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195729698London: MacGibbon & Kee 1957. FIRST EDITION. A fine bright copy in dust jacket. <br/><br/> MacGibbon & Kee unknown books
1977ULESHAB00bh1Panther 1977. Very Good. Lessing Doris. The Habit of Loving. Frogmore: Panther 1977. 252pp. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. Panther paperback books
195751516London: MacGibbon & Kee 1957. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19cm; black paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 67-278pp. Hint of a forward lean tiny tear at crown else clean throughout; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 15s net spine-sunned lightly shelfworn and a bit dusty with a few tiny nicks to extremities; Very Good or better. Lessing's third short story collection. MacGibbon & Kee unknown books
1957229452New 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
1957137490London: MacGibbon & Kee 1957. First. hardcover. fine/fine. d.w. London: MacGibbon & Kee 1957. First Edition. Fine copy in a bright pictorial jacket.<br/><br/> MacGibbon & Kee unknown books
195752298London: 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
1957883V12London : 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
1957951Y13London: 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
19701391284New 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. Shelved Room C. Date is presumed due to presence of ISBN originally published in 1957. 1391284. Special Collections. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
1957005486London: MacGibbon & Kee. Rear panel of dustwrapper a little age toned . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1957. MacGibbon & Kee hardcover
1982Q-0445083905Fawcett Books 1982-10-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Fawcett Books paperback
1957508790London: 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
195757189New 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
195730304New 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
195752298London: 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
1975197294New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1975. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
1986I-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
19769780452251199-2025Plume 1976. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Doris Lessing</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Plume</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780452251199</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 1976</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Her marriage was her prison her body was her torment. Mary Turner had desperately wanted to marry and had accepted the first man to offer himself. Now she was wife to this virtual stranger in his isolated home on the vast African plains.</p> Plume hardcover
19769780452251199-2025Plume 1976. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Doris Lessing</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Plume</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780452251199</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 1976</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Her marriage was her prison her body was her torment. Mary Turner had desperately wanted to marry and had accepted the first man to offer himself. Now she was wife to this virtual stranger in his isolated home on the vast African plains.</p> Plume hardcover
1950BUL90646Michael 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
195031031London: 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
195042136Michael 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
1950355490714415London: Michael Joseph 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's brown cloth titled in yellow to spine. Lightly sunned to the spine panel foxing to the top edge and front and rear end-papers. Overall a VG copy. The former owner has blind-stamped his address to the front free end-paper. The D/W not clipped - 9s. 6d. has some foxing to the reverse and top and bottom edge of the D/W have been reinforced on the verso with acid-free archival tape Filmoplast not visible from the front. The D/W is now protected by a transparent archival removable sleeve. Scarce Michael Joseph hardcover
19500092970 First edition/First printing published by Michael Joseph London 1950. VG clean and tight condition. No marks or inscriptions. Sunning to edges and spine of cloth covers. Dustjacket not price clipped. small chip to top edge near spine and small nick to bottom edge. Protected in archive cover. Michael Joseph hardcover
195072500London: Michael Joseph 1950. 8vo. First edition. 256 pp. Brown cloth with yellow lettering to the spine in a dustjacket. Cloth at the spine and edges faded. Jacket marked and torn with loss at the spine and is in a protective plastic wrapper. Light spotting to the endpapers but otherwise clean internally. This is Nobel Prize winner-Doris Lessing's first novel which tells the story of a failed farmer and his wife in Rhodesia explores racism and white supremacist ideology in South Africa during Aparteid. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1950. Michael Joseph 1950 hardcover
