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1969Best.-Nr. 1110New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1969. Very Good. First American edition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Margaret". A second likely previous owner's signature appears below the inscription. Original cloth in the original illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket is unclipped retaining the original $7.50 price on the front flap. Condition is Very Good; the jacket shows light edge wear and minor surface toning but remains highly presentable. The final volume in Lessing's acclaimed "Children of Violence" series a monumental social and psychological chronicle of post-war Britain. N1. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1969Best.-Nr. 966T76London: Macgibbon & Kee; Jonathan Cape 1969-1988. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5"; 8" by 5.5". None. Three smart first edition novels from British writer Doris May Lessing. Three volumes. First edition. Written by Doris May Lessing a British novelist who was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize the Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience who with scepticism fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". Lessing was the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature at age 87. This set contains: The Four-Gated City 1969. The concluding novel in Lessing's semi-autobiographical series The Children of Violence. Moving to London Martha "is integrally part of the social history of the time - the Cold War the Aldermaston Marches Swinging London the deepening of poverty and social anarchy." The novel extends into science fiction depicting a dystopian future following the destruction of Britain. Briefing for a Descent into Hell 1971. A psychological novel. A well-dressed but disheveled man is found wandering alone at night on London's Embankment. Unable to remember anything he is escorted to a psychiatric hospital where he is identified as Charles Watkins a professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge. The Fifth Child 1988. A short novel describing the changes in the happy life of a married couple Harriet and David Lovatt as a consequence of the birth of Ben their fifth child. In the original full cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with light wear to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and panel edges of The Four-Gated City. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Macgibbon & Kee; Jonathan Cape hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. Q-0261618407MacGibbon & Kee 1969-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! MacGibbon & Kee hardcover
1995Best.-Nr. Q-0060976675Harper Perennial 1995-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper Perennial paperback
1969Best.-Nr. 0927H719386MacGibbon & Kee 1969-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1969 Macgibbon & Kee 1st edition 1st printing - double sided dust jacket - different graphics for each side - slight staining to page edge - otherwise dust jacket fine cover fine binding strong contents clean - a fine copy MacGibbon & Kee hardcover
1962Best.-Nr. GB0000CLCM0I4N01Simon & Schuster 1962. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1962Best.-Nr. GB003KD4JPGI5N00Simon & Schuster 1962. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1962Best.-Nr. 49611London: Michael Joseph 1962. Very Good/Very Good. London: Michael Joseph 1962. First Edition. Octavo 22cm; publisher's dark brown cloth in typographic dust jacket with 30s net price intact; 5671pp. Jacket shows a short closed tear at bottom rear and another along top corner fold with shallow chips at a couple fold ends and some general toning / smudging to surface and down spine. Boards square with a small blended inkstain to rear along spine and a touch of fading along edges. Light toning to endpapers and half title. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Michael Joseph unknown
Best.-Nr. 473325Michael Joesph. Hardcover. Poor. Very rare first edition of Doris Lessing's landmark novel The Golden Notebook. Widely regarded as a masterpiece of 20th-century literature the book is famous for its complex non-linear structure and its raw powerful exploration of feminism politics mental health and female sexuality. Michael Joesph hardcover
1962Best.-Nr. 104439Simon and Schuster 1962 Presumably a book club edition. There is no indication of price on jacket flap with no explicit BCE designation. Now wrapped in Brodart. Red publisher's top stain to edge of text block. Yellow boards. Tight square binding. 568 pages. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Simon and Schuster hardcover
1962Best.-Nr. 131132601London: Michael Joseph 1962. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. First UK edition first printing. Black cloth spine lettered in gilt. Fine lacking dust jacket. Michael Joseph hardcover
1962Best.-Nr. 314359New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Small open tear on spine heel. Small closed tears on spine crown and top rear panel. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1962Best.-Nr. 26761New York: Simon and Schuster 1962. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster 1962. First U.S. Edition stated First Printing. Octavo. 568 pp. Printed dust jacket with $5.95 price present. Yellow boards stamped in black. Red topstain and endpapers. Dust jacket chipped along edges with general rubbing and toning. Slight lean to boards shelfwear corners bumped and a few minor patches of white discoloration along bottom edge. Binding is sound. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper but pages otherwise unmarked. Simon and Schuster unknown
Best.-Nr. 0553262106.Gmass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1981Best.-Nr. Q-0553262106Bantam 1981-11-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bantam paperback
1999Best.-Nr. Q-006093140XHarper Perennial Modern Classics 1999-02-03. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper Perennial Modern Classics paperback
1985Best.-Nr. 013859UK: Jonathan Cape. A fine UK first edition first printing hardback light wear - in a fine unclipped dustjacket fitted with a removable clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched within 2-3 days - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1985. Jonathan Cape hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. 318463New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Remainder mark on top text block edge.; 375 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. 116643New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. First American Edition stated.; 8.40 X 5.60 X 1.50 inches; 375 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. 86243New York: Knopf 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket.; 8.40 X 5.60 X 1.50 inches; 375 pages. Knopf hardcover
Best.-Nr. BN314844Heinemann Educational Books. The grass is singing The New windmill series The grass is singing The New windmill series Doris Lessing Heinemann Educational Books unknown
1986Best.-Nr. I-279-079Heinemann Educational Books 1986. Very Good. Refurbished library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations. Heinemann Educational Books unknown
1975Best.-Nr. 197294New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1975. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0007594461.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1950Best.-Nr. BUL90646Michael Joseph London 1950. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition first printing. 8vo. 256pp. Brown cloth lettered in yellow at the spine. Some spotting to the cloth and also some uneven fading to the upper and lower boards and some further fading to the backstrip. Just a tiny hint of spotting to the front free endpaper but thereafter a lovely crisp copy. No dust wrapper. The Nobel Prize winner's celebrated debut novel. Michael Joseph, London Hardcover
