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Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan & Co LTD, 1959. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A lovely first edition, second impression, of this popular Muriel Spark novel, in the original illustrated dustwrapper. The first edition, second impression of this work, published just one month after the first impression.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'Memento Mori' follows a series of mysterious and ominous phone calls made to the elderly Dame Lettie Colston.Written by the popular Scottish author Muriel Spark, a noted writer of the twentieth century.Bookplate to the front pastedown. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, with a little discolouration to the boards and spine. A few minor marks to the boards. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Dustwrapper with a little edgewear, resulting in a couple of small chips. A little discolouration and marks to the wraps, including a couple of faint tidemarks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 753P45
- Title
- Memento Mori
- Author
- Muriel Spark
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co LTD
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Memento Mori muriel spark remember you must die dame lettie colston muriel spark scottish
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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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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