The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

London: Macmillan, 1961 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8.5" by 6". None. A lovely first edition of Muriel Spark's celebrated work of modern Scottish fiction. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The best known of Muriel Sparks' works, and regularly cited as one of the most accomplished novels of the twentieth century.Set in 1930s Edinburgh, the narrative follows 'the Brodie set', six schoolgirls favoured by their enigmatic teacher, Miss Brodie, who exerts undue influence over them and seeks to mould them in her image. Confronting such topics contemporary to the setting as the Spanish Civil War, fascism, Catholicism, Calvinism and predestination, the work has seen numerous film, stage and screen adaptations.Spark was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist. Before her career as author, she in 1947 became editor of The Poetry Review, an impressive position for a woman in that period. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise exceptionally bright. Chipping to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with closed tear and small loss to head of rear wrap, and further closed tear to tail of front wrap. Handling marks to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed