Published by Penguin Books Ltd, 1988
ISBN 10: 014001912X ISBN 13: 9780140019124
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.25.
Published by Penguin Books, 1969
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1969. Reprinted. 188 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Condition: Good. Good condition. (short stories, fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Published by Macmillan, 1962
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1962. 214 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Insert to front pastedown. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges.
Published by Penguin Books, 1963
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1963. No edition remarks. 189 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Heavy cracking to hinges, with exposure to spine and textblock being moderately loose from covers. Mild water droplets present. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Notable creasing to covers and spine. Notable tearing to spine ends. Visible foxing to covers. Mild scratching and marking to covers.
Published by Penguin Books, 1964
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1964. 188 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Published by Penguin, 1963
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. The first short story collection by Scottish author Muriel Spark. First Edition, 1963. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Published by MacMillan & Co Ltd, London, 1962
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover in good condition. First reprint. Price-clipped jacket is marked and worn. Front lower leading corner is nicked. Sticker on front inner flap. Hardcover upper leading corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block is lightly foxed. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW. Used.
Published by MacMillan & Co Ltd, London, 1962
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover in good condition. First reprint. Price-clipped dust jacket is lightly marked. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly worn. Sticker on jacket front flap. Hardcover spine ends are a little bumped. Slight fading on upper edges of hardcover. Some foxing on page block. Contents are clean and clear. AM. Used.
Published by Lippincott, Philadephia, 1960
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardcover without dustwrapper. The book cover edges and spine ends have minor wear. The book cover corners have light fraying. The book spine and foredges have light soiling. The former owners name is on front endpaper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Published by Lippincott, New York, 1960
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Review. About Very good in near Very good dustwrapper. Cloth bumped, rubbed and faded at edges/ dustwrapper faded, bumped and rubbed at edges and corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Published by Penguin Books
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. 1963. Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light wear to binding. Foxing throughout, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Published by Penguin Books 1964, 1964
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Mild shelf wear to extremities. Gentle tanning to page edges. Contents clear and legible.
Published by Macmillan 1962, 1962
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Tidy ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Published by Penguin Books, London, 1963
Seller: Johnston's Arran Bookroom, Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Terence Greer (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the first Penguin edition. Cover design by Terence Greer. Tanning to page edges otherwise near fine with no inscriptions.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition in Penguin. Penguin Books, 1963. Wrappers. Trifle creased on spine o/w very good.
Published by Penguin Books, 1963
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Condition: Very Good. 1963. Paperback. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light wear to binding. Foxing throughout, remains very good. . . . .
Published by Harmondsworth: Penguin Books 1963 First Penguin Paperback Edition, 1963
Seller: N & A Smiles, Kellerberrin, WA, Australia
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VG+.
Published by Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, England, 1963
Seller: Taipan Books, Inglewood, WA, Australia
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good ++. First Penguin Edition. 189pp. First published 1958. Penguin Books # 1912. Distinctive cover-art by Terence Greer. Tanning to pages. Light edge & corner wear. V/light crease to top LH corner of back cover.
Published by Harmondsworth, Mitcham, Penguin Books,, 1963
Seller: Antiquariaat Digitalis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First edition in Penguin Books, 188, (1) pp., stiff pictorial wrappers. Age toning and light wear on wrappers, very good copy. 18 x 11 cm.
Published by Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, UK, 1964
Seller: gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Terence Greer (Cover Drawing) (illustrator). Reprinted 1964. 189 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges.
Published by J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1960
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First American Edition; First Printing. Book has only very light, general wear and aging with mild interior toning on endpapers. There is a remainder mark on the bottom edge. Square and securely bouund. The dust wrapper has some light edge and corner wear along with scuffing on the front, one about quarter-sized near the top right. Without the larger scuff the jacket would be VG. As it is, it is G+ to VG-. The jacket is still quite presentable in a Mylar protector. This was Spark's first collection of short stories. The copyright date on the colophon is 1958 with 1960 on the title page. The book was actually published in 1960;1958 is the copyright date for the latest of the stories. This is the 1st American Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 215 pages.
Published by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia New York, 1960
Seller: Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. 8vo, gray quarter cloth with black spine lettering over gray-&-black hatched boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by David Lunn, 214 pages + [1]. Author's third book and her first collection of short stories. Contains such stories as: "The Go-Away Bird," "The Black Madonna," "Come Along," "Marjorie, " "Daisy Overend," "Miss Pinkerton"s Apocalypse," "The Pawnbroker"s Wife, " "The Portobello Road," "A Sad Tale"s Best for Winter," "The Seraph and the Zambesi," etc. Dame Muriel Spark (1918-2006) was a Scottish poet, essayist; and superb short story writer turned brilliant novelist. During World War II, she worked for the Foreign Office in a secret department that produced black disinformation and propaganda, which she described as "detailed truth with believable lies." Of partial Jewish descent, in 1954, Muriel converted to Roman Catholicism after editing the letters of Cardinal John Henry Newman. She felt that her new faith contributed to her gaining the confidence to become a novelist. She was supported in her decision by Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh. The Times in 2008 counted her as one of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945." She became well known for polished, comic prose with dark tonalities that that touched upon serious subjects and explored human foibles. Probably the auttor's best known novel is The Prime of Miss Jane Brodie (1961). The novel became a hit, long-running Broadway play starring Vanessa Redgrave and the 1969 film for which Maggie Smith won the Oscar for Best Actress. Muriel Spark's novels The Public Image (1968) and Loitering with Intent (1981) were both short-listed for The Booker Prize. Spark wrote more than 20 novels, seveeral cellections of poetry, criticism, short stories, biographies, and even a few children's books. Superior Condition internally and externally! Copy formerly owned by noted collector Donald Kaufmann.
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1958
Seller: Aeon Bookstore, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Mildly smoke damaged, being from the collection of a longtime tobacco smoker. Aroma is present when book is opened, faint toning from smoke to jacket also present. Still a well bound and clean copy of the first printing of this early collection from Muriel Spark. Jacket is now in brodart, has some mild rubbing and scuffing in parts and a small area of creasing on the back panel. Not price clipped. Interior is lightly age toned and has a small ownership signature to FFEP but otherwise clean and free of marks.
Published by Philadelphia & NY: Lippincott,, 1960
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First US edition. 214 pp. Faint foxing to top edge, else very near fine in near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with faint sunning to spine and light edgewear. Uncommon.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine+. First Edition. First Impression of this early short-story collection by the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Crown 8vo (190 x 119mm): vii,[1],214,[2]pp. Publisher's scarlet cloth, spine lettered in gold; illustrated dust jacket by Victor Reinganum, priced 13s 6d. Paris book seller's ticket (Galignani) to front paste-down. A collectible copy (jacket lightly rubbed and dust-soiled), securely bound and clean throughout. Collects eleven short stories, some previously published. The title story (named for the avian species whose call is thought to alert other birds to the presence of predators) is one of Spark's best. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Published by Macmillian & Co 1958, 1958
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 215pp., VG (slight bruising to board corners, slight bruising to spine extrems, light browning to page edges, light foxing to eps and prelims) in d/w VG-(slight soiling to wrapper, moderate creasing to wrapper extrems, v slight closed tear to base of spine, slight foxing to wrapper).
Published by Macmillan & Co, London, 1958
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this early collection of short stories. A better than very good copy in red cloth, (small minor dampstain to the front board, slight damage to the ends of pages 209-215), gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh better than very good price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper with some corresponding bleed on the inside only. Small 8vo. 215 pp.
Published by MacMillan & Co Ltd, 1958
Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Clean scarlet boards and spine, the latter lettered in gilt. Offsetting to underside of unclipped jacket; some soiling shows on its rear white panel. Internally clean, tight and unmarked. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.