MURIEL SPARK
First Editions in very good condition-unless otherwise described..
JOHN MASEFIELD. 1953. Peter Neville.Very good in like dw. £45.00
THE GO-AWAY BIRD AND OTHER STORIES. 1958. Macmillan. A very good copy in a complete, but somewhat tired, dw which has absorbed internally some colour. £65.00
MEMENTO MORI & THE GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS. 1965. World Books. 1st combined edition. £8.00
THE BACHELORS. 1960. Macmillan. Name on front end paper otherwise very good copy. Dw by Reinganum. £20.00
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE. 1961. Macmillan.Dw.
Signature on front end paper.£85.00
THE BACHELORS. 1961. Lipincott, USA. Dw by Seymour Chwast. £15.00
VOICES AT PLAY. 1961. Macmillan. Near fine in like dw. Review by J Bowen laid in. £20.00
THE GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS. 1963. Macmillan. Uncorrected Proof copy in original wraps which are torn and frayed. Small circular stain on lower margin of prelims and a fore-edge stain not penetrating the margins. £25.00
THE GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS. 1963. Macmillan. Near fine in excellent dw. £20.00
THE MANDELBAUM GATE. 1965. Macmillan. Near fine uncorrected proof in original printed wraps. In this proof there is no note that portions had already appeared in The New Yorker & the contents page lists the stories without dividing the work into 2 parts. £30.00
THE MANDELBAUM GATE. 1965. Macmillan. Proof copy in original wraps without the printed title, etc but containing information printed in the published edition.(That portions had already appeared in The New Yorker & the contents page lists the stories dividing the work into 2 parts.) Original wraps torn on leading fore-edge. Spine frayed. £20.00
THE MANDELBAUM GATE. 1965. Macmillan. Excellent copy. Dw. £15.00
THE MANDELBAUM GATE. (1965) Knopf, NY. Dw. Cutting of long review by F Kermode from Atlantic Monthly laid in-5pp. £12.00
THE MANDELBAUM GATE. (1965) Knopf, NY. Covers very slightly worn. Inscription on front end paper. £5.00
COLLECTED POEMS 1. 1967. Macmillan. Fine in like dw. £12.00
COLLECTED STORIES 1. 1967. Macmillan. Near fine in like dw. £35.00
THE PUBLIC IMAGE. 1968. Macmillan. Near fine in vg dw. £30.00
THE PUBLIC IMAGE. 1968. Macmillan. Uncorrected Proof Copy in original wraps. Near fine. £35.00
THE PUBLIC IMAGE. 1968. Knopf, USA. Near fine in vg dw. £16.00
L'IMAGE PUBLIQUE. 1969. Paris. Original wraps. Review copy of 1st French Edn of The Public Image. £16.00
THE DRIVER'S SEAT. 1970. Macmillan. Proof Copy in original orange wraps. Near fine. £15.00
THE DRIVER'S SEAT. 1970. Macmillan. Excellent copy in very good dw. £15.00
NOT TO DISTURB. 1971. Macmillan. Uncorrected proof Copy in original wraps. £15.00
NOT TO DISTURB. 1971. Macmillan. Dw. £12.00
NOT TO DISTURB. 1971. Observer Books. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. Each copy contains an original etching by M Ayrton & are signed by both the author & illustrator. £80.00
THE HOTHOUSE BY THE EAST RIVER. 1972. Macmillan. Uncorrected Proof Copy (1st page proofs) in original wraps. £18.00
THE HOTHOUSE BY THE EAST RIVER. 1973. Macmillan. Excellent copy in like dw. £16.00
THE HOTHOUSE BY THE EAST RIVER. 1973. Viking Press, NY. Dw. £12.00
THE ABBESS OF CREWE. 1974. Macmillan. Dw. New Fiction Society Edn. £12.00
THE ABBESS OF CREWE. 1974. Macmillan. Dw. Author's signature tipped onto title page. New Fiction Society Edn. £18.00
THE ABBESS OF CREWE. 1974. Macmillan. Proof Copy in Original wraps giving the publication date as Nov 1974. £20.00
THE TAKEOVER. 1976. Viking Press, NY. £8.00
THE TAKEOVER. 1976. Macmillan. Uncorrected Proof Copy in original drab wraps. £35.00
THE TAKEOVER. 1976. Macmillan. Dw. Mint. £20.00
TERRITORIAL RIGHTS. 1979. Macmillan. Dw. £12.00
TERRITORIAL RIGHTS. 1979. Macmillan. Uncorrected proof copy in original wraps a little used. Publisher's rubber stamp on tp with inked in publication date & probable price. £18.00
LOITERING WITH INTENT. 1981. Bodley Head. Uncorrected Proof Copy in original wraps in proof dw. £16.00
LOITERING WITH INTENT. 1981. Bodley Head. Dw. £12.00
THE ONLY PROBLEM. 1984. Bodley Head. Uncorrected Proof Copy in original wraps. Publication date Sept 1984. £20.00
THE ONLY PROBLEM. 1984. Bodley Head. Dw. £15.00
THE STORIES OF MURIEL SPARK. 1987. Bodley Head. Uncorrected proof copy in original wraps. £16.00
A FAR CRY FROM KENSINGTON. 1988. Constable tissue Dw. London Limited Editions, limited to 150 copies, signed by Author & specially bound. £100.00
A FAR CRY FROM KENSINGTON. 1988. Constable. Dw. Uncorrected Proof Copy in original wraps. £25.00
THE PORTOBELLO ROAD AND OTHER STORIES. 1990. Eurographica. Finland. Edition limited to 350 copies, signed by the author. Original wraps. £65.00
SYMPOSIUM. 1990. Constable. Uncorrected Proof copy in original wraps. £15.00
SYMPOSIUM. 1990. Constable. Dw. £12.00
CURRICULUM VITAE. 1992. Constbale. Dw. Autobiography. £20.00
REALITY & DREAMS. 1996. Constable. Dw. £10.00
MURIEL SPARK,WILLIAM TREVOR,IAN MCEWAN. 1992. Colophon Press. Edition limited to 250 copies, this being one of 26 lettered copies signed by the Compiler, David Rees. A Bibliography of their First Editions. £50.00
MURIEL SPARK by Patricia STUBBS. 1973. Writers and their Work. Original wraps. £5.00
SPARK, Muriel.Editor. THE BRONTE LETTERS. 1954. 16pp Introduction by M Spark. Very good in frayed & damaged dw. Uncommon. £50.00
SPARK,M & D STANFORD. LETTERS OF JOHN HENRY NEWMAN. 1957. Dw. Introduced by M Spark. £60.00
TRIBUTE TO WORDSWORTH. 1950. Dw frayed/torn.
A Miscellany of opinion for the Centenary of the Poet's Death. Introduced by Herbert Read. Frontis by John Buckland Wright. Contributors include H Treece, J Heath-Stubbs, G S Fraser, Wrey Gardiner, M Spark, D Patmore, N Nicholson, H Palmer, G Woodcock, R Greacen, etc.)
Very good copy of M Spark's first book. £45.00
FORUM. Stories and Poems. v. 1/1. 2. 1949 . Edited & introduced by M Spark & D Stanford (v.2 only). Original wraps. 2 issues. All published.
There are contributions from M Spark, J Waller, H Palmer, Roy Campbell, K Raine, Wrey Gardiner, R Greacen, D Abse, H Treece, G S Fraser, H Manning, etc. The 2nd issue is inscribed by Stanford, "The first fruits of my co-operation with Muriel Spark." Specimen of M Spark's hand writing inserted. £125.00
EPHEMERA. M Spark-How I Became a Novelist-1pp extract from John O'London's Weekly-1/12/60; ARTS GUARDIAN 8/11/74. A Hamilton interviews M Spark-cutting from Arts Guardian, 8/11/74. 2 Acs from M Spark. One thanking the recipient for a book, the other an attractive Picasso postcard from Italy expressing the hope that the recipient would "continue to enjoy my novels.". £25.00
Postage at cost.
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