Muriel Spark The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1st Ed 1st 1961 [Maggie Smith Oscar]

Description: Building Your Great Collection; One Fine Book at a TimeThe Prime of Miss Jean BrodieSpark, Muriel (1918-2006) London: Macmillan & Co:, 1961 Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. It was adapted to film in 1969 for which Maggie Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actress.Light green cloth with gilt spine titles. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Previous owner’s name on the top of the front free endpage. The unclipped dust wrapper with artwork by Victor Reinganum has modest handling with a touch of rubs on the spine tips and corners. First Edition, First Printing Very Good / Very Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. “a remarkable series of comic tales,” Most of us have known someone like Miss Jean Brodie. She may have been a teacher, as in Mrs. Spark's novel, a somewhat disreputable aunt or an unspeakable cousin, perhaps the mother of one's best friend. Miss Brodie is a preposterous woman. She seizes upon the docile little girls (in a respectable Edinburgh school during the Nineteen Thirties) and makes them her elect, her "créme de la créme." She spins tales of her dead lover; she tells them about Giotto, she introduces them to the secrets of cosmetics; she tries to make them Europeans instead of dowdy little provincials. Miss Brodie's hectic and undisciplined enthusiasms include fascism as well as Tennyson; each is an approach to the Absolute she seeks. For Miss Brodie has triumphantly entered her "prime." She speaks of it with such conviction that it becomes a visible presence to her girls, like a splendid garment. And yet, ridiculous as it is, Miss Brodie's prime is a vitality of spirit that is just as real as the girls imagined. NYT Review, 1962. Adapted to film by Ronald Neame in 1969; Maggie Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actress.Ref: Arany, 7; Connolly, 260 And Check out our other items! Member ofABAA [American Booksellers Antiquarian Association]FABA [Florida Antiquarian Booksellers Association]IOBA [International Online Booksellers Association]The Ephemera Society of America Terms GuaranteeWe tend to be conservative in our grading, but even the best booksellers make an occasional mistake. Our books, and ephemera are described using AB Bookman standards. Our Guarantee: All items will be received as advertised and in the condition described. Any item is returnable for any reason within 30 days of receipt (prior notice appreciated). If you have questions regarding our description of any item, we encourage you to contact us prior to buying. We are members of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), and we adhere to these associations' strict ethical guidelines and conditions of sale. ShippingStandard shipping is by USPS Media Mail. Delivery typically takes 4 – 8 days (and sometimes longer) depending upon destination.We are happy to upgrade shipping to Priority Mail or to arrange overseas shipping to most foreign countries. Please choose that at checkout.FeedbackWe leave feedback for buyers once they have posted feedback for us. If you are unhappy with any aspect of a transaction with us, please contact us immediately. Our priority is to make customers happy and to resolve problems as promptly as possible.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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