NMLP P-011893 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Severed Head

Iris Murdoch · Chatto & Windus (UK) · 1961

UK Chatto & Windus (1961) precedes the US Viking Press edition (also 1961). The Viking issue is distinct (quarter white cloth over red boards, the printed price jacket by Bill English).

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-011893 for "A Severed Head" by Iris Murdoch (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-011893, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).