The Bell
by Murdoch, Iris
A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns. A new bell, legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered. Dora Greenfield, erring wife, returns to her husband. Michael Mead, leader of the community, is confronted by Nick Fawley, with whom he had disastrous homosexual relations, while the wise old Abbess watches and prays and exercises discreet authority. And everyone, or almost everyone, hopes to be saved whatever that may mean...Iris Murdoch's funny and sad novel is about religion, the fight between good and evil and the terrible accidents of human frailty.
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The Bell
by Iris Murdoch
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- Used - Very Good Indeed
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- 1958
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1958. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. A signed first edition of Iris Murdoch's fourth novel, 'The Bell.' Signed by Murdoch to the title page. The Bell is set in Imber Court, a lay religious community situated next to an enclosed order of Benedictine nuns… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BELL.
by Murdoch, Iris
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- 1958
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Port Colborne, Ontario, CAN
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1958. 1st edition; 1st issue. Printed on smooth paper with the text sheets bulking 21.5 mm, jacket fits the book properly. Small neat calligraphic bookplate on the front pastedown else fine in very good price-clipped dust jacket, small tears at spine edge folds, minor darkening of the spine, but overall very fresh - Very scarce in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bell - with rare wrap-around band
by Murdoch, Iris
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Chatto and Windus, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. A first edition, first printing published by Chatto and Windus in 1958. A very good book without inscriptions in a very good+ unclipped wrapper with the rare wrap-around band. Item Price
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The Bell (Vintage Classics)
by Iris Murdoch
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- 02/05/2004
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Vintage, 02/05/2004. Paperback. Used; Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books. Item Price
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The Bell
by Murdoch, Iris
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- 1958
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Green boards stamped in gold on the spine. Mildly bruised spine head, light toning to free endpapers. Still a bright, fine copy in near fine dustjacket with a darkened spine panel and two minuscule chips to the edges.; Octavo.
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The Bell
by Murdoch, Iris
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Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Item Price
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The Bell
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- 1958
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Viking Press, 1958 First Printing in original $4.50-priced dust jacket, no markings, binding tight pages bright, jacket shows minor edge wear with slight crimping to spine ends, touch of sun to dj spine, page block a little toned, else Fine copy of the First American Edition (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; 342pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Item Price
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The Bell
by Iris Murdoch
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- Poor
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- 1958
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- Green cloth boards with gold lettering to spine.
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Cape Town, ZAF
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DW. Not price clipped. Large chunk missing from tail of spine of dw. Some other small chips. No inscriptions. Tight copy. Item Price
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THE BELL
by Murdoch, Iris
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- Very Good
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- 1st edition
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- 1958
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- Cloth
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Rougemont, North Carolina, USA
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€94.52
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London, Edinburgh and New York: Chatto & Windus, 1958. 1st edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 1st edition. A Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. Green cloth in tan, pictorial dust jacket. The dust jacket, bearing the price 15s, has light edge wear, and a sunned spine. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bell
by Iris Murdoch
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1967
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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€5.12
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Penguin Books, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. Reprinted. 316 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Item Price
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The Bell,: A novel
by Murdoch, Iris
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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Southampton, New York, USA
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€47.26
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Viking Press. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($4.50 price intact). Published by Viking, 1958. Octavo. Blue cloth over patterned boards stamped in gold with yellow topstain. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is very good with… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BELL
by MURDOCH Iris
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Dulverton, GBR
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€29.56
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Chatto & Windus, 1958. 1st edn 3rd imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (lettering faded - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 319 (from Elizabeth Jane Howard's library with her neat inscription and bookstamp on front free endpaper). Item Price
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The Bell
by Murdoch, Iris
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- No Jacket
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- 5th or later Edition
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- 1999
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- Soft cover
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- 9780099283898
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London : Vintage Books, 1999. 5th or later Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. paperback, 316 pages, a fine clean copy. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 65
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The Bell
by Iris Murdoch
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- 1967
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- Paperback
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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€4.94
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Penguin Books, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. 315 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Item Price
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The Bell
by Iris Murdoch
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- 1963
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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€5.03
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Penguin Books, 1963. Paperback. Good. 1963. 315 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Item Price
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The Bell
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London : Chatto & Windus and The Book Society 1958 1st edition thus. hard cover, dust jacket, green cloth, 320pp, 2 previous owners' stamps and name to free front endpaper and front endflap of jacket, spine of jacket is sunned,chip to tail of spine, and some light age stains, book is in very good condition for its age,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bell
by Iris Murdoch
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- 1967
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Penguin Books, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. 315 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Item Price
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The Bell (Vintage Classics)
by IRIS MURDOCH
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- New Ed
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- 2004-01-01
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- Paperback
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- 9780099470489
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HOUSTON, Texas, USA
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€7.71
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VINTAGE, 2004-01-01. New Ed. Paperback. Good. Item Price
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