Signed 1st Edition The Good Apprentice Iris Murdoch 1985 Limited Edition

Copy #217 of 250 numbered copies issued by London Limited Editions (London: London Limited Editions 1985). 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.

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. Pages age toned, as is common with this work, otherwise clean and bright.

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