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London: Michael Joseph, 1962. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips to the extremities. Jacket design by William Belcher. The Golden Notebook is Doris Lessing’s most important work and has left its mark upon the ideas and feelings of a whole generation of women" (Elizabeth Hardwick, New York Times Book Review).

London, Michael Joseph, 1962. . First edition, first impression, signed by the author; 8vo; minor offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, light spotting to fore-edge, with the unclipped dustjacket, minor edge-wear, hint of fading to spine, else near-fine. Signed first edition of the author's masterpiece, and one of the greatest South African novels of the 20th century. This first edition was produced in a larger format than Lessing's other works of that vintage and, as a result, the top edges on most copies typically exhibit wear. On the present example this wear is trivial and this remains a much superior copy.

London: Michael Joseph, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Lessing on the title page, housed in a custom clamshell case. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (30s net), lightly toned and rubbed at the surface and edges, a small closed tear at the bottom edge. Brown buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Lessing's magnum opus about writer Anna Wulf and her writing notebooks, an exploration of contemporary social and political issues.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962. First American edition of the Nobel Prize winning author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "I wish you good fortune- Doris Lessing 17.7.80 24 Gada Garden London." Also with postcard from the British Museum signed by Lessing on the same date. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. I looked at her, and thought: That's my child, my flesh and blood. But I couldn't feel it. She said again: `Play, mummy.' I moved wooden bricks for a house, but like a machine. Making myself perform every movement. I could see myself sitting on the floor, the picture of a `young mother playing with her little girl.' Like a film shot, or a photograph." These words exemplify the themes Lessing struggled with in The Golden Notebook. They question the notion of identity. In the above quote, the protagonist cannot reconcile who she needs to be, to remain healthy and whole, with what the… Read More

New York: Michael Joseph, 1962. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK VERY GOOD+/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST U.K. PRINTING. HANDSOME COPY.

London: Michael Joseph, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Impression of the Nobel laureate's "indispensable" masterpiece, significant "as the most massive statement made, up to that time, on the position of woman in the modern world." (Burgess). Tall, thick 8vo: 568pp. Publisher's black boards, spine lettered in gilt; first-issue typographic dust jacket (photograph of Lessing to rear panel) designed by William Belcher, priced 30s. About Fine (dust-soiled edges, mild offsetting to end papers), square, tight, probably unread; about Fine jacket (lightly dust soiled back panel, several edge nicks), still vibrant and bright. Time 100. Burgess 99. p.86. NYPL Books of the Century, p.130. Callil and Toibin 52. "Anna Wulf is a writer who keeps four notebooks, each a different color, each reflecting a different part of her. The black one contains recollections of her youthful wartime years in West Africa . . . In the red one she reflects on her later life in London's leftist and intellectual… Read More

London: Michael Joseph, 1962. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gilt lettered brown cloth in dust jacket. Lessing's radical examination of communism, female liberation, motherhood and mental breakdown became one of the noted works of feminism and the high point of the nobel laureate's work. Some wear to extremities and very slight fade to spine o/w near fine copy..

Michael Joseph,, 1962. 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full tan crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the Nobel Laureate's iconic work.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD+. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST U.S. PRINTING. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY.

A first edition, first printing published by Michael Joseph in 1962. A very good book in a good first issue price-clipped wrapper with the photograph of Lessing to the rear panel. Tears to the top of the spine and front and foot of front cover. The text inside front and back of dust wapper has been partially removed due to adhesive tape damage. Publisher's black boards, spine lettered in gilt.

Simon & Schuster. Stated First Printing. Unclipped DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1962.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962. First Printing stated. Near Fine, original yellow cloth with red topstain, tiny bottom corner bump, faint small mark fore edge of page block. In a Very Good dust jacket, light edge wear at spine ends. A quite handsome copy, and Scarce thus. In 2005, TIME magazine called The Golden Notebook one of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket. Several tears to jacket. Rubbing. Stated First Printing. The author's masterpiece. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/very good. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with spine stamped in black on cover and black and gilt on spine. Unreadable name in ink on front free end paper. A first printing of a Nobel Prize winning author. In 2005, Time magazine included The Golden Notebook in its list of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($5.95), generally rubbed and lightly soiled, a few small creases and closed tears. Yellow cloth with black ink lettering and gilt designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Lessing's magnum opus about writer Anna Wulf and her writing notebooks, an exploration of contemporary social and political issues.

London: Michael Joseph. 1962. First impression of first edition. Original cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 568. D.j. is price clipped, small closed tears, very small chip to top edge of spine. Lightly bumped to top corners, Times Library stamp rear endpaper, few minor marks, pencilled notation ffep, paper separation at hinge next to title page but binding solid, very good condition. Arguably Doris Lessing's most important book. Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. 1st edition. Boards.

Simon & Schuster, 1962. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In a Near Fine Jacket.First Printing Stated. $5.95 On Flap. Author's Masterpiece Excellent Copy..

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962 First American edition. $5.95 to unclipped dust jacket. Small smudge to fore edge; else a very good copy or better in a dust jacket with some wear to spine ends. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

First Editions (all 3 volumes). Each fine in a fine dust jacket. Sabine's Notebook signed by Bantock on the title page. Promotional flyer laid into Volume One. A lovely set of this amazing classic!

A gorgeous first US edition of Lessing's seminal feminist novel about writer Anna Wulf and her disillusionment with the Communist Party. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962 First American edition. $5.95 to unclipped dust jacket. In gorgeous mustard yellow boards with black titling and a very good dustjacket with one small marking and some agewear. Red textblock. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good.