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ref. 000225705X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1951ref. ARC91341Michael Joseph London 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition first printing of the author's second book a collection of eight stories. 8vo. 256pp. Brown cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A small bump to the base of the spine and a very light scattering of spotting to top- and fore edge. Endpapers lightly spotted and with just an occasional pinprick of further spotting to leaf margins. A very bright copy in dust wrapper non-price-clipped but tanned at spine panel with a single short closed tear a tiny area of staining and two or three tiny slivers of loss to spine ends. Tiny dealer inkstamp to the base of the front pastedown with just a hint of offsetting to the adjacent free endpaper. Michael Joseph, London Hardcover
1951ref. 31034London: Michael Joseph 1951. First Edition. 8vo publisher's original sepia coloured cloth the spine lettered in gilt in the pictorially decorated dustjacket. 256 pp. A handsome and very well preserved copy the cloth very well preserved the dustjacket complete some mellowing at the spine panel and small chips to the head and tail of the jacket. THE AUTHOR'S SECOND BOOK. A FIRST EDITION OF THIS COLLECTION OF LONG AND SHORT STORIES. All have the common theme of a South African setting. Evocative of Lessing's homeland this book like her first book published the previous year already reprinted seven times when this new work was released proved as successful. Doris Lessing's success as a writer was built on these two first books. She maintained her dominant station in 20th century literature for many years to com. Michael Joseph hardcover
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ref. 116074New York Thomas Y. Crowell 1951. . First US edition signed by the author; 8vo; original red cloth spine lettered in gilt dust jacket. Signed by the author to the title page. The author's first collection of short stories. A good copy extremities of jacket a worn and chipped light age toning and soiling front flap loose. Worn and creased along the edges of the boards. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, [1951]. hardcover
ref. 116076London Michael Joseph 1951. . First edition; 8vo; original brown cloth spine lettered in gilt dust jacket. The author's first collection of short stories. A very good copy extremities of jacket a little worn and chipped light age toning to spine panel long tear along the front joint. Booksellers ticket to front paste down. London, Michael Joseph, 1951. hardcover
1951ref. 164596London: Michael Joseph 1951. Her first short story collection First edition of Lessing's first book of short stories inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Yours very sincerely Doris Lessing 6th March 1966". A collection of stories set in Africa this is Lessing's second book following her debut novel The Grass is Singing 1950. Octavo. Original brown cloth spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Neat ownership signature to front free endpaper. Spine slightly cocked and faded lightly chipped at head and foot; jacket slightly rubbed spine chipped and toned a few tiny nicks to extremities unclipped: a very good copy in very good jacket. hardcover
2000ref. 33240London: Harper Collins 2000 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition Signed by the author on the title-page. A fine copy in black cloth silver titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 418 pp. With prefaces to the 1964 and 1973 editions included. London: Harper Collins, (2000) hardcover
1951ref. 517146London: Michael Joseph 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Small soil spot on spine endpapers and edges lightly foxed else a very good copy in very good dust jacket; jacket has light toning. Author's first collection of short stories. Michael Joseph hardcover
2003ref. Q-0586091130Flamingo 2003-01-20. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Flamingo paperback
1951ref. LESSINGD003034Michael Joseph London. 1951. First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Her second book and first collection of stories.Edges slightly spotted. Near fine in very good indeed slightly nicked dustwrapper with a short closed tear in the spine and with the red lettering a bit faded on the spine. Michael Joseph, London. unknown
1951ref. 9579Michael Joseph 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. A first edition first printing published by Michael Joseph in 1951. A very good book without inscriptions. Some spotting to the page edges and a little to the prelims. In a very good unclipped wrapper with some nicks to the edges and a little light loss to the spine tips. The spine is a little browned. Author's scarce second novel. Michael Joseph hardcover
1951ref. 19dzMichael Joseph 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The jacket is a bit sunned marked and edge worn. One signature. Tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Michael Joseph hardcover
2000ref. 14338London: Flamingo. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 000225705X . A beautiful unread first edition/first printing in Fine condition with slightly yellowed page edges in Fine dustjacket this copy is SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing on the title page; This new collection of fourteen African stories paints a powerful picture of the South Africa Doris Lessing grew up in. In story after story she portrays the helpless collisions and alienations of the races and also the majestic beauty and timeless landscape of her homeland; Vol. 1; 8vo ; Signed by Author . Flamingo hardcover
1951ref. HALL501911Hardback. 1951. 256pp Michael Joseph Ltd. London 1951. 1st edition. Covers sl. marked in sl. worn & repaired DW not price-clipped. . hardcover
1951ref. 6862London: Michael Joseph. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Some spotting to page edges. Fading to dust wrapper spine. 5/8" tear at head of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" tear at head of rear joint of dust wrapper spine. 3/4" tear at tail of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" x 1/2" tear at head of rear panel of dust wrapper. Rubbing to ends of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 256 pages. First printing. Brown boards with gilt titles on spine. Page Dimensions: 185mm x 122mm. Short stories. The author's second book. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 256 . Michael Joseph hardcover
1951ref. 4042London: Michael Joseph. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. 1/4" faded at head of cloth spine. Minor spotting to page edges. A few spots of foxing to endpapers and to dust wrapper. Red title lettering on dust wrapper spine faded. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. 1" tear and 1/2" chips at head of dust wrapper spine. 3/8" chips at top corners of dust wrapper. 1/4" tear in front panel of dust wrapper. Minor browning to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; First printing. Brown boards with gilt titles on spine. Publisher's review copy slip loosely included - "The book will be published at 9/6 net on 2nd April 1951." Short stories. The author's second book. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 256 . Michael Joseph hardcover
1952ref. 35242New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1952. First American Edition. Very Good/Good. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1952. First American Edition. Small octavo 19cm; publisher's red cloth in beige dust jacket; 256pp. Price-clipped dust jacket is edgeworn and a bit smudged with darkening to spine and a failed tape repair with tear at top of rear flap fold. Boards square with rubbing at corners and spine ends and some dulling to spine lettering. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Lessing's first collection of short stories and second book overall. First published in the UK by Michael Joseph the year prior. Burkom A2. Thomas Y. Crowell Company unknown books
1951ref. 517146London: Michael Joseph 1951. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Small soil spot on spine endpapers and edges lightly foxed else a very good copy in very good dust jacket; jacket has light toning. Author's first collection of short stories. Michael Joseph hardcover books
2000ref. 14338London: Flamingo. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 000225705X . A beautiful unread first edition/first printing in Fine condition with slightly yellowed page edges in Fine dustjacket this copy is SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing on the title page; This new collection of fourteen African stories paints a powerful picture of the South Africa Doris Lessing grew up in. In story after story she portrays the helpless collisions and alienations of the races and also the majestic beauty and timeless landscape of her homeland; Vol. 1; 8vo ; Signed by Author . Flamingo hardcover books
1846ref. 1237589Stuttgart, Verlag des Herausgebers (J. Scheible), 1846. 2 Bl., S. (505) - 982 S., 32 Tafeln in Holzschnitt m. 96 Darstellungen. (Das Kloster IV, 2. Abteilung = Zelle 14 - 16). Späterer Pgtbd m. goldgeprägtem Rsch. (etwas begriffen u. berieben, stellenw. braunfleckig).
ref. 1104414368.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1165684217.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1975ref. RO60120346Penguin Books. 1975. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 236 pages. Derniers feuillets tachés, sans altération de la lecture.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1988ref. 1901200858Helsinki: Eurographica 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. First thus. Number 217 of 350 numbered copies signed by Doris Lessing at the title page. The book was printed in Italy by Tipografia Nobili established in Pesaro 1823 on special Michelangelo Paper made at the Magnani Paper Mills in Pescia. In plain white stiff card wrappers and enclosed in a dark blue dustwrapper with deckled top edge black titles and large folds. 117 pages untrimmed edges. There is a transit bump to the foot of the spine but otherwise this copy is in Very Fine unread condition. This copy has been additionally signed by editor/publisher Rolando Pieraccini at the colophon to the rear of the book and therefore a unique copy. Eurographica paperback
