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1950Best.-Nr. 25764New York:: Thomas Y. Crowell 1950. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Very good plus copy with a small bump to one corner in a Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket with light soiling to rear panel and modest edgewear to extremities. Set in South Africa under white rule Doris Lessing's first novel is both a riveting chronicle of human disintegration and a beautifully understated social critique. Mary Turner is a self-confident independent young woman who becomes the depressed frustrated wife of an ineffectual unsuccessful farmer. Little by little the ennui of years on the farm work their slow poison and Mary's despair progresses until the fateful arrival of an enigmatic and virile black servant Moses. Locked in anguish Mary and Moses -- master and slave -- are trapped in a web of mounting attraction and repulsion. Thomas Y. Crowell, unknown
Best.-Nr. 724uMichael Joseph 1950. Hardcover. Good/Fair. The jacket is torn and a bit marked. Internally clean and tightly bound - a little cocked. Minor foxing rippling and tanning. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Michael Joseph hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 937rMichael Joseph 1950. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The jacket is a bit marked and torn - not much paper loss. Internally mostly clean and tightly bound. Some tanning and foxing. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Michael Joseph hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 938rMichael Joseph 1950. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The jacket is a bit marked and torn. Internally mostly clean and tightly bound. A little foxing. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Michael Joseph hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. e291Joseph 1953. Cheap edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 0x0x0. jacket is rubbed and marked.tanning.excellent binding.06-01-2021. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Joseph hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 008590New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1950. First American Edition. hardcover. The bright yellow cloth has a little soiling to the spine and a very slightly bumped corner. The dustwrapper has a small hole on the back edge of the spine a small stain on the somewhat soiled rear cover and a tiny closed tear on the bright front panel. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Review Copy with slip laid in of the first book by this Nobel Prize winner. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. 1391284New York NY: Thomas Y. Crowell 1970. Later Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 311 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Blue spine with white and yellow spine. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$6.95" has mild shelving wear stains throughout and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges and stains along the spine. Textblock has mild wear along the edges and moderate age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. Date is presumed due to presence of ISBN originally published in 1957. 1391284. Special Collections - Downstairs. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. 508790London: MacGibbon and Kee 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Former owner's ink name on front flyleaf else a near fine copy in very good or better dust jacket is lightly spotted and faintly toned and a thin chip and small tear at the crown. MacGibbon and Kee hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. Q-0445083905Fawcett Books 1982-10-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Fawcett Books paperback
1957Best.-Nr. 005486London: MacGibbon & Kee. Rear panel of dustwrapper a little age toned . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1957. MacGibbon & Kee hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. 57189New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1957. Cloth. A Fine edition in a like dust-jacket that has some concentrated scuffing to the lower rear ; Doris Lessing's ground-breaking novel tells the story of a group of women friends since childhood who are forced to confront the legacy of racism and violence inflicted on their families. As they confront the ghosts of their pasts they discover the strength and power of forgiveness and love.; 8vo; 311 pages . Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. 30304New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket a fairly rubbed dust jacket several chips and tears. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. 52298London: Macgibbon & Kee. Very Good. 1957. Hardcover. London: MacGibbon & Kee 1957. First Edition. Black boards have gilt stamping to spine a Fine copy in a Near Fine DJ. . Macgibbon & Kee hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. 4622412 volumes each with around 100 pages plus advertisements at front and rear monthly review of literature plus letters some line illustrations includes index booklet for the volume loose in issue 1 Published by The London Magazine paperback
1982Best.-Nr. 155661London: Cape 1982. 1st edition / 1st printing. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 145pp. Fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket Cape hardcover
1982Best.-Nr. 155657New York: Alfred Knopf 1982. 1st edition / 1st printing. As New. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 145pp. Very nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket Alfred Knopf hardcover
1983Best.-Nr. Q-039471377XVintage 1983-02-12. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage paperback
1982Best.-Nr. 502306New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1982. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Gray wrappers. Slight fading on the spine else near fine. "Canopus in Argos: Archives. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1982Best.-Nr. 504474New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1982. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Gray wrappers. Wraps faded with light sunning on the spine small stains on the cover very good. "Canopus in Argos: Archives. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1982Best.-Nr. Q-039451906XKnopf 1982-01-12. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Knopf hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. Q-0006547184Harpercollins Pub Ltd 1994-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harpercollins Pub Ltd paperback
1982Best.-Nr. 198624London : Cape 1982. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw now maylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 144 pages; Physical description. : 144 p. ; 23 cm. Subject: Fiction in English - 1945 - Texts fiction in English - texts fiction in English - 1945- - texts. Series: Lessing Doris May 1919-Canopus in Argos--archives London England. Canopus in Argos. London : Cape hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 004589New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1980 Stated first edition. Signed by Doris Lessing directly on the title-page. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with faint toning to spine and a bit of creasing to bottom spine end else fine. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. Fiction-Lessing-3Knopf New York 1980 New York: Random House 1980. First edition. First printing. Full black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Publisher's original price intact on front jacket flap $10.00. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Octavo 245 pages. The second novel in Doris Lessing's visionary "Canopus in Argos: Archives" series a cycle blending myth science fiction and political allegory to explore human evolution and cosmic civilization. Doris Lessing 1919-2013 won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. The "Canopus in Argos: Archives" series consists of: "Shikasta" 1979; "The Marriages Between Zones Three Four and Five" 1980; "The Sirian Experiments" 1981; "The Making of the Representative for Planet 8" 1982; and "The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire" 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Knopf, New York hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 1391306New York NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1980. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Octavo 189 pages. In Good condition. Yellow spine with black lettering. Covers have mild shelving wear a small closed tear on the front head edge stains throughout a printed name pasted down by tape on the front cover and a staple through the front cover. Textblock has mild wear along the edges and stains along the edges. Contains a typed letter about the novel stapled to the interior of the front cover. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. DL consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391306. Special Collections - Downstairs. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
