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1957ref. 229452New York Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1957. 1957. First American edition. 8vo. Dust jacket designed by Joel Burton unclipped. Very good. 311 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company [1957]. hardcover books
1957ref. 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 books
1957ref. 951Y13London: MacGibbon and Kee 1957. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A very smart first edition of this short-story collection by acclaimed British author Doris Lessing. The first edition.With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. 'The Habit of Living' is a collection of seventeen short stories concerned with men and women by love possessed. Stories included are 'The Words He Said' 'The Women' and 'Through the Tunnel'.From major British writer Doris Lessing who was awarded the 2007 Novel Prize in Literature and the 2001 David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. Her best known novels include 'The Grass is Singing' and 'The Golden Notebook'. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with minor bumping to the spine head. Dust wrapper is smart with chipping to the spine and front cover head. Marks to the wrap and general edge wear with minor loss to the spine tail. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine MacGibbon and Kee hardcover
1957ref. 883V12London : MacGibbon and Kee 1957. First edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 7.5" by 5". None . A collection of short stories by prize winning author Doris Lessing. The first edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Doris Lessing was a British-Zimbabwean novelist.Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007 and was the oldest person to receive the prize at the age of 87. Lessing's life was founded on literature. From the age of 15 she started selling her stories to magazines and by the time of her death she had published more than fifty novels. The Habit of Living is a short story collection exploring the role that relationships have on how we behave. Stories included in this collection are The Habit of Loving The Words He Said The Women and Through the Tunnel. In the original publisher's cloth in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. A small closed tear to the front cover and spine of the dust wrapper. Marginal age toning to the dust wrapper. Edgewear to the dust wrapper. Light marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. The odd spot to the text block. The pages are bright and clean. Contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Near Fine MacGibbon and Kee hardcover
1970ref. 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
1957ref. 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
1957ref. 005486London: MacGibbon & Kee. Rear panel of dustwrapper a little age toned . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1957. MacGibbon & Kee hardcover
1957ref. 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
1957ref. 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
1957ref. 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
19508vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full mid-green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, gilt doublures, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the author's first novel, a powerful indictment of the racial politics of South Africa in the 1940s. The basis of Michael Raeburn's feature film (1981) starring John Thaw, Karen Black and John Kani.
1950ref. 85431London: Michael Joseph 1950. First edition. 256 pp. Hard erasure and some light foxing to front free endpaper else very good plus in like dust jacket with tape reinforcement to the verso of the jacket along the top and bottom edges and a chip to crown that takes out most of the lettering in “The Grass.” London: Michael Joseph unknown books
1950ref. 517155New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1950. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First American edition. Owner's small ink address on front flyleaf boards are lightly soiled else a very good copy in good worn dust jacket with a number of short tears and few nicks creased on spine and rear panel entire length of spine has split at folds and also at the folds of both flaps. Author's first novel. Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover books
1950ref. 431145New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a short tear on the rear panel. A beautiful copy of the American edition of the author's first book. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover books
1976ref. 203607New York: New American Library 1976. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers. Highlighting in text paper covers are clean but creased and rubbed. New American Library unknown books
1950ref. 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 books
ref. 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
1986ref. 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
1975ref. 197294New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1975. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
ref. 0007594461.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1950ref. 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
1950ref. 31031London: Michael Joseph 1950. First Edition. 8vo publisher's original sepia coloured cloth the spine lettered in yellow in the pictorially decorated dustjacket. 256 pp. A handsome and very well preserved copy with minimal mellowing to the cloth and only a touch of shelf wear to the lower tips of the jacket. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. A FIRST EDITION OF THIS HIGH TENSION STORY FROM ONE OF THE FINEST WRITERS OF THE AGE. 'Not merely the story of a sort of South African Madame Bovary it is the story of South Africa herself a merciless study of the relations betwee the white and coloured peoples.' As a first novel it promised an exceptional talent. Michael Joseph hardcover
1950ref. 42136Michael Joseph 1950. 8vo. First Edition; handsomely bound in full mid-green crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top gilt doublures hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made slip-case a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the author's first novel a powerful indictment of the racial politics of South Africa in the 1940s. The basis of Michael Raeburn's feature film 1981 starring John Thaw Karen Black and John Kani. Michael Joseph, hardcover
1950ref. 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
ref. PP 485ZCROWELL Book. Fine. Hardcover. FIRST. A FINE FIRST IN FINE DJ. PRICE CLIPPED A BEAUTIFUL COPY. CROWELL Hardcover