Lot 286
Spark, Muriel
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
The Mandelbaum Gate. New York: Avon, 1992. First impression of this edition, paperback, inscribed: 'Jackie, Best wishes, Muriel Spark', with an ownership inscription dated 2002, accompanied by a letter: "Dear Jackie [Shumeli-Camberg, cousin to Muriel Spark], I see in your letter that you can't obtain The Mandelbaum Gate... I enclose a copy with my best wishes. Muriel [signed]"; [Idem] All the Stories of Muriel Spark. New York, 2000. 8vo, paperback, inscribed to 'Jackie and Davina, fondest love, Muriel', with an ownership inscription; [Idem] Aiding & Abetting. New York: Doubleday, 2001. First edition, first impression, dust-jacket, inscribed by Muriel Spark to title-page: "for cousin Jackie, fond wishes, Muriel", along with an ownership inscription; [Idem] All the Poems of Muriel Spark. New York, 2004. 8vo, paperback, inscribed to title-page: 'For Jackie & his family, warm wishes & love from their cousin Muriel', with an ownership inscription, accompanied by a letter from Muriel Spark, explaining that she is heading to Edinburgh and sending good wishes, in a franked envelope containing two pressed leaves; each with a personal stamp of Muriel Spark's to the title-page (6, including two letters)