Good Apprentice by Murdoch Iris (220 results)

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Very Good. 1754649572. 8/8/2025 10:39:32 AM.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Chatto & Windus/The Hogarth Press, London, 1985, hb with d/w, 1st ed, blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, head and foot of spine lightly bumped else few if any signs of wear to the covers, pages are tanned with age, a good tight secure binding, in a dust wrapper that has not been price clipped and itself has few signs of wear, overall a vwry good copy [B5112][Box xx].

First edition. 1st printing. Slight yellowing to pages; binding tight; dust jacket crisp & bright. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.83.

Condition: Good. 1st American ed. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ex-library book. The jacket has a protective cover taped to the paste-downs and appears to be in very good condition. Not price clipped. Library stamps to front end paper and the title page. The leaves are in good condition, with some mild folding. A 1cm tear to the top edge of pp233/4. The pages are clean with light tanning throughout, more so to the margins. Moderate tanning and light spotting to the text block edges. Measures 20.5 x 13.6 x 3.9cm. 522 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 2nd imp. (October 1985). 522pp. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE copy, pages gently tanned, now preserved in archival jacket protector. From the library of British film director Jack Clayton (1921-1995), although no indication of provenance appears in the book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. I recently acquired a collection of 14 Iris Murdoch first editions from the estate of Alan Pattillo (Brief biography below). This book is one of a few that do not have his ownership signature. Near Fine in a Fine d/w. Alan Huchison Pattillo (17 July 1929 - 16 January 2020) was a British writer and director who worked on Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, and Thunderbirds television series. Thunderbirds began in 1965, with Pattillo as writer, director and script editor. He shot the launch sequences that are used throughout the series. He won an Emmy in 1979 alongside Bill Blunden for his film editing on All Quiet on the Western Front. During the 1960s, Pattillo worked on several Gerry Anderson projects. He directed episodes of Four Feather Falls, Supercar and Fireball XL5. His work on the latter is regarded as having brought added sophistication to the direction of the series. Pattillo then worked again for Anderson on Stingray as director, before performing a number of roles on the next series from AP Films. For Thunderbirds Pattillo served as script editor, director, and writer. He directed four and wrote seven of the thirty-two episodes (including Attack of the Alligators!). Aside from his work on Gerry Anderson projects, Pattillo had a varied career in the film industry. He provided the story for a 1967 Diana Rigg era The Avengers episode The Bird Who Knew Too Much, which The Times television review noted as being "quite striking". Pattillo worked as the sound editor on Nicolas Roeg's Performance (1970) and again worked with the director as film editor on Walkabout (1971). He was the sound effects editor on Alan Parker's Pink Floyd: The Wall (1979). His work on All Quiet on the Western Front (also 1979), saw him awarded an Emmy for film editing, an award he shared with Bill Blunden. He later worked as associate editor on the film Gandhi (1982) directed by Richard Attenborough.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: The contents lightly toned with age.; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over blue boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8" x 5½" (1 kg); || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #199754 ||.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 522pp; Pages slightly yellowed else a bright copy in unclipped d/w; Size: 12mo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Type: Book 1st printing. Slight page edge browning.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1985 First Edition. Clean tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Murdoch, Iris. The good apprentice. 2nd impression. London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, October 1985. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket, bumped to top front corner. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong. 522pp. Light tanning to edges of page block. Contents clean and bright. The Good Apprentice was shortlisted for the 1985 Booker Prize. The critic Harold Bloom listed The Good Apprentice in his The Western Canon (1994) as one of the books in his conception of artistic works that have been important and influential in Western culture. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. With jacket. 522 pp. No inscriptions. Light tanning to pages. Overall clean and sound. VG / VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. text block lightly toned at edges, near fine in dust jacket; first edition; 522 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch, Hardcover, First UK Edition (1985). Book in very good condition, in a similar unclipped dust jacket. The book has page ageing. The dust jacket is clean and bright. Overall a very nice copy. (See pictures). Another book by this much acclaimed author.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. PAPERBACK MID SIZE  EDITION.TEAR ON BASE OF COVER.CREASES TO SPINE & FOXING-WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE, NY, USA: Penguin Books, 1986 Used Young Edward Baltram's prank of giving his friend Mark Wilsden a drug-infused sandwich and his stepbrother Stuart's decision to forsake a promising academic career for social work bring consternation to their parents and elders.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of the first American edition. A fine copy in a near fine jacket, which is faded on spine. A clean copy with price ($18.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Rear stacks.

Paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 522 p. 21 cm. Turquoise cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Paper browned.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. New York, NY, Viking Press, 1986. First American edition. 8vo. Tan quarter cloth over mauve boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 522 pp. Appears unread. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Third Impression.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 1st printing, pages and edges tanned but otherwise beautiful tight neat copy. No inscriptions. DJ unclipped and immaculate.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Booker Prize shortlist. Edges browned, otherwise near Fine in dustwrapper.

A first edition, first printing of The Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch, published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1985. A near fine book free from internal inscriptions, with some browning to the text block. In a fine unclipped wrapper. Jacket design by Tom Phillips. The Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch is a novel about guilt, redemption and the struggle for goodness. Edward Baltram, devastated after accidentally causing a friend's death, seeks meaning and atonement. His journey leads him to his estranged father and a commune of supposed wisdom, while his half-brother, Stuart, appears saintly but faces his own moral dilemmas. Murdoch explores the nature of virtue, human weakness and the complexities of forgiveness in this deeply philosophical and emotionally rich novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. 522 Pp. Cream Cloth Spine, Burgundy Boards. First American Printing Stated. Very Near Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $18.95, Slightest Bumping To Spine Ends.