The Flight from the Enchanter, Iris Murdoch. First Edition, Third Printing.
The Flight from the Enchanter, Iris Murdoch
First edition, third printing of Murdoch’s second novel, a dark comedy of power, desire, and illusion following a group of Londoners drawn into the influence of the enigmatic Mischa Fox. With its handsome dust jacket designed by Edward Bawden.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1960. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the publisher’s unclipped dust jacket priced 15s net; 316 pp. A very good book in an about near fine dust jacket. Tight and sturdy, with an owner’s bookplate to the front pastedown and scattered foxing to the edges and preliminary leaves. The jacket is bright and vivid, with minimal shelf wear and a touch of toning to the spine and rear panel. Protected in archival Mylar.
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