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1962114758New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. First American edition of the Nobel Prize winning author's magnum opus. Octavo original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page "I wish you good fortune- Doris Lessing 17.7.80 24 Gada Garden London." Also with postcard from the British Museum signed by Lessing on the same date. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. I looked at her and thought: That's my child my flesh and blood. But I couldn't feel it. She said again: `Play mummy.' I moved wooden bricks for a house but like a machine. Making myself perform every movement. I could see myself sitting on the floor the picture of a `young mother playing with her little girl.' Like a film shot or a photograph." These words exemplify the themes Lessing struggled with in The Golden Notebook. They question the notion of identity. In the above quote the protagonist cannot reconcile who she needs to be to remain healthy and whole with what the ideologies of society require her to be. This obsession with constructing a comprehensive sense of identity leads to an infinite fictionalization of the protagonist's life. Lessing's work is not only a significant feminist polemic; it is a multilayered glance into the political climate of the 1960's. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1962BB1611London: Michael Joseph 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Impression of the Nobel laureate’s "indispensable" masterpiece significant "as the most massive statement made up to that time on the position of woman in the modern world." Burgess. Tall thick 8vo: 568pp. Publisher's black boards spine lettered in gilt; first-issue typographic dust jacket photograph of Lessing to rear panel designed by William Belcher priced 30s. About Fine dust-soiled edges mild offsetting to end papers square tight probably unread; about Fine jacket lightly dust soiled back panel several edge nicks still vibrant and bright. Time 100. Burgess 99. p.86. NYPL Books of the Century p.130. Callil and Toibin 52. "Anna Wulf is a writer who keeps four notebooks each a different color each reflecting a different part of her. The black one contains recollections of her youthful wartime years in West Africa . . . In the red one she reflects on her later life in London’s leftist and intellectual circles. The blue notebook analyzes her fraught relations with men. The yellow contains her fragmentary attempts at new fiction. With the fifth the golden notebook and with The Golden Notebook Wulf/Lessing struggles to tie all the threads fearlessly back together again. All the currents of her time flow through Anna—Marx and Freud and the burgeoning dissatisfactions among women that would eventually explode into feminism. Lessing’s earnestness can be too much at times but as a portrait of a woman coming to grips with the realities of her time her book is indispensable." Time 100 N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Michael Joseph hardcover
1962053576Simon and Schuster 1962. A tight clean Book Club hardcover in a jacket. Prior owner's embossed stamp on first two pages. 553pp. Jacket is rubbed at corners; offered now in a new mylar cover. Book Club Edition BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Simon and Schuster Hardcover
198453132Simon & Schuster 1984. 5th . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Large heavy sturdy book smooth gray covers very bright gilt lettering on spine 568 pages.Simon & Schuster remainder mark at pages' bottom edge. DJ glossy beneath mylar gray and white background with colorful illustration of books in pile on front. DJ has very light wear at top front edge tiny creases at spine top edge very tiny tear at top back edge micronick at back bookfold edge. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book. <br/> <br/> Simon & Schuster hardcover
1984N1-6PY9-YDM0Simon & Schuster 1984-09-01. Hardcover. Good. original 1962 Simon & Schuster hard cover - no dust jacket - some staining to cover and page edge - webbing showing at front leaf - some minor underlining - otherwise binding strong contents fine - enjoy Simon & Schuster hardcover
1984E6-2DBY-Y6P0Simon & Schuster 1984-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good. original 1962 Michael Joseph UK hard cover - 1st edition 4th printing - ex-library whose only evidence is stamp inside front and back cover - envelop inside back cover and minor label on dust jacket spine - 2 inch tear on dust jacket at spine - slight general wear to dust jacket now in mylar cover some staining to page edge - minor tape residue to cover - 1 inch patch of cover surface off due to tape removal - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy Simon & Schuster hardcover
196219447New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. Just signed -- no inscription. Bookplate is attached to the book. A VERY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST U.S. PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Simon & Schuster hardcover
196218074New York: Michael Joseph 1962. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK VERY GOOD/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST U.K. PRINTING. HANDSOME COPY. Michael Joseph hardcover
1982002925London: Michael Joseph 1982. 2nd Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. July 1982. Later edition same powerful story! With preface by the author dated June 1971. 638 pp. Black cloth covered boards have gilt text on spine only. Tail of spine is slightly rubbed very slight top edge dust soiling ow book is as new. Price clipped DJ has 1/4" surface abrasion on front for edge rubbing at tail of spine. Book is from the collection of Toronto author/poet and Harbourfront Literary Events' host Greg Gatenby. The date of his acquisition of the book together with his signature is on ffep. Lessing's dedication is to him. " For Greg - Sincerely Doris Lessing 28th March 1984." Digital images available on SIGNED by AUTHOR. Bookseller's Inventory # 122925. <br/> <br/> Michael Joseph hardcover
196277914New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Several tears to jacket. Rubbing. Stated First Printing. The author's masterpiece. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1971772New York: Simon and Schuster 1971. Reissue with Author's Introduction. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Presentation SIGNED by the Author 8vo beige cloth with an Introduction by the author Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket designed by Janet Halverson xxiv 566 pages. SIGNED Presentation Copy in excellent condition internally and externally of the author's important 1962 novel now reissued WITH HER INTRODUCTION a near-decade later. <br/><br/>From my experience Lessing didn't like to sign copies of her works and signed copies of this her most noteworthy work are Scarce. The persona I knew tended to be hardheaded diffident and a bit crusty though she made the rounds on behalf of her publisher a few years before her death when I was fortunately able and very pleased to speak with her briefly and to obtain her signature.<br/><br/>According to Elizabeth Hardwick "The Golden Notebook is Doris Lessing's most important work and has left its mark upon the ideas and feelings of a whole generation of women"--The New York Times Book Review.<br/><br/>A tight bright clean copy. Dust jacket has a bit of rubbing at extremities; Random House remainder stamp on bottom of pages. Simon and Schuster hardcover
1962HALL505085Hardback. 1962. The book is very good except for slight tape marks on the endpapers. The dust jacket is near fine apart from 2 very small marks on the front flap. . hardcover
1984SK-T6RP-F3GHSimon & Schuster 1984-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1962 Simon & Schuster hard cover - BCE - some stain and wear to edge of dust jacket now in mylar cover - staining on page edge - owner's name whited out - otherwise cover and binding fine contents clean - enjoy Simon & Schuster hardcover
1963013074New York: McGraw Hill 1963 First edition in paperback. 8vo. Trade paperback 568 pp. Short tear to front cover soiling to page edges fold to rear cover wear top and bottom of spine. Appears little read. Good. Scarce. McGraw Hill paperback
1990320078Easton Press 1990. Full-Leather -- As New in original shrinkwrap -- SHIPPING ONLY IN U.S. AND BY MEDIA RATE ONLY -- Dark brown leather with gilt embossing to cover spine and gilt to all edgres. Full-Leather. As New. Easton Press Hardcover
19951207Terrail 1995. Paperback. Near Fine. 207 pp. Near Fine condition Terrail paperback
1147101906.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1355778255.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1358918716.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1146978286.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2012DADAX3447067756Harrassowitz 2012-09-01. 1. Aufl. ed. hardcover. New. 7.25x1.75x9.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Harrassowitz hardcover
2003Q-1843910284Hesperus Press 2003-04-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Hesperus Press paperback
1969966T76London: Macgibbon & Kee; Jonathan Cape 1969-1988. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5"; 8" by 5.5". None. Three smart first edition novels from British writer Doris May Lessing. Three volumes. First edition. Written by Doris May Lessing a British novelist who was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize the Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience who with scepticism fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". Lessing was the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature at age 87. This set contains: The Four-Gated City 1969. The concluding novel in Lessing's semi-autobiographical series The Children of Violence. Moving to London Martha "is integrally part of the social history of the time - the Cold War the Aldermaston Marches Swinging London the deepening of poverty and social anarchy." The novel extends into science fiction depicting a dystopian future following the destruction of Britain. Briefing for a Descent into Hell 1971. A psychological novel. A well-dressed but disheveled man is found wandering alone at night on London's Embankment. Unable to remember anything he is escorted to a psychiatric hospital where he is identified as Charles Watkins a professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge. The Fifth Child 1988. A short novel describing the changes in the happy life of a married couple Harriet and David Lovatt as a consequence of the birth of Ben their fifth child. In the original full cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with light wear to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and panel edges of The Four-Gated City. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Macgibbon & Kee; Jonathan Cape hardcover
1995Q-0060976675Harper Perennial 1995-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper Perennial paperback
0261618407.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
