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First edition

Nuns and Soldiers

Iris Murdoch
The Viking Press, 1981. First edition, first printing.
$35One copy · this copy

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Book
Very Good
Jacket
Very Good
Jacket note
The dust jacket grades Very Good.
Our ref
RCB-dc5c90a694b3
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-dc5c90a694b3 · 10 photographs of this copy
Copyright page reads "First published in 1981 by The Viking Press"
examined on the copy in hand
No number line and no later-printing statement present
examined on the copy in hand
ISBN 0-670-51826-3
examined on the copy in hand
Price $14.95 present on front jacket flap
examined on the copy in hand
Cloth spine with paper-covered boards, no book-club blind stamp
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
1
chipping and edge wear to head of spine of jacket, photos 6-7
noted on the copy in hand
2
rubbing and light soiling to jacket spine panel, photos 6-7
noted on the copy in hand
3
foxing/tanning to page-block fore-edge and top edge, photo 8
noted on the copy in hand
4
scattered foxing to text-block edges and margins, photos 8-9
noted on the copy in hand
5
small stain/spot to rear jacket lower corner, photo 5
noted on the copy in hand
This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: Chatto & Windus, London, 1980, cloth in jacket (UK true first); Viking Press, New York, 1981 is the US first

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.