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pp. 55. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Clean, crisp

pp. 55. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Clean, crisp copy that feels unread (or even barely opened). Michael McCurdy (illustrator). 1st Edition. Beautifully Produced and hauntingly illustrated, this unknown work by Iris Murdoh (1918-1999) is something very special indeed. Previously unpublished but for an excerpt in a 1950s anthology, this is a bittersweet, haunting story. Yvonne, an ordinary, bold young Irish woman, believes that there's more to life than marriage to Sam, the dutiful Jewish lad who is courting her. Set in Dublin, against the vividly recognizable backdrop of the author's native city in the 1950s, SOMETHING SPECIAL is written with a wry humor and penetrating insight that evokes the psychological tension of James Joyce's "The Dead". Gorgeously illustrated with line drawings by the renowned American artist Michael McCurdy 55pp. Fine, first thus edition (not price clipped).

A novella-length love story set in Murdoch's native Dublin in the 1950s,

A novella-length love story set in Murdoch's native Dublin in the 1950s, discovered and originally published posthumously in Japan. 51 pages, illustrated by Michael McCurdy. This is a Fine copy (As New) of the First American Edition. Tan boards with an umber spine and gilt lettering. The dustjacket is unclipped and also Fine. Design by Chin-Yee Lai. In a plastic protector. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall.