Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Iris Murdoch. The Flight Of The Enchanter. Chatto & Windus, 1956.
Price: US$19.26 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Wear to cover and spine, mainly edges and corners, Corners bumped and a little worn, Top and bottom of spine bumped and a little worn, edges chipped, Text faded and worn, cannot be seen, Internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear
Seller: Neo Books, Sidcup, KENT, United Kingdom
Murdoch, Iris:. The Flight from the Enchanter. London: Chatto & Windus 1956 1st edition, 1956.
Price: US$20.15 + shipping
Description: hard cover, brown cloth, no dust jacket, 316pp, gilt lettering to spine faded, light shelfwear to bottom edges and end of spine, binding firm, edges of textblock tanned, inner pages very lightly yellowed, no names, marks or inscriptions, a good, clean and straight reading copy of the first edition of the author's second novel. No ISBN
Seller: Book Fossicker, Clunes, VIC, Australia
Price: US$32.21 + shipping
Description: Very Good (-), without dust jacket. No owner's markings.
Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United Kingdom
Iris Murdoch. The Flight from the Enchanter. Chatto & Windus, 1956.
Price: US$38.65 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown Boards with gilt titles to the spine. Part of the front of the jacket is pasted into the endpage of the book (See pictures). There is a bit of foxing otherwise clean pages
Seller: Bramble Books, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Iris Murdoch. The Flight from the Enchanter. Chatto & Windus, 1956.
Price: US$54.11 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st printing. Light toning to end papers.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Iris Murdoch. The Flight From The Enchanter. Chatto & Windus, London, 1956.
Price: US$57.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HB First published March 1956. This reprinted May 1956. Brown cloth boards, brown titles spine. 316 pages. 20.3 x 14cm. Annette walks out of her finishing school with the intention of educating herself. She tells the headmistress ' I shall go out into the school of life' & finds a brutal lesson. Darkly comic. entertaining read. Condition: Slight spine, corner rub. One line dedication o/p. Few page curls. Top edge of pages dusty. Clean. V little wear. Tight binding. Good colour. VGC
Seller: Buybyebooks, Honiton, United Kingdom
Iris Murdoch. Flight from the Enchanter. Chatto & Windus, 1956.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Fair. Heavily spine creased, browned along edges, wraps in plastic cover
Seller: AwardWinningBooks, Spring Branch, TX, U.S.A.
Murdoch, Iris. The Flight from the Enchanter. Chatto & Windus, London, 1956.
Price: US$115.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boards have light shelf wear, fading to spine. Slightly cocked with a lean. Ink inscrip to flyleaf, some pages lightly tanned, otherwise great Size: 8vo 0.0
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
MURDOCH, Iris. THE FLIGHT FROM THE ENCHANTER. Chatto & Windus, London, 1956.
Price: US$122.38 + shipping
Description: First Edition, second impression, issued three months after the first printing, with the unclipped dust-jacket, designed by Edward Bawden. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to the spine dulled. Jacket chipped at foot of spine and well browned at backstrip and rear panel, but untorn. Text block slightly toned, especially at edges. Loosely inserted is a two-sided, handwritten letter, from Iris Murdoch, from her home at Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, undated. The recipient is the potter and author Penelope Bennett, of Sydney Street, Chelsea, and Murdoch writes, "I'm so sorry I did not acknowledge the arrival of your novel. I have been abroad. I shall read it with interest - but I'm afraid not immediately as I have a great many jobs to do this summer".
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
Murdoch, Iris. The Flight from the Enchanter. Chatto & Windus, London, 1956.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: pp. 316. 8vo. Some sunning to binding (in keeping with jacket chips), corners bumped, ink name to front free endpaper, two instances of offsetting (as from a now-removed bookmark), else clean and unmarked internally. The jacket was in pieces and a former owner saw fit to repair it with tape. The front and rear panels and both flaps are mostly complete.
Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Iris Murdoch. The Flight from the Enchanter. Chatto and Windus, 1956.
Price: US$161.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second impression hardback with dustkacet illustrated by Edward Bawden. DJ is darkened and rubbed to top edge with a little chipping to corners. Brown cloth covered boards. Internally clean. Very good condition.
Seller: Buckle's Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Iris Murdoch. The Flight from the Enchanter. Chatto and Windus, 1956.
Price: US$161.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second impression hardback with dustjacket. DJ is chipped to bottom of spine and top, front corner. Slight darkening to spine. Slight tanning to page edges. Very good condition.
Seller: Buckle's Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Murdoch, Iris. The Flight From the Enchanter. Chatto and Windus, 1956.
Price: US$170.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: the jacket is rather worn and marked. there is a little more than a centimeter chip at the top of the spine. this has not affected the title on the spine except for the top bar of the letter 'E' in 'the'. the jacket is price clipped. it presents well in cellophane. the book has no inscriptions. minor age related marks. the binding is excellent. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Iris Murdoch. The flight from the Enchanter. Chatto & Windus, 1956.
Price: US$193.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown boards and spine, the latter, with the slightest lean, lettered in gilt. Crisp, lightly soiled jacket illustrated by Bawden; all corners a little rubbed and a 5 mm tear on top front edge. Internally off settting to free end papers. Contents clean and tight.
Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Iris Murdoch. The Flight From the Enchanter (in fine binding). Chatto & Windus, 1956.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "The Flight From the Enchanter" by Iris Murdoch. Chatto & Windus, London. 1956 first UK edition first printing. Book rebound in fine half leather binding with decorative spine with five bands. A highly attractive copy of Iris Murdoch's masterpiece.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Murdoch, Iris. The Flight From the Enchanter. Chatto & Windus., London, 1956.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Lightly bumped tips else near fine in bright, unclipped very good dustjacket showing touch of wear at tips and spinal extremities. Attractive copy of Murdoch's second novel. Photos available upon request.
Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Iris Murdoch. The Flight of the Enchanter - UK 1st. Chatto & Windus, 1956.
Price: US$225.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Uk edition first impression in VG condition There is a previous owner inscription to the front endpage. the title page has heavy foxing. there is minor foxing to some other early pages, most pages are clean, binding is firm, The jacket has some very minor wear, now in removable protective sleeve. Please see pics.
Seller: Setanta Books, Richmond, SURRE, United Kingdom
MURDOCH, Iris. The Flight from the Enchanter. Chatto & Windus, London, 1956.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Small spot on front board else very near fine in about very good dustwrapper designed by Edward Bawden with shallow chipping on the spine ends, a bit of toning at the spine, and light offsetting on the front flap from a clipping.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Iris Murdoch. The Flight from the Enchanter. Chatto & Windus, 1956.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Flight from the Enchanter, 1st edition, 1956, original cloth, dust jacket, spine ends rubbed and chipped, some light toning to spine and rear panel. Murdoch's second novel
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Murdoch, Iris. Flight From The Enchanter. Chatto and Windus 1956, 1956.
Price: US$515.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Chatto and Windus in 1956. A very good+ (or better) book with some spotting to the page edges and prelims. Some shadowing to the spine. Previous owner's bookplate. In a very good+ unclipped wrapper with just a little wear to the head of the spine. Author's second novel.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Murdoch (Iris). The Flight from the Enchanter. Chatto & Windus, London, 1956.
Price: US$528.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. An attractive first edition of the author's second novel, in the wonderful Edward Bawden dust-jacket. A very good; jacket price-clipped with slight toning to spine and lower panel, but overall a very good example.
Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom
Murdoch, Iris. The Flight from the Enchanter. Chatto & Windus, London, 1956.
Price: US$702.10 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Proof copy paperback in good condition. Covers are marked, worn and sunned, particularly the spine. A tear noted at the spine foot, front side. Spine is slightly cocked and page block is tanned and blemished. Binding remains sound and pages are clear. LW
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
MURDOCH, Iris. THE FLIGHT FROM THE ENCHANTER. Chatto & Windus, 1956.
Price: US$708.54 + shipping
Description: Proof copy. Original light blue paper wrappers, printed in black. A very good copy, with some fading and spotting to paper covers. The author's second novel.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Murdoch (Iris).. The Flight from the Enchanter. Chatto & Windus,, 1956.
Price: US$811.61 + shipping
Description: Very slight foxing to edges, very small ink mark to upper cover, slight darkening to end-papers, otherwise a very nice copy in bright dust-wrapper by Edward Bawden which has just a touch of edgewear, minor traces of a label to lower inner panel (and rear pastedown), a little soiling to the lower panel and a little foxing and browning to the verso A very attractive copy of the authors second novel.
Seller: Bertram Rota Ltd, Kintbury, United Kingdom
MURDOCH, Iris.. The Flight from the Enchanter.. Chatto & Windus, London., 1956.
Price: US$966.20 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. 316 pages. The author's second novel and third book, the scarcest of her titles.Head of spine slightly bumped. Near fine in near-fine dustwrapper, designed by Edward Bawden, with a hint of rubbing to top edge.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Murdoch, Iris. The Flight from the Enchanter. London Chatto & Windus 1956, 1956.
Price: US$1131.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition. 316pp. Octavo in original brown cloth in illustrated dust jacket. Cloth, dust jacket and text block are all in amazing condition adding to scarcity of this title. Some faint offsetting to halftitle from something previously stored in book (likely a newspaper clipping) Iris Murdoch's 2nd book (only preceded by Under the Net, 1954)
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
MURDOCH, Iris.. The Flight from the Enchanter.. London Chatto & Windus, 1956.
Price: US$1512.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression; 8vo; light offsetting and tape residue to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, unclipped pictorial dustjacket by Edward Bawden, with Book Society wraparound band, spine slightly tanned, else an exceptional example. The author's second novel, with intriguing jacket artwork by Edward Bawden (1903-89), one of the most influential artists of his generation. Hard to find in such good condition, especially with the Book Society wraparound band.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
MURDOCH, Iris.. The Flight from the Enchanter.. Chatto and Windus London, 1956.
Price: US$1932.39 + shipping
Description: First edition. DW. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY, "For Angharad with love and best wishes from Iris Murdoch." With a flourish and star. Also one sided hand-written letter loosely inserted in envelope addressed by Murdoch. Addressed in her own hand, "Dear Angharad, so sorry - very many people send me books for autograph. Alas I am becoming confused, seeing the pile! Are the books you sent 'An Unofficial Rose' and 'A Flight from the Enchanter'? Or other ones? Many apologies - with all best wishes, Iris." Head and tail of spine sl. crumpled. Half title partially browned, outer edegs of pages sl. foxed. VG+ in internally browned wrapper by Edward Bawden that is sl. soiled and spotted and creased and sl. chipped along extremities but is still very attractive. cscase
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
MURDOCH IRIS. FLIGHT FROM THE ENCHANTER. Chatto & Windus, London, 1956.
Price: US$2512.11 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. A near fine (or better) copy in like D/W with just a hint of toning to the white portions of the spne and a touch of minor shelf wear at the head of the spine. Very scarce in this lovely condition. Inscribed by the Author: With love/ from/ Iris Murdoch
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom