Spark, Muriel,
THE ABBESS OF CREWE,

Imprint: Macmillan & Co., London, 1974,
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback

8vo. first edition, 128pp, octavo, original black cloth, gilt lettering, full colour pictorial d.j., fine condition, a little handled. .. Binding: Hard Cover

Stock number: D162.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Thomas Rare Books

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

"Spark, Muriel"
The Abbess of Crewe

Imprint: "London: Macmillan, 1974"
Binding: hardcover

Ist edition. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Small bump at foot of front boards otherwise near Fine in near Fine dust-jacket.

Stock number: 5384. ISBN: 0 333 17700 2

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: The Glass Key

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

SPARK**, MURIEL:
THE ABBESS OF CREWE.

Imprint: LONDON.MACMILLAN,1974.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT/NMINT. Appears an unread copy.No owner inscrptn, no price-clip to dw/dj.Crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork illustrated upper wrap by Linnet Gotch, and b/w author portrait photographic rear wrap with light,negligible shelf-wear or creasing to dw/dj's edges - no nicks or tears present - and miniscule bumping with miniscule reciprocal creases to head of spine/backstrip.Top edge clean and bright, dust free;fore-edge similar but with two tiny,tiny blemishes,contents bright,tight and pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any page corners.Unblemished, plain black paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine /backstrip and near immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-128pp includes half-title+title pages,verses from W.B.Yeats poem 'Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen',and 6 chapters with other verse/ quotations from W.H.Auden,Ezra Pound,and Walter de la Mare throughout the text. Parallel after parallel slides wickedly into place as Muriel Spark's hilarious new (then 1974) novel transfigures a marvellously telling satire into a luminous and universal parable.A really nice,exceptional copy,probably the best I have handled.See also rja2110,rja2114 and rja2115 for other Muriel Spark titles. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p FREE. Available UK only. ** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja2113. ISBN: 0333177002.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY

£ 38.00 (approx. $US 49.45 )

Spark, Muriel
The Abbess Of Crewe

Imprint: Macmillan, 1974
Edition: 1st Edition.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket

The jacket is a bit rubbed and marked.One rubber stamp.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good

Stock number: hh27.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Chapter1

$US 4.00