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WILSON**, A[ndrew] N[orman]: : IRIS MURDOCH AS I KNEW HER

LONDON.HUTCHINSON,2003.

ISBN 0091742463.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Subject's bright,crisp,clean,matt portrait colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white+ yellow lettering,critics' reviews of author's 'The Victorians' to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Majority of minimal creasing is to top edges of dw/dj.Top edges slightly aged/toned, fore-edges less so,but both sets generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp, clean,sharp-cornered - one minimally knocked - original plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,vii-xpp+5-275pp [paginated] includes Acknowledgements, Illustrations list/table,epigrams/prose extracts(3),Pts 1-2 comprising 8 and 10 chapters respectively, 8pp contemporary b/w auto+ biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp134/5,an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,and a Contents list/table.   'My dear,it's Iris.' When announcing herself on the telephone, IM always sounds rather surprised,as if she has only just discovered her own name.'How are you?' (I'm not very well and jittery about life in general.) 'Fine,never better.' 'And God? How's God,old thing?' I say He's fine too,though I'm not so sure.   Fifteen years ago,Iris Murdoch asked A. N. Wilson to be her biographer.This book is a tribute to the novelist he knew for thirty years.This is not Iris Murdoch the Alzheimer's patient,but Iris Murdoch the witty conversationalist,the emotional chaotic and, above all,the writer.Both sad and farcical,this completely personal attempt to set the record straight gives us back the fiercely intelligent novelist and professional philosopher,and will cause amusement as it ruffles feathers.   Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!   N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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