The Fifth Child

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. .

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988. First Edition. 8vo, quarter navy cloth over boards in the dust jacket. 133 pp. A copy in fine condition.

New York: Alfred Knopf, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First American edition. A 133 pp novel by the author of the Children of Violence series of books. Quarter cloth over boards. A very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by Lessing on the title page.

NY: Knopf, 1988. First US edition, first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Beginning foxing on foreedge and topedge; dustjacket with interior edge toning (not apparent on the outside) and minimal rubbing on rear panel. Tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Lessing's ninth novel; her seventh without a pseudonym..… Read more

New York: Knopf, 1988. SIGNED by the author on the half title. A novel of a family falling apart because of an enormously difficult child, played out against the background of a society unable to deal with its own brutal side. Very good+ (faint foxing, mostly on rough-cut side page edges, otherwise fine) in fine dust jacket.. Signed by… Read more

KNOPF. KNOPF, NEW YORK, 1988. UNCORRECTED PROOF IN PRINTED GREEN WRAPPERS. PUBLISHER STAPLED CATALOG COPY TO THE INSIDE FRONT COVER AND PASTED PUB DATE INFO TO FRONT: REVIEWER'S MARKS THROUGHOUT TEXT.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. First edn. 8vo, pp. 133. A fine copy in little wrinkled dj. A horror story.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. The story is about a family's fifth child who is dramatically different from the four older siblings. A Lessing horror story. 133 pp. Tail of spine is ever so slightly rubbed, book is very slightly cocked. Priceclipped DJ has closed tear/ chip at head of spine. Bookseller's Inventory # 133489.. First… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1988. Book Club Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Toning to rear panel. Creasing to upper and lower front panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. .

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Dust jacket soiled and creased.

Vintage. Good. 1988. First Printing. Soft Cover. (L272) .

Vintage. Collectible - Good. 1989. First Edition. Soft Cover. 0679721827 (W113) .

New York: Knopf, 1988. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good +. Mylared.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. 133 page hard cover, price pencilled, on FLEP, black with gold lettering on spine, Any picture found beside this listing may NOT actually be a picture of this book but a stock photo used by the listing site. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees… Read more

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988-03-12. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988-03-12. Hardcover. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking.* Very good in Very good dust jacket. First Edition. name in ink front free end-paper

Foundation Press, 1988. Third Reprint. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 259 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Red leatherette boards with gold-stamped titles are bright and undamaged.

Paperback. Very Good.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988-03-12. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Very Good. Very good minus first edition in very good price unclipped dust jacket ($16.95). Binding is tight. Bottom right corner on rear board has a significant bump. Jacket is nice with some shelfwear. Will ship (and look great) in an archival quality clear Brodart cover.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Preceded the British Jonathan Cape edition. Horror. A family's fifth child is a monster. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-166. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#3304)

Vintage, 1989-05-14. Paperback. Very Good. Nice looking book, has edge wear.

Jonathan Cape, 1988. Hardcover. Good.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. Near fine book in a near fine dust wrapper.. First Edition.

Hardback. 1988. 133pp Jonathan Cape, London 1988. 1st edition. Very good copy in very good dust jacket. .

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. First edition. paperback. Very Good. . Uncorrected proof copy

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1988. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good.

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Printing 'Listening to the laughter, the sounds of children playing, Harriet and David would reach for each other's hand, and smile, and breathe happiness.' Four children, a beautiful old house, the love of relatives and… Read more

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine in mylar cover.

Knopf, 1988. Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. New/New dj.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. First printing. Fine in a fine dustjacket.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. 1st Edition. hardcover. F/F. 8vo, 133pp. Fine copy

Vintage Books, 1989. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 144 pages. 8.50x5.25x0.50 inches.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good plus dustwrapper. Book has remainder mark, dustwrapper has minor rubbing on cover. 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.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. In the unconstrained atmosphere of England in the late 1960s, Harriet and David Lovatt, an upper-middle-class couple, face a frightening vicissitude. As the days' events take a dark and ugly turn nearing apocalyptic intensity, the Lovatts' guarded contentedness and view of the world as a benign… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. 1988. 1st Edition. 8vo 133pp . Very Good in Fine DJ. Small red remainder mark on top edges at spine .

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. . 1st edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. Contents: pages very good and clean. No markings and no inscriptions. Dustwrapper: very good, clean and bright. A very good, tight copy. 133 pp.

Vintage, 1989-05-14. Paperback. New. As new.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988-03-12. Hardcover. New. As new.

Vintage Books, 1989. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 144 pages. 8.50x5.25x0.50 inches.

New York: Knopf, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Fine/fine, remainder mark on bottom edge. first edition. Binding is cloth.

Am Oved, 1994. Paperback. Very Good-. 139 pp.translated into Hebrew

NY: Knopf, , 1988.. First edition. . Fine in very near fine dust jacket.

NEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF. G/G DJ FLAPS HAVE BEEN PASTED DOWN TO RPD & FPD. Pages: 133. . 1988. 1ST. HARDCOVER.. REMAINDER MARK ON HEEL. .

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. VG, Shelfwear, foxing, browning/G, Edgewear, small chip to spine head, tears, creases, indentations, foxing, uneven browning. Horror story. Photo on request.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Very good hardcover with dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1988. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Book club edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black paper-covered boards with yellow lettering. Light bump to upper front corner. Text is clean and white, no marks. DJ shows mild edgewear. "A seemingly normal family confront their negative feelings about their fifth child."

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Very good hardcover, very good dust jacket, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Vintage. New. Special order direct from the distributor

New York: Vintage International, 1989. Later printing. Paperback. New. 133pp. [20.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "Doris Lessing's contemporary gothic horror story—centered on the birth of a baby who seems less than human—probes society's unwillingness to recognize its own brutality.Harriet and David Lovatt, parents of four children, have created an idyll of domestic bliss in defiance of… Read more