THE GO-AWAY BIRD With Other Stories by Spark, Muriel - 1958

London: MacMillan & Co Ltd, 1962. Hardcover in good condition. First reprint. Price-clipped dust jacket is lightly marked. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are slightly worn. Sticker on jacket front flap. Hardcover spine ends are a little bumped. Slight fading on upper edges of hardcover. Some foxing on page block. Contents are clean and clear. AM. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used.

London: MacMillan & Co Ltd, 1962. Hardcover in good condition. First reprint. Price-clipped jacket is marked and worn. Front lower leading corner is nicked. Sticker on front inner flap. Hardcover upper leading corners and spine ends are bumped. Page block is lightly foxed. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used.

London: Macmillan, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+. First Impression of this early short-story collection by the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Crown 8vo (190 x 119mm): vii,[1],214,[2]pp. Publisher's scarlet cloth, spine lettered in gold; illustrated dust jacket by Victor Reinganum, priced 13s 6d. Paris book seller's ticket (Galignani) to front paste-down. A collectible copy (jacket lightly rubbed and dust-soiled), securely bound and clean throughout. Collects eleven short stories, some previously published. The title story (named for the avian species whose call is thought to alert other birds to the presence of predators) is one of Spark's best. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers… Read More

London: Macmillan & Co, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this early collection of short stories. A better than very good copy in red cloth, (small minor dampstain to the front board, slight damage to the ends of pages 209-215), gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh better than very good price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper with some corresponding bleed on the inside only. Small 8vo. 215 pp.

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1958. Bound in the publishers red cloth hardboards with gilt title lettering to spine. 214pp. This is the first printing of this excellent collection of short stories by Muriel Spark. All pages are present and correct with no inscriptions and are tightly bound. Book sits solid and square with all corners sharp. Gilt title lettering to spine remains sharp and definite. A fine, crisp copy. Housed in the eyecatching dustwrapper which has been neatly priceclipped. Dustwrapper is in Very Good condition. Protected in a removable archival booksleeve to preserve its condition. A lovely copy in highly collectable condition. Becoming very scarce.. First Edition. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION.