This Was the Old Chief's Country: Collected African Stories - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Lessing, Doris
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 000225705X
- ISBN 13
- 9780002257053
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Flamingo. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 000225705X . A beautiful unread first edition/first printing in Fine condition with slightly yellowed page edges in Fine dustjacket, this copy is SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing on the title page; This new collection of fourteen African stories paints a powerful picture of the South Africa Doris Lessing grew up in. In story after story, she portrays the helpless collisions and alienations of the races, and also the majestic beauty and timeless landscape of her homeland; Vol. 1; 8vo ; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14338
- Title
- This Was the Old Chief's Country: Collected African Stories - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Lessing, Doris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 000225705X
- ISBN 13
- 9780002257053
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Nobel Peace Prize Winners
- Bookseller catalogs
- Legendary Authors / Lessing, Doris;
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