Muriel Spark
72 copies for sale · $20–$700 · 33 first editions · 5 signed
Notable copies for sale
DOCTORS OF PHILOSOPHY: A Play (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$500
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Proof, hardback first edition and autograph letter (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£975
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$400
The Ballad of Peckham Rye (first edition) — B & B Rare Books$225
Robinson (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£75
The Girls of Slender Means (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£65
The Mandelbaum Gate - 1st Edition/1st Printing (first edition) — Books Tell You Why$56
John Masefield (first edition) — Second Story Books$50
The Only Problem - 1st Edition/1st Printing (first edition) — Books Tell You Why$48
Collected Poems I. (first edition) — Good Books in the Woods$40
The Abbess of Crewe (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£40
The Only Problem (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£38
Works on the market
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE5 copies · $20–$700
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE4 copies · £195–£425
THE TAKEOVER4 copies · £43–£53
THE ONLY PROBLEM; Signed Franklin Library3 copies · $273
MEMENTO MORI3 copies · $43–$56
TERRITORIAL RIGHTS3 copies · $20–$53
The Only Problem - 1st Edition/1st Printing3 copies · $48
A Hundred and Eleven Years Without a Chauffeur2 copies · £65–£93
MEMENTO MORI AND THE BALLAD OF PECKHAM RYE2 copies · $47–$48
A FAR CRY FROM KENSINGTON2 copies · $43
Collected Poems I.2 copies · $30–$40
DOCTORS OF PHILOSOPHY: A Play1 copy · $500
THE ONLY PROBLEM; Franklin Library SIGNED1 copy · $273
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie1 copy · £250
The Ballad of Peckham Rye1 copy · $225
Robinson, a Novel1 copy · €225
THE FANFARLO and Other Verse1 copy · $200
The Girls of Slender Means1 copy · £200
The Bachelors1 copy · $150
Market context
12 copies of Muriel Spark's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $71 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
The Abbess of Crewe, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1974; (forum, 2026-07-02)£65
Memento Mori, first edition, 1959; and 6 others by the same (7) (forum, 2026-07-02)£190
The Comforters, first edition, 1957; and another by the same (2) (forum, 2026-07-02)£200
All the Poems, first edition, signed by the author, 2004; and another by Doris Lessing (2) (forum, 2026-04-23)£100
The Comforters, first edition, 1957. (forum, 2026-04-23)£170
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