Lot 15
Spark, Muriel
Group of inscribed copies
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 1 to 78
Description
The Comforters. London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1957. First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author ‘For Rene - my first novel, written at St Jude’s Cottage, Allington Castle, Kent - eleven years after our first conversation: amazingly discovered in N.Y. 7th March, 1964, Muriel' on the front free endpaper, 8vo, original boards, with the dust jacket;
The Girls of Slender Means. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First US edition, first impression, inscribed by the author ‘René, warm wishes from Muriel, New York, Feb. 1964’, 8vo, original boards, with the dust jacket;
The Public Image. London: Macmillan, 1968. First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author ‘To René, best of Secret Agents, love from Muriel his colleague, Rome, 22nd June 1969’, 8vo, original boards, with the dust jacket;
The Very Fine Clock. Drawings by Edward Gorey. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author ‘For René, love from Muriel’, oblong 8vo, original boards, dust jacket (4)