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34 are hardcover, in jackets except for 4 that were not issued with jackets, and 1 lacking the jacket; 4 are in wrappers. A comprehensive collection of writings by the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Most are first, first English, or first American editions. Includes: Robinson. London: Macmillan, [1950]. The Ballad of Peckham Rye. (Jacket creased at lower edge of front panel, a few short tears.) London: Macmillan, 1960. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. 2 copies. London: Macmillan, 1961. A Muriel Spark Trio: The Comforters; The Ballad of Peckham Rye; Memento Mori. (No dust jacket). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1962. The Girls of Slender Means. 2 copies. London: Macmillan, 1963. The Girls of Slender Means. 2 copies. (1 with darkening to jacket spine and margins.) New York: Knopf, 1963. The Mandelbaum Gate. London: Macmillan, 1965. The Mandelbaum Gate. New York: Knopf, 1965. Collected Poems I. London: Macmillan, 1967. The Public Image. New York: Knopf, 1968. Not to Disturb. Frontispiece etching by Michael Ayrton (Glassine, not issued with jacket). No. 35 of 500 copies, signed by author and illustrator. London: Observor Books, 1971. The Hothouse by the East River. 2 copies. (1 with later issue jacket, price clipped, £3.95 sticker affixed to lower front flap.) [London]: Macmillan, [1973]. The Abbess of Crewe. (Ex-library, markings, pocket, wear to jacket.) New York: Viking, [1974]. The Takeover. [London]: Macmillan, [1976]. Territorial Rights. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, [1979]. Loitering with Intent. London: The Bodley Head, [1981]. Loitering with Intent. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, [1981]. The Only Problem. London: The Bodley Head, [1984]. The Only Problem. 2 copies. Full red leather tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, not issued with jackets, 1 still in original shrink wrap. Each signed by the author as issued. Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1984. The Comfortors. Wrappers. New York: Wideview/Perigee, [1984]. The Abess of Crewe. Wrappers. New York: Wideview/Perigee, [1984]. Territorial Rights. Wrappers. New York: Wideview/Perigee, [1984]. The Stories of Muriel Spark. 2 copies. New York: E.P. Dutton, [1985]. The Stories of Muriel Spark. Wrappers. Advance Uncorrected Proofs. New York: E.P. Dutton, [1985]. The Stories of Muriel Spark. London: The Bodley Head, [1987]. A Far Cry from Kensington. Cloth-backed marbled boards, glassine, not issued with jacket. No. 26 of 159 copies. London: Constable, [1988]. Curriculum Vitae: Autobiography. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993 The Novels of Muriel Spark. 2 volumes. Slipcase. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, [1995]. Reality and Dreams. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Open to the Public: News Collected Stories. [New York]: New Directions, [1997]. Aiding and Abetting. [London]: Viking, 2000. Due to the size and/or weight of this lot extra shipping and/or handling charges may apply.