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1967Best.-Nr. x935Unusual 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The jacket is a bit rubbed marked and torn but has suffered minimal paper loss. Internally clean and tightly bound. Minor creasing. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Unusual hardcover
1954Best.-Nr. awfqMichael Joseph London 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. 438 pages complete. In general fair to good condition. This is the third novel in the 'Children of Violence' sequence that began with "Martha Quest". The dustjacket is assured and in good condition. It is enclosed in a clear cellophane protective cover. The dj has very mild wear sunning and rubbing to the back face. The black cover is neat. Inside the frontispage has scotch tape residue. The papertrims have some mild handling marks. The pages are clean clear genial assured comfortable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Michael Joseph, London hardcover
1992Best.-Nr. 502321New York: HarperCollins 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Orange wrappers. Slight creasing else near fine. HarperCollins unknown
Best.-Nr. 271231 . hardback. About fine. 1st ed. NY Simon & Schuster 1965. About fine in frayed dust wrapper. hardcover
Best.-Nr. mc477Michael Joseph London 1964. First edition. Very good. Jacket - tape reinforcing inside chipped & worn along edges. unknown
1965Best.-Nr. 17515New York: Simon and Schuster 1965. First American edition. Cloth. Faint bump to lower spine otherwise a near fine copy in a very good- dust jacket with rubbing edgewear and a few small abrasions but still quite intact and presentable. 636 pp. 8vo. "This book includes every story written by Doris Lessing about Africa: all of her first collection This Was The Old Chief's Country unavailable in America; the four long tales about Africa from Five also unavailable; the African stories from The Habit of Loving and A Man and Two Women; and four stories never before collected" from the front panel. Simon and Schuster hardcover
Best.-Nr. 68-2770London: MacGibbon & Kee 1957. 8vo. Dust Jacket Only. Good with creasing. First Edition. London: MacGibbon & Kee, [1957]. unknown
1953Best.-Nr. yj95Michael Joseph 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. the jacket is shelf rubbed with a few small tears. the top and bottom of the spine are frayed. very small chip at the top of the front panel. the book has a previous owner's neat signature and a small ink squiggle. the binding is excellent. an attractive first edition. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Michael Joseph hardcover
1959Best.-Nr. H41051Middlesex: Scorpion Press 1959. First Printing. Wraps. Very good/very good. No. 335 of 500. 12mo softcover with tan dust jacket very good clean copy. Scorpion Press unknown
1992Best.-Nr. 1398959London UK: HarperCollins 1992. First UK Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 214 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is black with gilt and white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "£14.99" on front flap. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head and tail. Textblock edges mildly age-toned; interior mildly age-toned throughout. Shelved in Room Z. 1398959. Special Collections - Upstairs. HarperCollins hardcover
1996Best.-Nr. 76285London: Flamingo 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Doris Lessing on the title page. An introspective novel exploring sexuality and love in older women. Lessing 1919-2013 was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. Octavo. Original black cloth binding with gilt titles. Typical mild toning to the contents; else fine in a fine dust jacket. Flamingo hardcover
1967Best.-Nr. 20648London: Michael Joseph 1967 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A near fine copy in brown cloth gilt titles to the spine in a bright fresh pc. pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 121 pp. London: Michael Joseph, (1967) hardcover
1956Best.-Nr. 3879London: Michael Joseph 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition of this early novel from Lessing. Near fine in black buckram with white lettering on spine remaining bright. Near fine jacket shows some wear and very shallow chippinng/rubbing at spine ends and corners and light toning else fine. Original price of 15s in tact. Michael Joseph hardcover
1988Best.-Nr. 1327Knopf New York 1988 First Edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine/Fine. A nice clean copy. FICTION. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Knopf (New York) hardcover
1988Best.-Nr. 19616London: Jonathan Cape 1988. First edn. 8vo pp. 133. A fine copy in little wrinkled dj. A horror story. Jonathan Cape unknown
1962Best.-Nr. 2401090001Simon and Schuster 1962. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 9x6x1. 1962 Simon & Schuster hard cover - 1st edition 3rd printing - no price on dust jacket flap - some staining to dust jacket and closed page edge - yellow cloth with black text - owner's name inside front cover - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - now in mylar cover - enjoy Simon and Schuster hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. 111097New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0394543394 . A first US edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; The tale of a group of small-time British radicals who get mixed up in terrorist activities far beyond their level of competence. Alice Mellings is the "good'' terrorist a well-intentioned squatter and group caretaker assuming the role of housemaker she abhors in her own mother. A novel about home family and revolt on several levels; 8vo; 378 pages; $5.00 . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. 27635New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy in 1/4 red cloth over gray paper covered boards silver titles to the spine in a near fine bright fresh dustwrapper. 8vo. 375 pp. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize winner of The W.H. Smith Literary Award and the Mondello Prize in Italy. Lessing's unique vision is brilliantly dramatized through her characters. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. 14751KNOPF. NY 1985. Fine. 1985. First Edition. First American Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Close to fine in plain light blue printed wrappers. Spine slightly discolored. Trace of barely discernable creasing at base of rear cover Nobel Prize laureate. . KNOPF. NY 1985 unknown
2004Best.-Nr. 1417285New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2004. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 311 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket spine white with blue lettering protected in mylar covering price uncut: "USA $23.95". Mild general shelf wear. Mild rubbing to dust jacket covers. Signed flat by Lessing on title page. Shelved in HC Fiction. Includes "The Grandmothers" "Victoria and the Saveneys" "The Reason for It" and "A Love Child" 1417285. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover
2003Best.-Nr. 79127London: Flamingo 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Four novellas by the recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature. The title story served as the basis for the 2013 Australian-French film Adoration. Octavo. Original black cloth binding with silver-stamped titling. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Flamingo hardcover
2003Best.-Nr. 1395524New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2003. First U.S. Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 311 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Pictorial spine with grey lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering price uncut: "23.95". Minor shelf wear. "Autographed Copy" sticker adhered to front of dust jacket. Text block clean. Signed by Lessing on title page. Shelved Hardcover Fiction. 1395524. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover
2004Best.-Nr. Fiction-L-2022-1Harper New York 2004 Harper New York 2004. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Original publisher's price intact on front jacket flap $23.95. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Four Novellas. The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels is collection of four novellas published in 2003 by 2007 Nobel laureate Doris Lessing. The 2013 Australian-French film Adore alternatively known as Adoration; previously known as Two Mothers and Perfect Mothers is based on the story The Grandmothers. The director Anne Fontaine said Lessing told her when they met that it was based on a true story that took place in a small community in Australia. In 2014 the story Victoria and the Staveneys was adapted into a French film by Jean-Paul Civeyrac called Mon amie Victoria. REVIEW copy with publicity info and author photograph. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Harper, New York hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 80604New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first American edition of Lessing's first novel an exploration of psychological and racial tensions in 1940s Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe. Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. Octavo: viii 245 1 blank pp. Original yellow cloth binding with black-stamped titling. Two small ink stamps and a previous owner's signature to the front flyleaf. The dust jacket is a bit toned with some mild edgewear; otherwise very good. Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. PP 485ZSCROWELL Book. Very Good. Soft cover. FIRST. DORIS LESSING 1ST IN DJ THE GRASS IS SINGING 1950 CROWELL DARKENED BACK COVER RING ON FRONT PROOF COPY. CROWELL Paperback