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196517515New York: Simon and Schuster 1965. First American edition. Cloth. Faint bump to lower spine otherwise a near fine copy in a very good- dust jacket with rubbing edgewear and a few small abrasions but still quite intact and presentable. 636 pp. 8vo. "This book includes every story written by Doris Lessing about Africa: all of her first collection This Was The Old Chief's Country unavailable in America; the four long tales about Africa from Five also unavailable; the African stories from The Habit of Loving and A Man and Two Women; and four stories never before collected" from the front panel. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
200821411NY: HarperCollins 2008. First US edition first prnt. Originally published by Fourth Estate in the same year. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Black & white photographs. Spine ends lightly pushed; otherwise in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Lessing's combination of novella and memoir of her parents' lives affected by WW I. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HarperCollins Hardcover books
2001ULESBEN00FPHarper Perennial 2001. Very Good. Lessing Doris. Ben in the World. New York NY: Harper Perennial 2001. 178pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to edges. Harper Perennial paperback books
2000ULESBEN00MWHarperCollins 2000. Fine. Lessing Doris. Ben in the World. NY: HarperCollins 2000. 178pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine with light bumping to spine ends. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light rubbing to extremities and bumping to edges. HarperCollins hardcover books
200030924NY: HarperCollins 2000. 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. Sequel to Lessing's The Fifth Child. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HarperCollins Hardcover books
1971WN3904London: Jonathan Cape 1971. Prior owner signature and date on ffep. Top edge stained lavender other edges trimmed. Ever so slightly canted otherwise near fine. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Jonathan Cape Hardcover books
1971WRCLIT19623New York: Knopf 1971. Printed wrappers pad bound. Uncorrected page proofs of the first American edition. Wraps slightly used and soiled. Very good. Knopf paperback books
1971008462New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1971. 1st Edition. 308p. dj. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
197930305New York: Alfred Knopf 1979. First American edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. Cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. 365 pp. First American Edition stated. The first book in Lessing's series Re: Colonized Planet 5. A handsome very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by Lessing on the title page and quite uncommon thus. Alfred Knopf unknown books
1980WRCLIT31031London: Jonathan Cape 1980. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first edition. One corner sharply bumped light edge wear else very good. Jonathan Cape unknown books
19799027609London: Jonathan Cape 1979. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 1st UK edition. Signed by Lessing on the title page. <br/><br/> Jonathan Cape hardcover books
19839021710New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/good. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt cover stamped in blind. Dust jacket is rubbed at the edges and extremities three closed tears at top and bottom edges. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
19829021711New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt cover stamped in blind. Dust jacket is rubbed at the edges and extremities. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
196624136New York: Simon & Schuster 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Stated first printing. First edition thus. Two early books in Lessing's Children of Violence series of novels in one book. Includes the complete texts of Martha Quest and A Proper Marriage. 544 pp. A clean very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Prior owner name on the front endpaper. SIGNED by the author and uncommon thus. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
198344388NY: Knopf 1983. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Very good hardback in a slightly darkened jacket. <br/><br/> Knopf hardcover books
1983158570London: Jonathan Cape 1983. Octavo boards. First British edition. Fifth book of the Canopus in Argos: Archives series. Anatomy of Wonder 1995 4-264. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 418. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A lovely copy printed price of £7.95 net present on front flap. #158570 Jonathan Cape unknown books
1983005613London: Jonathan Cape 1983. 178 1p. original blue cloth Canopus in Argos: Archives 5. Jonathan Cape unknown books
195351515London: Michael Joseph 1953. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 20.75cm; black cloth with titling and decorations stamped in silver and green on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 89-352pp. Crown a bit pushed lower right corner of front board gently bumped moderate offsetting to endpapers with some scattered foxing to preliminary leaves and text edges; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 12s 6d net gently spine-sunned modestly shelfworn with several closed tears and attendant creases scattered foxing and a triangular chip to lower edge of rear panel; Very Good. Collection of five short novels set in her native continent: A Home for the Highland Cattle The Other Woman Eldorado The Antheap and Hunger. Michael Joseph unknown books
1968D16696New York: Ballantine Books 1968. First American Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Published year's earlier in the UK the first American edition is this paperback original. Ballantine U7088. With drawings by Paul Hogarth. Paper browned as expected. Signed by the Nobel Prize winning author. <br/><br/> Ballantine Books paperback books
1984WRCLIT26630New York: Knopf 1984. Cloth and boards. First U.S. edition of this pseudonymous novel inscribed and signed by Lessing in 1986. Fine in lightly used dust jacket with sticker mark on front panel. Knopf hardcover books
196135046NY: Simon and Schuster 1961. Hardcover. Very good. First American Edition. Offsetting to endpapers else a very good hardback in a rubbed and darkened jacket. <br/><br/> Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1961705807NY: Simon & Schuster. 1961. First American Edition. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
19602696London: MacGibbon & Kee 1960. First edition of "one of the most authentic books ever written about the English" San Francisco Chronicle. Octavo original black cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. In swift barbed style in high hard farcical writing that is eruptively funny Doris Lessing records the joys and terrors of everyday life. The truth of her perception shines through the pages of a work that is a brilliantpiece of cultural interpretation an intriguing memoir and a thoroughly engaging read. "Eloquent.Wry and ribald.Lessing's impressive gifts for characterization and dialogue her skill as a raconteur and her tartly humorous style combine to make In Pursuit of the English readable and amusing" New York Times MacGibbon & Kee hardcover books
1960125255New York: Simon and Schuster 1960. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. An early book from this important British writer. A clean near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with a tear to the top and bottom of the front panel and some fading to the spine which also has a tiny chip at the base. Still a very nice copy. Simon and Schuster unknown books
1995003898Harper Collins 1995 1995. F. Hardcover. First edition. Copyright page states "FIRST EDITION." Book fine. Housed in publisher's matching decorated slipcase which is near fine condition with slight rubbing at corners. Harper Collins, 1995 hardcover books
