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BAYLEY, JOHN: : IRIS: A MEMOIR OF IRIS MURDOCH

LONDON.GERALD DUCKWORTH & CO. LTD.,1998.

ISBN 0715628488.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp, clean,glossy monochrome portrait photograph of subject to front of dw/dj,with capitalised,dusky pink-lettered part-title [IRIS] and capitalised,black-lettered sub-title and author's capitalised black-lettered name, all to front's top edge.A dusky-pink spine with capitalised,white-lettered part-title and capitalised,black lettered sub-title and author name with publisher's white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with author and subjects' 3/4 length colour portrait photograph,the remainder of panel a white background with a b/w thumbnail colophon illustration and it's capitalised,black-lettered name and address and b/w barcode.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges generally bright and clean but for a group of 3 tiny,faint blemishes, fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without ageing/toning or foxing; contents bright,tight and clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unreaad apart from my collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,5-189pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table,a dedication and individual Parts I & II [THEN and NOW] separator pages with 8 chapters; Pt II as a year 1997 with dated months with varying numbers of contributions/reminiscences to each,16pp of contemporary b/w personal photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp64/65 and pp128/29 respectively; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and to the rear,2pp blanks.   Visually,the external appearance is still exceptional,and particularly internally is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 25+ year-old age.It is only the minimal fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite that,it really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for it's brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of comparable age.          This is a memoir, not a biography, with obvious resonance.                                        John Bayley, former Professor of English at Oxford, and Iris Murdoch, philosopher and author, have been married for more than 45 years.She has shown the degenerative effects of Alzheimer's Disease for the last four years.The words quoted above were not,needless to say,his.  He chronicles a shared experience that can no longer be shared except with those outside of it, and as such is vital for him as he copes, rather than grieves.He purposefully blurs the boundaries of past and present as he describes the marriage of two brilliant intellectuals, determinedly unworldly and collegiate, mixing wine and water (they are serial dippers) throughout Europe as they serenely move "closer and closer apart".   Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order, especially if ordering any multiples.   N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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