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New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2002. True First American Edition 1st Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Number Line: 02 03 04 05 06 RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Stated First Edition. February, 2002. This novel reflects our recent history like a many-faceted mirror, and is full of people not easily forgotten, each - for worse or for better, directly or indirectly - made by war. (front flap) 479 pp. Book has black cloth spine with silver gilt text, grey paper covered boards. Spine ends slightly rubbed, ow book is as new. Price clipped DJ has top edge/shelf wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 133336.

Amsterdam: Meulenhoff, 1980. First Edition Vierde Druk 4th Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 7 3/4" X 5 . Hilke Tasman-Krohn ( DJ ). Translated from the English by P. van Vliet. Tien verhaalen bij Lessing. 189 pp. Red cloth covered boards have gilt text on spine, small ding top front edge. Spine ends slightly rubbed, bookseller's stamp ffep.. Unclipped, unpriced DJ is chipped and has tears near tail of spine. Book is from the collection of Toronto author/ poet Greg Gatenby. His signature and the year of this book's acquisition on ffep. Association/ Dedication copy, " Greg - Doris L. October 1991" SIGNED by AUTHOR. Bookseller's Inventory # 122974.

Flamingo 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.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. 1st Edition. . Book Book Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Signed by Doris Lessing on the ffe. Small indentation to front endpapers. Book in VG condition, green cloth slightly faded, in VG unclipped dust-jacket, with only a little wear and rubbing. PO's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally clean. 171pp.

London, United Kingdom: Granada Publishing Limited, 1983. First Edition Thus, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. As New/Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Martha Quest was first published in 1952, then in a double volume with 'A Proper Marriage 'in 1965. Published on its own by Granada in 1977. This is the 1983 reprinting. This title is the first novel of Lessing's five-novel sequence - The Children of Violence. It traces the life of Martha Quest. 335 pp. Grey boards have green author's box and gilt text on spine. Price clipped DJ has yellowing at top edge. Book is from the collection of Toronto author/poet and, not infrequently, host at Harbourfront literary events, Greg Gatenby. His signature and the year of this book's acquisition are found ffep. " Greg - Doris L. October 1991." Bookseller's Inventory # 123039.

New York: Alfrd A. Knopf, 1980. Uncorrected Proof . Card Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 10 3/4 " X 5 1/2. A tale of love, and of ancient war, between men and women, that beguiles and charms like a true fable." ( Publisher's blurb) 189 handnumbered pp.! Yellow card covers have black text and author's name taped at bottom of front cover on a 5 1/4" X 7/8" white paper. Also , added below the title in blue ball point, " April 4th 1980 $ 10.00 " author's name is slightly torn, staple holes near fore edge of front panel. Publisher's note laid in. From the collection of Greg Gatenby, Toronto author/poet and Harbourfront Literary events' host. His signature and the book's acquisition date ffep. Dedication copy: " for Greg Doris Lessing" SIGNED by AUTHOR. Near first state and collectible. Bookseller's Inventory # 122940.

New York: HarperCollins, 1996. True First Edition, 1st Printing . Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lessing's ( Nobel Laureate 2007) earlier novel about a 65 year old woman who falls in love. 352 pp. Blue paper covered boards have author's monogram in large gilt letters on front panel, black cloth spine has gilt text. Unclipped ($ 24.00) DJ has trace of shelf wear, ow, it too is as new. HarperCollins letter announcing release is laid in. Book is from the collection of Greg Gatenby, a Toronto author/poet who perrenially hosted the Harbourfront Literary Festivals. The date of acquisition and his signature ffep. FlatSIGNED by Lessing above her name on Full Title Page. Bookseller's Inventory # 122919. SIGNED by AUTHOR.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. First Edition . Card Covers. Near Fine/Protective Mylar. 8" X 5 1/2. Doris Lessing's unusual insight and narrative abilities at their very best." blurb 370 pp. light brown cover carries JC colophon in a band along bottom edges front and rear panels. Tiny bit of edge wear, start of crease to front panel. In fine glassine DJ with light shelf wear to rear panel. From the collection of Greg Gatenby, Toronto author/poet and often Harbourfront host/ artistic director. His signature and the date of the book's acquisition can be found top corner ffep. Dedication copy: " Greg -- Doris L . October 1991" SIGNED by AUTHOR. As close to 'first state' as one is likely to come across ! Eminently collectible. Bookseller's Inventory # 122939.

London: Michael Joseph, 1982. 2nd Edition, 3rd Impression . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 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. Priceclipped DJ has 1/4" surface abbrassion on front foredge, 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.