This Was the Old Chief's Country

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… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. This first edition is in very good condition with a fair dust jacket. A couple of small rips present to the jacket and some rubbing to the spine. Otherwise a very good clean copy free from inscriptions or wear to the pages.

Michael Joseph, 1951. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Book has no inscriptions, and just minor markings and fading on spine. Jacket is is chipped at corners with a closed tear and the spine is foxed/browned and creased with some loss. Overall though, a neat, tight copy

Michael Joseph, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. A first edition, first printing published by Michael Joseph in 1951. A very good+ book without inscriptions. Some spotting to the page edges and a little to the prelims. In a very good unclipped wrapper with some nicks to the edges and a little light loss to the spine tips. The spine… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1951. First Edition. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine… Read more about this item

Thomas Y Crowell Small 8vo. Red boards have some soiling and a crease on front. Minor rubbing to edges. Interior is clean and tight. DJ has chipping to edges, minor rubbing to spine, some soiling and pencil mark to back panel. Pen cross out on rare flap. Price-clipped. Protected in mylar. Author's second book of short stories.

London: Michael Joseph. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. 1/4" faded at head of cloth spine. Minor spotting to page edges. A few spots of foxing to endpapers and to dust wrapper. Red title lettering on dust wrapper spine faded. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. 1" tear and 1/2" chips at… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Some spotting to page edges. Fading to dust wrapper spine. 5/8" tear at head of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" tear at head of rear joint of dust wrapper spine. 3/4" tear at tail of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" x 1/2" tear at… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1951. First. Hardcover. First edition of the author's scarce second book. Near fine with light sunning to the spine. No jacket.

Michael Joseph Ltd , 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Publication of 256 pages. There are light scuffed marks on the inner board. The front free end paper page has been removed. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 256 pages (complete). Jacket torn on edges, chipped, marked. Boards shelf rubbed, marked. Previous ownership stamp, tanning, minor markings. Still in a very good condition, tightly bound and intact. 1st edition. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Michael Joseph, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. the jacket is worn and torn.there are large chips out of the top and bottom of the spine and other edge tears.the spine is also darkened. the book is in near fine condition. there are no inscriptions and the binding is excellent.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. Very Good. N.D.. Hardcover. First American Edition. Red cloth, Very Good in a dusty but unclipped original dj. .

Hardback. Very Good.

Panther Books, 1979. Paperback. Good. 1979. No Edition Remarks. 397 pages. White paperback. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

London, Great Britain: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 256 pages, 12mo. Missing dust-jacket. Author's second book. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover boards, moderate spine fade, gilt lettering along spine is faded, some light foxing and tanning on page leafs. Tightly bound. Volume is in Very… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, London., 1951. First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Her second book and first collection of stories.Edges slightly spotted. Near fine in very good indeed, slightly nicked dustwrapper with a short closed tear in the spine and with the red lettering a bit faded on the spine.

HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardback. 1951. 256pp Michael Joseph Ltd., London, 1951. 1st edition. Covers sl. marked, in sl. worn & repaired DW, not price-clipped. .

Michael Joseph 1976. Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs