Cambridge, England: Bowes & Bowes, 1953. First edition. 78pp. 12mo. Red cloth; gilt spine titles; red topstain. Near fine, with light foxing and offsetting to endpapers. In a very good jacket with a chip at the head of the rear panel.
First printing of the first book by English author and philosopher Iris Murdoch (1919-1999); a work notable both for preceding Murdoch's long novelistic output, but also for being the first book-length study of Jean-Paul Sartre in the English language. Part of the "Studies in Modern European Literature and Thought" series.
