Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography (489) Wed, 17th May 2017, Edinburgh Lot 117

Estimate: £1000 - £1500 + Fees Spark, Muriel - A Collection of Books, mostly inscribed from Muriel to Robin Spark, comprising Spark, Muriel The Public Image, 1968. First edition, dust- jacket, inscribed: "Robin love from Mummy xxxxxxxxx"; [Idem] The Mandelbaum Gate, 1965. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Darling Rob - love from Mum, Dec - 1965"; [Idem] Memento Mori, 1992. Tanslated ino Hebrew by Sheffi Paz, with a note to the endpaper: "Dearest Rob - I bet you can't read this book from cover to cover! Fondest love xxx Mum"; [Idem]"Not to Disturb", 1971 (NY) red half calf gilt, inscribed: "For Robin, With fondest ever love, from Mummy, 1974; [Idem] John Masefield, 1953. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "For Robin, on his birthday, 1953, with love from his Mummy", also signed to title-page, dust-jacket soiled and chipped; Brontë, Emily Selected Poems, edited by Muriel Spark, 1952, inscribed: "Love to Robin, from his Mummy, 3rd Oct 1952", dust-jacket; Spark, Muriel The Seraph and the Zambesi, 1960, "this special edition of The Seraph and the Zambesi is privately printed and sent to the friends of the J.B. Lippincott Company, with greetings of the season", inscribed: "Robin, New Year 1961, Much love from Mummy", original printed wrappers; Maclean, A.D., editor Winter's Tales (Spark a contributor), 1960. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "To Rob, love fom Mummy, New Year 1961" with a person in hat doodle; Spark, Muriel and Derek Stanford Emily Brontë, 1953. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "For Robin, with love from his Mummy & from his friend, Derek", 1953; Spark, Muriel The Bachelors, 1960. Dust-jacket a little chipped and rubbed, inscribed: "Robin - heaps of ove, from Mummy, October 1960", signed to title; [Idem] The Takeover, 1976. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "For Robin, all loving wishes, from Mum, xxx, 1977"; Spark, Muriel and Derek Stanford My Best Mary, 1953. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "To Mother, Dad & Robin, With love from Muriel, 24.3.53"; Stanford, Derek Inside the Forties, 1977. Dust- jacket repaired and price-clipped; Spark, Muriel The Brontë Letters, 1954, inscribed: "To dearest Robin with love from Mummy 21-4-54", dust-jacket; [Idem] The Hothouse by the East River, 1973. Inscribed "Rob love Mummy xxx", dust- jacket; [Idem] Not to Disturb, 1971. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin, fondest love, Mum xxx"; [Idem] Collected Poems I, 1967. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin love from Mummy xxx"; [Idem] Collected Poems I, 1967. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin fondest fondest love from Mummy Rome Jun. 68"; [Idem] Collected Stories I, 1967. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin, love from Mummy xxxxxx"; [Idem] Collected Stories I, 1967. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Love to Robin from Mummy - Muriel Rome Jun. '68"; Spark, Muriel & Derek Stanford Letters of John Henry Newman. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "For Robin Spark (to whom this book is dedicated - see verso page 9) With all love from the editors - love to Rob - Mummy & Derek 15 June 1957"; [Idem] The Abbess of Crewe, 1974. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin fondest love xxx Mummy"; The Observer Prize Stories: The Seraph and the Zambesi and twenty others, 1952. Dust-jacket.; [Idem] The Driver's Seat, 1970. Dust-jacket, inscribed: "Robin, love from, Mum xxx"; [Idem] Curriculum Vitae, Autobiography; and 38 other books, including copies of The Poetry Review