Muriel Spark Novelists & Their World
by Peter Kemp
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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About This Item
London: Paul Elek. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. The book is tightly bound. The dust jacket is complete, worn to the extremities, the spine is faded/sunned; original price over-laid with a label showing new price of £3.50. Endpapers are browned; occasional pencil marks in the text block. ; From the library of David Lodge. David Lodge is an English author and critic. A literature professor at the University of Birmingham until 1987, some of his novels satirise academic life, another theme is Roman Catholicism. Two of his novels were shortlisted for the Booker Prize; he also served as the chairman on the Booker Prize jury in 1989. Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. After retiring, he continued to publish literary criticism. Signed by Lodge. Includes a letter from the publisher sending the book for review. ; 167 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Truffle Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 638
- Title
- Muriel Spark Novelists & Their World
- Author
- Peter Kemp
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Paul Elek
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
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