Loitering with Intent, Muriel Spark — 1st Edition

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Loitering with Intent, Muriel Spark — 1st Edition

Name: Loitering with Intent, Muriel Spark — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6969
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Publication: London, The Bodley Head, 1981

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 221, [3].

Condition Report: Near Fine. A bright, sharp copy with firm bindings and entirely clean boards, retaining vivid orange cloth and brilliant gilt tooling to the spine. The text block is square and tight, with clean, unblemished pages throughout, showing no significant foxing or oxidation. The original, unclipped dust jacket (retaining the original net price) is in excellent order, displaying only the most trivial edge-wear and avoiding the common sunning to the spine panel, presenting exceptionally well overall.

Catalogue Note: This is a first edition, first printing of Muriel Spark's critically acclaimed novel, famously shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1981. It is presented in its original, typographic dust jacket designed by Michael Harvey.

While first editions of this title are relatively common on the open market, locating copies in such bright, unrubbed condition without the typical fading to the jacket spine or previous owner inscriptions remains highly desirable for collectors of modern British literature.

Loitering with Intent is a characteristically sharp and witty novel by Muriel Spark. Set in 1949, it follows the exploits of Fleur Talbot, an aspiring novelist who takes a job as a secretary to the pompous Sir Quentin Oliver, head of the Autobiographical Association. As Fleur types and embellishes the memoirs of the eccentric members, she discovers that her own novel-in-progress is beginning to bizarrely mirror real life, leading to a brilliant and paranoid blurring of fiction and reality.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: Muriel Spark

Book Publisher: The Bodley Head

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Modern Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 221

Book Publication Year: 1981

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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