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2003ref. 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
2003ref. 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
2004ref. 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
2003ref. 7165HarperCollins 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very good/Near Fine. Very good in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page signature only. 1st AMERICAN edition 1st printing complete numberline. Dust jacket has faint edgewear. Book has pale foxing to the top of the pageblock and some shelfwear to the bottoms of the boards. By the late Nobel Prize- David Cohen Prize- Somerset Maugham Award- Prix Médicis étranger- Shakespeare Prize- WH Smith Literary Award- Palermo Prize- Premio Internazionale Mondello- Grinzane Cavour Prize- James Tait Black Memorial Prize- Los Angeles Times Book Prize- Catalonia International Prize- Premio Príncipe de Asturias- and S.T. Dupont Golden PEN Award-winning author of The Canopus in Argos: Archives series and the Children of Violence novels. Signed American editions are rare. Where possible all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve sealed in a ziplock bag wrapped in bubble wrap shipped in a box. HarperCollins hardcover
2003ref. 064274Flamingo 2003. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Inscribed and signed by Lessing on the title page. Page edges barely starting to brown. Flamingo Hardcover
2003ref. 000885New York: HarperCollins 2003 From Nobel Prize winning author 2007. Book is in As New condition. with no marks in an unclipped dj. HarperCollins hardcover
2004ref. 018892Scranton Pennsylvania U.S.A.: Harpercollins 2004. First U.S. Edition/Second Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp.311 clean tight copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Harpercollins hardcover
2003ref. 29845London: Flamingo. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0007152795 . A most charming first printing of the first edition in unread Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing on the title page; Four short novels. In The Grandmothers two middle-aged friends fall in love with each other's sons. Victoria and the Staveneys is the story of a mixed-race child and her struggle with her heritage. In A Reason For It the leader of a declining culture explains their loss of glory. A Love Child is the story of an ex-soldier who is haunted by the thought he left a love child behind during World War II; 8vo ; viii 311 1 pages; Signed by Author . Flamingo hardcover
2003ref. ABE-1289925314Flamingo London 2003 SIGNED on the title page. This is a fine book in a price clipped jacket. This is why I have graded the jacket NF. It is otherwise perfect. The Nobel Prizewinner's First Edition/First Printing combines four short novels. The Grandmothers tells of two middle-aged friends who fall in love with each other's sons. Victoria and the Staveneys tells the story of a mixed-race child and her struggle with heritage. A Reason For It has the leader of a declining culture explaining their loss of glory. A Love Child relates the story of an ex-soldier haunted by a conviction he left a love child behind during the Second World War. A beautiful series of novellas from this great writer. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Flamingo London hardcover
2004ref. 1090910NY: HarperCollins 2004. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A collection of four novellas one of which is the basis of the 2013 Anne Fontaine directed film with Naomi Watts and Robin Wright. HarperCollins hardcover
2003ref. 14337London: Flamingo. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0007152795 . First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket. Page edges beginning to yellow. SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing on the title page; Four short novels. In The Grandmothers two middle-aged friends fall in love with each other's sons. Victoria and the Staveneys is the story of a mixed-race child and her struggle with her heritage. In A Reason For It the leader of a declining culture explains their loss of glory. A Love Child is the story of an ex-soldier who is haunted by the thought he left a love child behind during World War II; 8vo ; viii 311 1 pages; Signed by Author . Flamingo hardcover
1985ref. 1391300New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 375 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine grey with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Price uncut: "$16.95". Jacket with light age toning and very light marking. Very light shelf wear to head and tail of jacket spine and to jacket edges and corners. Light bumping to head and tail of book spine and to edges and corners of boards. A few small marks scattered across binding. Signed flat by Lessing on title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391300. Special Collections - Downstairs. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1985ref. 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 books
1985ref. 14249London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224023233 . A most beautiful Limited Numbered first edition/first printing in Fine condition with very little evidence of wear in original glassine dust-jacket in alike condition; SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. Cloth spine is embossed with gold lettering. Boards are covered in handsome decorative paper; 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; 12mo ; Signed by Author . Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1985ref. 611164New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Light toning on endpapers else fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight toning. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1985ref. 499727London: Jonathan Cape 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Limited edition. Slightly bowed bows else near fine in a fine glassine dust jacket. Copy 195 of 250 numbered copies Signed by the author. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1985ref. 9014691New York: Knopf 1985. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The dust jacket has minor wear to the head of the spine. Knopf hardcover books
1985ref. 331082New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1985ref. 60816NY: Knopf 1985. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the half-title page. Faint beginning board edge toning and spine bottom edge cloth lightly wrinkled; dustjacket with few tiny edge creases and small soil spot on rear panel. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lessing's ninth novel. Knopf hardcover books
1985ref. 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
1985ref. 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
1985ref. 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
1985ref. 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
1985ref. 15227New York: Knopf 1985. Original Uncorrected Proof Copy. 8vo publisher's original sky blue wraps. 333 pp. A very well preserved copy. Knopf paperback
1985ref. 19054New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Red cloth spine gray paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. Doris Lessing was the 2007 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Alfred A. Knopf, hardcover