Murdoch, Iris. A Severed Head. Books Limited, London, 1961.

Price: US$3.21 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: with chatto and windus. binding good and pages clean , dustjacket good with edges a little rubbed.

Seller: Krokodile Books, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Iris Murdoch. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, 1961.

Price: US$8.27 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 3rd Impression, corner unclipped, wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, edges chipped, ripped, creased and worn, corners and top and bottom of spine chipped and worn, sides of spine chipped and well worn, holes on back edge, back cover grubby and stained, some light wear to covers and spine, corners a little bumped, top and bottom of spine a little bumped and worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but yellowing

Seller: Neo Books, Sidcup, KENT, United Kingdom

Murdoch, Iris. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, 1961.

Price: US$9.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: the boards are a little shelf rubbed. sporadic foxing.no inscriptions.the binding is excellent. (PM). Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

Iris Murdoch. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, 1961.

Price: US$10.45 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 1961. 3rd Impression. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some pages, text remains readable. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water staining to spine.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Murdoch, Iris.. A Severed Head. Chatto and Windus, 1961.

Price: US$14.20 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. No dust jacket. A mild tan to the page edges, and a previous owner's name on the first page. Otherwise, a good, clear condition book throughout.

Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom

Iris Murdoch. A Severed Head. Chatto and Windus, 1961.

Price: US$14.35 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1961. No Edition Stated. 251 pages. Green dust jacket with white lettering over orange cloth. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, large tears and loss to edges and corners. Notable tanning to spine and edges, with soiling to DJ.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

Iris Murdoch. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, 1961.

Price: US$14.77 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 329 page HB. 1st impression. A near fine copy in a complete crisp near fine dust jacket. No previous ownership markings. well cared for.

Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, tywyn, United Kingdom

Murdoch, Iris. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus 1961, second impression,, 1961.

Price: US$19.24 + shipping

Description: hardback, 8vo, 252pp, edges browning, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper; wrapper browning, slightly frayed at corners and spine ends

Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom

Iris Murdoch. A Severed Head. The Book Club/Chatto & Windus, London, 1961.

Price: US$25.66 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, third impression. In a blue hardcover with black titles to spine. With an unclipped illustrated dust jacket with black titles to spine and front. 246 pp. The book is in very good condition with just a trace of shelf-wear to the extremities of the cover and a small amount of sunning to the head and tail of the spine. The binding is tight and the pages clean and unmarked. The dust jacket is good with generally very minor shelf-wear to the extremities; there are chips and tears to .5" of the head of the spine. The jacket is slightly tanned, the back flap is creased.

Seller: Books for Amnesty Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Murdoch, Iris. A Severed Head.. Chatto & Windus, London, 1961.

Price: US$28.22 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 252 Pages. A Bright & Unmarked Book In A Complete Dustjacket, No Tears & Minor Shelf-Wear Only. Not Ex Library.

Seller: NorWest Books (UK), Minehead, United Kingdom

Murdoch, Iris. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, 1961, 1961.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: 1st U.K. edition of her fifth novel Near fine/very good (the book has a little soiling on the textblock edges; the price-intact dj has a little chipping at the top of the spine and some minor soiling to the back panel)

Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

Iris Murdoch. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, United Kingdom, 1961.

Price: US$38.48 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch, Hardcover, First UK Edition (1961). Book in very good condition, in a good unclipped dust jacket. The book has minor bumping to the spine ends, and slight ageing to the page edges. The dust jacket shows general wear and ageing, especially to the extremities, with small losses to the top and bottom of the spine. This is to be expected for a book of this age. (See pictures). Another book by this acclaimed author.

Seller: Ann's Old Town Books, Swindon, United Kingdom

Murdoch (Iris).. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus,, 1961.

Price: US$40.41 + shipping

Description: Very nice copy in very slightly creased and worn dust-wrapper

Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom

Murdoch, Iris. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, London, 1961.

Price: US$42.33 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 252 Pages. Dust jacket worn, browned to edges and extremities with small tears at corners.

Seller: Andmeister Books, London, United Kingdom

Murdoch., Iris. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus for The Book Club., 1961.

Price: US$44.83 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Chatto & Windus for The Book Club., 1961-06-01. Third Printing. Thus. VG++/VG+/VG+. Box X43 HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1961 * Publisher: Chatto & Windus for The Book Club.* Binding and cover condition: Medium blue cloth, black title to spine. Minimal bumps to top corners, no rubs, slight age to head and tail of spine, spine lightly faded, no other visible faults. VG+.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing a gent in a bowler hat with a suit and cane. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of 18s. net . Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. Now in clear protective cover. VG+ * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, minor age to all edges & slight ageing to end papers, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: None. * Pages: 246 pp. text. iv pp. blank at rear.* Description: The plot borders on farce, with the six central characters, three men and three women, forming various love affairs amongst themselves. As is often the case in Murdoch, these relationships can be obsessive, particularly Martin's desire for Honor Klein. Martin finds that his well-meant attempts to behave beautifully and please everyone lead him into an unbearable state of enslavement. A rescuer appears in an unexpected quarter and his education culminates in a new passion which has the ruthless and illogical violence of a nightmare.* A near FINE reprint copy with minor age and wear reducing it to VG+ in a VG+ protected dust jacket.* 0 250 pp. 1961-06-01

Seller: Cocksparrow Books, Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom

IRIS MURDOCH. A Severed Head. A novel.. Chatto & Windus, London, 1961.

Price: US$44.90 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 252pp. Orange-red boards lettered in gold at the spine. Top- and fore edge quite spotted, encroaching a fraction to some leaf margins, and with a touch of further light spotting to the free endpapers, the half-title and the title page. A nice bright copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with some spotting and dust soiling to the predominantly white rear panel, and a two-inch jagged tear to the head of the front panel with a touch of light accompanying creasing. The author's fifth novel.

Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom

Iris Murdoch. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, United Kingdom, 1961.

Price: US$44.90 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A Severed Head by Iris Murdoch, Hardcover, First UK Edition (1961). Book in very good condition, in a good unclipped dust jacket. The book shows some bumping to the spine ends, with some creasing to the spine, and a slight lean. It has some internal ageing, especially to the page edges. The dust jacket shows general wear and ageing, with minor losses and tears to the extremities. The dust jacket is now encased in a removable plastic sleeve. A very good copy overall for a book of this age. (See pictures). Another book by this Booker Prize winning author.

Seller: Ann's Old Town Books, Swindon, United Kingdom

MURDOCH, Iris and PRIESTLY, J.B.. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, 1961.

Price: US$46.18 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, first impression, Chatto & Windus, 1961. A three-act play, written by Iris Murdoch and J. B. Priestley, adapted from Iris Murdoch's novel of the same name.ÂNear fine in near fine unclipped dustwrapper with publisher's revised price label and one very small nick to upper panel close to spine.Chatto & Windus, 1961

Seller: Roy Turner Books, Stockport, United Kingdom

Murdoch, Iris. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, 1961.

Price: US$47.46 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description:

Seller: BazaarofBooks, London, United Kingdom

MURDOCH, Iris (Dublino 1919 - Oxford 1999),. A Severed Head. London, Chatto and Windus,, 1961.

Price: US$49.61 + shipping

Description: . 8vo. pp. 252. . Molto buono (Very Good). Sovracoperta mancante (No dust jacket). Prima edizione (First Edition, First Printing). .

Seller: Studio Bibliografico Marini, ROMA, RM, Italy

Murdoch, Iris. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, 1961.

Price: US$51.31 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first impression. No inscriptions or markings. Short surface abrasion and remnant of a small sticker to ffep, else internally fine. Sight tanning to page block, with some light dust-spots to the edges. Complete and unclipped dust jacket, now in a protective plastic cover. Rubbing to top edges, moderate toning to back and inside edges, sundry small and light marks to the back. Red cloth with bright gilt titling to the spine. The boards remain clean, sharp, and fine, a touch faded to the very bottom edges. 252pp.

Seller: BBBooks, Poulton-Le-Fylde, United Kingdom

MURDOCH, Iris.. A SEVERED HEAD.. Chatto & Windus, London, 1961. First edition., 1961.

Price: US$53.46 + shipping

Description: 8vo, 252pp. A good hardback copy in lighlty edgeworn price clipped dust jacket with tanning to rear.

Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia

Murdoch, Iris. A SEVERED HEAD. CHATTO & WINDUS LONDON 1961, LONDON, 1961.

Price: US$63.75 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VG-/G- BOOK HAS SOME SPOTTING TO EDGES OF THE PAGES DJ IN MYLAR, W/LARGE CHIP 2X3 FROM FRONT FLAP, AND QUARTER SIZED CHIP AND LARGE CLOSED TEAR ON BACK COVER W/SOME TAPE REPAIR

Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

Iris Murdoch. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, 1961.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardback. First Printing. Very Good condition book with foxing and brown spotting to end papers, page edges, chip to top edge of front free end paper, in a Very Good condition dust jacket with foxing to back cover and internal folds, minor chips, tears, rubs and creases around its edges. Tight sound copy. Slight musty odor.

Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.

MURDOCH, Iris. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, London, 1961.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First edition. Slight foxing on the page edges else very near fine in about fine dustwrapper with two tiny tears. A tale of adultery and incest.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Murdoch, Iris.. A Severed Head.. London. Chatto & Windus. 1961., 1961.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. (Copyright 1961). VG+/VG+ in reddish brown paper-covered boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Very clean, tight, and bright. In a complete dustjacket designed by John Woodcock ("18 s net") with light chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. Lightly soiled rear panel with a photo of Iris Murdoch on the rear inside flap. First Edition. (Copyright 1961).

Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.

Murdoch (Iris).. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus,, 1961.

Price: US$80.81 + shipping

Description: Very nice copy in slightly nicked and soiled dust-wrapper; bookplate

Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom

MURDOCH, Iris (1919-1999). A Severed Head. London: Chatto and Windus, 1961, 1961.

Price: US$83.38 + shipping

Description: [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.252. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by John Woodcock, priced at 18s. No inscriptions. Book is a little bumped and handled. Very good, in a similar jacket with a few small chips. Martin believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional re-education.

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

Iris Murdoch. A Severed Head. Chatto & Windus, 1961.

Price: US$89.79 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A very good clean copy complete with its original jacket, also very good. With some handling wear and small loss to top edges. Unclipped jacket.

Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Murdoch, Iris.. A SEVERED HEAD. CHATTO & WINDUS LONDON 1961, LONDON, 1961.

Price: US$98.75 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VG/VG

Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.

MURDOCH, Iris. A Severed Head. Chatto and Windus, London, 1961.

Price: US$110.00 + shipping

Description: First printing. Octavo (20cm). Original orange paper, titled in gilt, in original dark green dust jacket; plain endpapers; 252pp; works by the same author opposite title page. Bookplate of Baird Brown. Square and tight, with slight dustiness to top edge, small erasures and bookplate to front endpapers, else Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced 18s) and whole, lightly rubbed along edges, minor browning at flap folds: Very Good or better. Murdoch's fifth novel, a satire about marriage, adultery, and incest among well-to-do Londoners. Adapted for the stage in 1963, and made into a 1970 film starring Claire Bloom, Lee Ann Remick, Richard Attenborough, and Ian HOlm.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Murdoch, Iris. A Severed Head. London : Chatto and Windus, 1961.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: ~ Ribbed paper covered boards in dust jacket designed by John Woodcock protected with a transparent removable covering ~ 251+[1]p ~ 21x14x3cm. ~ Near Fine, with a small chip to the dust jacket upper back corner ~ LANGUAGE: English // We accept PayPal & EU bank transfer in EUROS //

Seller: Lirolay, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.