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The Girls of Slender Means
by Muriel Spark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None . A first US edition of this striking and unpredictable novel centred on a fictional ladies club established during the First World War. The first US edition of this work.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper and original cloth binding. This story centres around the effect of a mysterious death on the 'May of Teck Club', a society of women who wish to reside apart from their families in order to pursue a career in London.The main action takes places in 1945, between V-E Day and V-J Day, whilst the connected death occurs years later in 1963.Muriel Spark began her career as one of the few female editors of the Poetry Review before developing into a novelist. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with slight shelf wear to the extremities. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine and edges. Small chip to the head of spine and small closed tear to the rear panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 904Y16
- Title
- The Girls of Slender Means
- Author
- Muriel Spark
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- London Modern Fiction Humour Modern Fiction
Terms of Sale
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Sunned
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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