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1956-1958 The Flight from the Enchanter & The Sandcastle
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Description
Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
Two volumes. Written by Dame Jean Iris Murdoch, an Irish and British novelist and philosopher best known for her novels about good and evil, sexual relationships, morality, and the power of the unconscious. This set contains: The Flight from the Enchanter, 1956. Second impression. The author's second novel. A tale of a group of people caught by the spell of the mysterious and enigmatic Mischa Fox - the enchanter - a wealthy man said to have great, perhaps mystical powers. The Sandcastle, 1958. Third impression. The author's third novel. The story of a middle-aged schoolmaster with political ambitions who meets a young painter when she comes to paint a former school headmaster's portrait.
Condition
In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also smart with light wear to the extremities and sunning to the spine. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. With a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper and bookseller's label to the front pastedown of The Sandcastle.
Near Fine
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