First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. London, Chatto & Windus, 1958.
The Bell, Murdoch's fourth novel was an immediate public and critical success. The times called it a "joy ... running over with purpose and intelligence, and the New Statesman named Murdoch as "the foremost novelist of her generation". A fine copy, light age toning to the spine.
