Author: Muriel Spark [ed.]; Derek Stanford [ed.]
Title: John Masefield; My Best Mary; the Brontãƒâ« Letters
Description: London, Peter Nevill; Allan Wingate, 1953-1954. First edition. Cloth. A group of first editions of the biographical works of Muriel Spark, including the selected letters of Mary Shelley and the Brontës, and the life of John Masefield. The first editions of these three works in the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers.A set of three works by Muriel Spark, including a biography of former Poet Laureate John Masefield, and two collections of literary letters. The works on the letters of Mary Shelley and the Brontës include introductions which explore the lives of the writers.Dame Muriel Spark was a Scottish novelist, best known for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Mandelbaum Gate.The set comprises: John Masefield (1953, Peter Nevill) by Muriel Spark My Best Mary: Selected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1953, Allan Wingate) edited and with an introduction by Muriel Spark and Derek Stanford The Brontë Letters (1954, Peter Nevill) selected and with an introduction by Muriel Spark In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, smart. A little bumping to the corners of 'My Best Mary&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for light off-setting to the end papers. Dust wrappers remain bright and generally smart, with a little chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Losses to the front of the dust wrapper to 'My Best Mary', with the odd mark to the wraps. Slightly sunned to the spine of the dust wrapper to 'The Bronte Letters', with a scattering of marks to the wraps. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: Muriel Spark John Masefield Bronte Mary Shelley John Masefield Letters Not Stated


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