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UNDER THE NET
by MURDOCH, Iris:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus. 1954. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Victor Ross illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping and a scuff to the spine, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a couple of spots to the prelims are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The closed text block edge is spotted. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has a tiny closed tear at the head of the spine and a small area of spotting to the edge of the front flap. Not price-clipped (12s 6d net to the lower front flap). An attractive example. An attractive example of Iris Murdoch's first novel. Subsequently chosen by Time magazine as one of the one hundred best English language novels since 1923, and by the editors of Modern Library as one of the greatest English language novels of the twentieth century.� Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Synopsis
Published in 1954, Under the Net is the first novel by Anglo-Irish novelist, Iris Murdoch. The novel depicts the comedic struggles of Jake Donaghue, a striving young writer, to make it in the world and redeem himself for past faults. After getting kicked out of the house where he was freeloading, Jake finds his way to the workplace of his ex-girlfriend, Anna Quentin, who tells him to contact her sister, Sadie, for help. Jake quickly realizes that the two sisters have a connection to Hugo Belfounder, an old friend and philosopher who Jake betrayed by writing a novel about their philosophical conversations. After a series of misadventures, Jake and Hugo finally reconnect, and Jake reconciles with his past and ultimately realizes that his literary adventures are just beginning. Under the Net propelled Iris Murdoch to the public eye–it is known as one of her most popular novels. In 1998, Under the Net was selected as one of the books to appear in the Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels of the 20th-century list.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23596
- Title
- UNDER THE NET
- Author
- MURDOCH, Iris:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Chatto & Windus. 1954
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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