The Red and the Green

The Red and the GreenThe Red and the Green, Irish Murdoch. The Viking Press, 1965. Book Club Edition. Vintage hardcover. Dust jacket cover has lightly tattered edges with some small scratching at center. Spine has some tattering at top and bottom with some creasing visible. Back cover has some staining along the bottom with a minor tear at the top. Black boards are lightly faded along edges. Spine has some bumping at top and bottom. Very good book in good jacket. Iris

Heavy foxing to fore edge and back edges

The 1962 book was daring in its day for its frank exploration of the inner lives of women who

Some remnants of scotch tape that previous owner used to secure mylar covering to dust jacket

"[These poems] establish Morgan as a poet of considerable means

a woman -- middle-aged and middle-class -- is brought a twelve-year-old girl and told that it is her responsibility to raise the child

Color as Light

Some scuffs to fore edge

Some light marks to bottom edge

And it is Mélanie who decides their future as the Germans launch the invasion of Belgium

(the canadian encyclopedia

Back cover shows minimal signs of shelf wear

McGraw- Hill Ryerson