Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography (489) Wed, 17th May 2017, Edinburgh Lot 86 Estimate: £700 - £1000 + Fees Murdoch, Iris, 15 inscribed and/or signed first editions, 8 other first editions The Flight from the Enchanter. 1956. First edition, inscribed "Penelope & Ralph with best wishes from Iris" on endpaper (also with name F. Clarke, Apr. 1956), title-page signed, dustwrapper repaired on verso with sellotape & consequential discolouration; The Bell. 1958, First edition, dustwrapper spotted at edge, one small closed tear; A Severed Head. 1961. First edition, inscribed "Ralph & Penelope love from Iris" on endpaper, title-page signed, dustwrapper a little soiled and very slightly rubbed; An Unofficial Rose. London: Chatto & Windus, 1962, First edition, inscribed on endpaper "Penelope & Ralph, with my best wishes & my love, Iris", signed on title page, dust-jacket slightly discoloured, slightly rubbed; The Unicorn. 1963. First edition, inscribed on endpaper, signed on the title page, dustwrapper lightly soiled, a few closed tears; The Italian Girl. 1964. First edition, dust- jacket slightly rubbed, slightly marked; The Tale of the Angels.1966. First edition, dust-jacket torn without loss; The Nice and the Good. 1968, dustwrapper; Bruno's Dream. 1969. First edition, inscribed "Penelope & Ralph with my Love, Iris" on endpaper, title-page signed, dust-jacket a trifle rubbed, small tear at corner; another copy. 1969. First edition, inscribed "Penelope, Ralph from Iris, all love" and signed on title, spine of dustwrapper worn with loss & slightly soiled; A Fairly Honourable Defeat. 1970, dustwrapper; An Accidental Man. 1971. First edition, inscribed "Penelope & Ralph with love Iris" on endpaper, title-page signed and with Worcester City Libraries stamp, dustwrapper slightly faded, slightly rubbed; The Black Prince. 1973. First edition, dustwrapper; A Word Child. 1975. First edition, inscribed "For Penelope and Ralph, with my best wishes and love, from Iris" on endpaper, signed on title page, dustwrapper; Henry and Cato. 1976, inscribed "Penelope & Ralph love from Iris" on endpaper, title- page signed, dustwrapper; The fire & the sun. 1977. First edition, inscribed "For Penelope and Ralph with love from Iris, Sept. 1977", and signed on title page, The Sea, the Sea. 1978, inscribed on title page "For Penelope, Ralph, far from the sea at Steeple Aston with love Iris, 1979", and signed, dust-jacket; Nuns and Soldiers. 1980. First edition, inscribed on endpaper "For Penelope and Ralph, with love from Iris, August 1980"; The Philosopher's Pupil.1983. First edition, inscribed on endpaper "For Penelope and Ralph with much love from Iris", signed on the title page, dustwrapper; The Good Apprentice. 1985, dustwrapper, inscribed on front endpaper; Acostos. 1986, inscribed "For Ralph and Amoret with love from Iris"; The Book and the Brotherhood. 1987, dustwrapper; The Message to the Planet. 1989, First edition, dustwrapper; and a paperback edition of The Sovereignty of Good, and a reprint of The Red and the Green (both unsigned) (23).