In Pursuit Of the English

London: Sphere, 1968. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Sphere Edition. VG, Edgewear, creases, browning. "The English, are they human? A vigorous slice of London life by a brilliant novelist". Sphere 54992. Cover illustration by Jenny Williams. Photo on request..

London: 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… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Very good with small ink smudge on bottom page fine edges in a very good dustwrapper with small chip on top front panel edge.

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gilt lettered black boards. Book in very good condition. Unclipped dust jacket, lightly sunned at spine with some light edge wear. A clean dust jacket in very good overall. Inscribed to Canadian writer Greg Gatenby. Greg's ownership signature to flyleaf.… Saber más sobre este artículo

MacGibbon & Kee, 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good-. //Very Good-. . 0x0x0. Signed. VG-/VG-. *AUTOGRAPHED/SIGNED* by author Doris Lessing on the title page. Greyish-brown jacket spine with light blue front jacket cover, dust jacket in archival plastic protector, approx. 9'' x 5.5'', jacket spine discolored from light blue to greyish-brown with several small circular light stains, small creases to… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Owner name and date on the front free endpaper else fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with some toning.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, clipped, generally rubbed and toned, a few closed tears and chips, including a sizable one at the center of the spine. Blue-green cloth, faded and toned at the edges, with black ink panels and lettering on the spine. Square and firmly… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Slightly cocked spine and toning on the board edges else very good in a very good dust jacket with toning.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1961. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 240 pages. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise clean and tight copy. Record # 370759

MacGibbon & Kee, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 239 pages. A memoir, 'opening with [Lessing's] departure from South Africa and embodying her first crucial years in England' -- from the front flap. Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a dust jacket with a few tiny stains on cover… Saber más sobre este artículo

Simon and Schuster, 1961. Hardcover. Good. .

Flamingo, 1996-02-29. 1st printing Harper Perennial Ed. paperback. Very GOOD/NONE. 5x0x8. Pages are clean, unmarked with a tight spine. Inside covers are tanned along gutters and edges. No creases. A memoir of growing up in a British family.

London: Granada, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. A few pages including title page browned with a hint of light browning on edges of rest of pages otherwise clean and tight copy, dustwrapper shows some shelf rubbing. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Granada, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Very good in fine dustwrapper. Reprint. Pages clean. Edges of spine lightly bumped. Minor spine lean. Solid book. Dustwrapper clean and glossy. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Mayflower 1961 Paperback. Fair.

New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1961. First Printing. Hardcover. DJ has two very small tears to the front top edge and two other tiny edge tears. .

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960. First edition. Octavo, black boards, pp. [240]. Light creasing to front free endpaper, pages darkened, top edge foxed, corners bumped, else very good. The price-clipped dust jacket shows some fading to the spine, slight soiling, and minor darkening at edges..

Harper Perennial, 1993. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY: 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.

Flamingo, April 1993. Trade . Good. Good Softcover. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers, including a bent corner. Spine has light rubbing. Textblock lightly soiled. Pages yellowed, but clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.