon request. Ref 19296. Signed by Author(s).

** SIGNED 71/250 LIMITED EDITION ** First edition. Copy #71 of 250 numbered copies issued by London Limited Editions. Signed by Murdoch on the limitation page as issued. Quarter cloth with gilt lettering and paper-covered boards. Issued with an acetate dustwrapper. Clean square and bright boards with the slightest pen line (1mm or less and in the photos, otherwise immaculate boards. The pages are starting to show the slightest toning on the extremities, but the pages are sharp bright, and clean. The dustwrapper is Very Good Plus because of a peas size open hole on top bavk end (also included in the photos). The spine is straight and solid, intact when you open the book it is till stiff to the fly leaf. Fine condition in a Very Good+ dustwrapper in an archival cover. This book is also protected in a soft plastic sealable covering. It has only had One owner and is unread. Enjoy!

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Red-Brown Cloth, Gilt, Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards. #186 Of A Limited Edition Of 250 Copies Signed By Author And In A Special Binding. Fine. Lacking The Plain Glassine Book Jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Tom Phillips (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the first British edition. Signed by Iris Murdoch directly on the title-page. Toning to page margins, a small stain near mid-page edge, bottom inch of back endpage torn/missing, and shallow crimp to cloth at foot of spine, else book in fine condition; in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, limited issue from the sheets of the trade edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 522. One of 250 copies signed by the author and specially bound in quarter cloth with marbled boards.Fine in the original glassine dustwrapper which is tanned at the spine and slightly chipped.

Hard Cover. First Edition. (London: London Limited Editions 1985). First Edition, Limited Issue from the sheets of the trade edition. # 67 of 250 numbered copies signed by the author and specially bound in quarter cloth with marbled boards. Page edges a bit tanned (and top edge a little foxed) otherwise a near fine copy in a near original glassine dustwrapper which is tanned at the spine and just the slightest chipping. A pretty nice copy. Further photographs available upon request. Signed by Author.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st Edition 1985. Includes an original handwritten letter/envelope from the author. Inscribed two sided Letter from Iris Murdoch to Penelope and Ralph Tanner. A letter thanking them for the embroidery.  The Tanners were close friends and neighbours of Murdoch and Bayley in Steeple Ashton, Oxfordshire (Penelope Tanner was also the biographer of the writer Ethel M. Dell and Dr Ralph Tanner, a social anthropologist who was Evelyn Waugh's batman in 1942. Undated. Size 178mm x 138mm Condition is very good. Book is near fine and bright. Contents good. The complete wrapper is near fine and bright. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 14534/19296. Signed by Author(s).

1st edition (no. 54 of 250 signed and numbered copies) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR Fine/near fine (the tissue dj has a bit of edgewear).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 522pp; Pages slightly yellowed to edges else a very bright copy; Not price-clipped; Signed by author to title page; Size: 8vo. Signed by Author(s). Book.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original turquoise cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Tom Phillips illustrated dustwrapper. A lovely very near fine copy, the binding square and firm with just mild rubbing to the extremities, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, a little toned to the cheap paper stock (as always) are otherwise clean throuhgout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£9.95 to the front flap). Signed by Iris Murdoch in black ink on the title page. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A signed limited edition copy of Iris Murdoch's celebrated novel about morality. A limited edition, with this being no. 178 of 250 numbered and specially bound copies, flat signed by Murdoch herself.In the publisher's original glassine.Murdoch's twenty-second novel, following the story of Edward Baltram and his search for his father. Meanwhile, his stepbrother Stuart Cuno, gives up his studies in search of the "pure" life of an aesthete. The novel was shortlisted for the Booker prize. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with marbled paper covered boards, and with glassine dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Glassine back strip age toned, with closed tear to tail of rear wrap, and losses of paper to the head of front and rear wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned, as is common with this work, otherwise clean and bright. Fine. signed by author. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. mint in glacene dust jacket, preserved in a bespoke cloth book-box with the initials B J H on the front cover. first edition; 522 pages. Signed by Author(s).

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. London, Chatto & Windus and the Hogarth Press. Signed by the author to the titlepage. A fine copy.