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London: Flamingo. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002261952 . A handsome unread first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author and Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing directly on the title page; The sequel to The Fifth Child. Ben is now eighteen and must become part of the world even though he can never fit it. He is too huge and awkward, too strange. Alone and estranged from his family, he travels to London, France, Brazil and the Andes, searching for his people and a reason for his being. How will the world receive him and how will he fare? ; 8vo ; Signed by Author .

New York: HarperCollins Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060196289 . A beautiful, unread first printing of the first US edition in Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author and Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing directly on the title page; The sequel to The Fifth Child. Ben is now eighteen and must become part of the world even though he can never fit it. He is too huge and awkward, too strange. Alone and estranged from his family, he travels to London, France, Brazil and the Andes, searching for his people and a reason for his being. How will the world receive him and how will he fare? ; 8vo ; [x], 178, [4] pages; Signed by Author .

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224021303 . First edition/first printing in Fine condition in price-clipped, else Fine dust-jacket; In her Canopus in Argos series, Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual, cultural and social issues. With debased language, propaganda, and political rhetoric as its theme, Vol. V uses social satire to document the disintegration of a weaker empire as agents from the more powerful Canopus, Sirius, and Shammat compete to manipulate Volyen's citizens; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 5; 8vo; [viii], 178, [6] pages .

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224021303 . First edition/first printing in seemingly unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; In her Canopus in Argos series, Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual, cultural and social issues. With debased language, propaganda, and political rhetoric as its theme, Vol. V uses social satire to document the disintegration of a weaker empire as agents from the more powerful Canopus, Sirius, and Shammat compete to manipulate Volyen's citizens; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 5; 8vo ; [viii], 178, [6] pages .

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224021303 . A charming first edition, first printing in very Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with only a few minor bumps and foxing of page edges. SIGNED and dated February 28, 1985, by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing on the half title page; In her Canopus in Argos series, Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual, cultural and social issues. With debased language, propaganda, and political rhetoric as its theme, Vol. V uses social satire to document the disintegration of a weaker empire as agents from the more powerful Canopus, Sirius, and Shammat compete to manipulate Volyen's citizens; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 5; 8vo; [viii], 178, [6] pages; Signed by Author .

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224021303 . A charming first edition/first printing in Very Fine/Very Fine condition. SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing directly on the half-title page; In her Canopus in Argos series, Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual, cultural and social issues. With debased language, propaganda, and political rhetoric as its theme, Vol. V uses social satire to document the disintegration of a weaker empire as agents from the more powerful Canopus, Sirius, and Shammat compete to manipulate Volyen's citizens; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 5; 8vo; [viii], 178, [6] pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A handsome first American edition/first printing in Fine condition with bright yellow top-stain, ever so slightly toned in very Nearly Fine, slightly rubbed dust-jacket with a 1/4" closed tear in the back; The Four-Gated City was praised as Nobel Prize laureate Lessing's most important work since the Golden Notebook. In the four previous novels, set in Africa and looking back to the past, Doris Lessing has explored the end of an epoch, here she carries her protagonist, Martha Quest to London and the world - into the present and the future ; 8vo .

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224023233 . A most beautiful Limited Numbered first edition/first printing in Fine condition with very little evidence of wear in original glassine dust-jacket in alike condition; SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. Cloth spine is embossed with gold lettering. Boards are covered in handsome decorative paper; The tale of a group of small-time British radicals who get mixed up in terrorist activities far beyond their level of competence. Alice Mellings is the "good'' terrorist, a well-intentioned squatter and group caretaker, assuming the role of housemaker she abhors in her own mother. A novel about home, family, and revolt on several levels; 12mo ; Signed by Author .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 039451906x . A first US edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in slightly chipped and worn, overall still Very Good dust-jacket; In her Canopus in Argos series, Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual, cultural and social issues. Inspired by the controversy of the tragic British Antarctic Expedition of 1910, Volume IV is the story of a doomed Planet 8 bravely facing annihilation as glaciers descend upon their settlement; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 4; 8vo; [viii], 144, [6] pages; FSA .

London: Flamingo. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002256398 . A beautiful unread first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket with minor bumping to corners. SIGNED and dated 6th April 1999 by AUTHOR and Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing; A New Ice age thousands of years in the future has buried the northern hemisphere in ice and snow. At the southern end of the continent of Ifrik, young siblings Mara and Dann learn to survive the hardships and dangers of climate, menacing animals and the hostile Rock People. They head North, but what will they find? ; 8vo ; Signed by Author .

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224024663 . A charming first Impression of the first edition in just about Fine condition with very slightly yellowed pages edges as is common with this title, in like, lightly rubbed dust-wrapper. Dedicated to fellow author Greg Gatenby and SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing directly on the title page. From Gatenby's library with his signature on the fly leaf. An attractive association; Nobel Prize Winner Doris Lessing's attempt to explain "why human beings continue to make the same mistakes. This original and important work of Lessing underlines the necessity to retain an independent frame of mind, to fight received opinion and to resist the general drift into apathy". (from the dustjacket) ; 8vo; 95, [1] pages; Signed by Author .

London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0224018914 . First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper with publisher's price-sticker of £6.95. Signed and inscribed by Lessing in April 1981 to Ingmar [Bjorksten] - a Swedish writer who has been connected to the Nobel Prize committee - 26 years before Lessing received the award. An attractive and scarce association copy; In her Canopus in Argos series, Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual, cultural and social issues. Volume III returns to the planet Shikasta of Vol. I, this time telling the story of human history and evolution from the Sirian perspective, a more bureaucratic and less advanced civilization. Booker Prize shortlisted in 1981; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 3; 8vo ; [xii], 288, [4] pages; Note: Last two leaves blank ; Signed by Author .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 039449329X . First edition/first printing in Near Fine condition, lightly sunned in close to Very Good dust-jacket, somewhat tanned, spine faded. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number and signature on front paste down; This book collects essays, reviews, and interviews by Doris Lessing, spanning her entire writing career. It is an excellent introduction to her work and a valuable resource for scholars and fans alike.; 8vo .

London: Flamingo. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0002261618 . First edition/first printing in Fine condition in Near Fine dustjacket. Little bumping of head and foot of spine. Dustjacket is slightly faded on spine and top of front cover; The story of a family spanning most of the twentieth century, and two remarkable women, Frances Lennox and her proper ex-mother-in-law, Julia. Set in London in the contradictory 1960's, talk of revolution is in the air and for Comrade Johnny "the revolution comes before personal matters, " even his two wives and their children; 8vo ; [x], 478, [8] pages .

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 .

Helsinki, Finland: Eurographica. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. A pristine Limited Numbered first edition/first printing in Very Fine/Very Fine condition. SIGNED and dated 1988, by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing directly on the title page. Blue dust-jacket over plain white cover; Three of Doris Lessing's short stories exploring the complexities of love in contemporary life. Included are To Room Nineteen; A Man and Two Women and Between Men; Contemporary Authors in Signed Limited Editions; 8vo; Signed by Author .