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Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 2005
ISBN 10: 0060530111ISBN 13: 9780060530112
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Reprint. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Published by Harper, 2004
ISBN 10: 0060530103ISBN 13: 9780060530105
Seller: Your Online Bookstore, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good.
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Published by HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2004
ISBN 10: 0007152817ISBN 13: 9780007152810
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Four novellas by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, that once again show her to be unequalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human condition. The title story, The Grandmothers, is an astonishing tour de force, a shockingly intimate portrait of an unconventional extended family and the lengths to which they will go to find happiness and love. Written with a keen cinematic eye, the story is a ruthless dissection of the veneer of middle-class morality and convention. Victoria and the Staveneys, takes us through 20 years of the life of a young underprivileged black girl in London. A chance meeting introduces her to the Staveneys a liberal white middle-class family and, seduced, she falls pregnant by one of the sons. As her daughter grows up, Victoria feels her parental control diminishing as the attractions of the Staveneys world exert themselves. An honest and often uncomfortable look at race relations in London over the past few decades, Lessing reaffirms her brilliance at demonstrating the effect of society on the individual. With these novellas, and The Reason for It and A Love Child, Lessing proves once again that she is one of our most valuable and insightful living authors. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Harper Collins, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007152795ISBN 13: 9780007152797
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Harper, 2004
ISBN 10: 0060530103ISBN 13: 9780060530105
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
Published by Thorndike Press, 2005
ISBN 10: 0786272228ISBN 13: 9780786272228
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
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Hardcover. Fine in dust jacket. Later printing.
Published by New York: Harper Collins, (2004) dj, 2004
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover first edition - First US printing. A collection of four short novels by this Nobel award winning author, set in her native South Africa, each of which explores different aspects of the human condition. In addition to the title story, this includes "Victoria and the Staveneys", "The Reason for It" and "A Love Child." 311 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (previous owner's name).
Published by Harper Collins, 2004
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. 311 pages. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) of the first American edition. Publisher's informational sticker on the cover else a fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Published by Harper Collins, New York, 2003
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in a Fine jacket, not price-clipped. 311pp. Nobel Prize winner. Q08597.
Published by Flamingo, London, 2003
Seller: valley books, Holton, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by author. Mild peb. 311pp Four short stories.
Published by Harper, New York, 2004
ISBN 10: 0060530103ISBN 13: 9780060530105
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Harper, New York, 2004. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Original publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($23.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Four Novellas. The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels is collection of four novellas published in 2003 by 2007 Nobel laureate Doris Lessing. The 2013 Australian-French film Adore (alternatively known as Adoration; previously known as Two Mothers and Perfect Mothers) is based on the story The Grandmothers. The director Anne Fontaine said Lessing told her when they met, that it was based on a true story that took place in a small community in Australia. In 2014, the story Victoria and the Staveneys was adapted into a French film by Jean-Paul Civeyrac called Mon amie Victoria.
Published by London: Flamingo, 2003
Seller: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (black boards with silver titling to the spine) Physically 8½" x 6¼" (1 kg); Four short stories: The Grandmothers; Victoria and the Staveneys; The Reason for It; A Love Child; ISBN: 0-0071-5279-5 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #199418|| Condition: Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper price clipped with a hint of sunning to the spine. Pages lightly age-tanned, more heavily so at the margins.
Published by Arab Scientific Publishers, 2009
ISBN 10: 9953876312ISBN 13: 9789953876313
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 464 pages. Arabic language. 8.46x5.71x1.16 inches. In Stock.
Published by Ediciones B, 2004
ISBN 10: 8466614621ISBN 13: 9788466614627
Seller: LIBRERÍA MATHILDABOOKS, Vigo, Spain
Book First Edition
Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Excelente. Dust Jacket Condition: Excelente. 1ª Edición. Ejemplar en excelente estado, casi sin señales de uso.
Published by Flamingo, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007152795ISBN 13: 9780007152797
Seller: David's Bookshop, Letchworth BA, Letchworth Garden City, HERTS, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, signed on the title page by Doris Lessing. Illustrated dust-jacket, very slight wrinle along the very top edge otherwise unmarked. The book itself is unused, as new except the pages are lightly age-toned. Signed by Author(s).
Seller: Crawford Doyle Booksellers, Member ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. London: Flamingo, 2003. First Edition. A fine copy in black boards with slight tanning of the text, as usual, with a fine, photographic dustwrapper. Both book and jacket are pristine. The book combines four short novels. The Grandmothers tells of two middle-aged friends who fall in love with each other's sons.Amother tells the story of a mixed-race child and her struggle with heritage. It. A reason for it has the leader of a declining culture explaining their loss of glory. A Love Child relates the story of an ex-soldier haunted by a conviction he left a love child behind during the Second World War. A beautiful series of novellas from this great writer, winner of the Nobel Prize. She has signed this copy on the title, free of any inscriptions. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Flamingo, London, 2003
Seller: Saffron Books, Ely, Cambridgeshire., United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. Not Price Clipped. First Edition/First Printing. Now in protected jacket, signed 'Doris Lessing' to the title page. A collection of four short novels. The Grandmothers - two women, close friends, fall in love with each others teenage sons, and these passions last for years until the women end them, promising a respectable old age. Victoria and the Staveneys - A poor black girl has a baby with the son of a liberal middle-class family, and finds that her little girl is slowly becoming absorbed into the world of white privilege and growing estranged from her. The Reason for It - describes the birth, flourishing and decline of a culture long ago, but with many modern echoes. A Love Child - A soldier in WWII, during the dangerous voyage to India around the Cape, falls in love on shore leave, and remains convinced that a love child resulted from the wartime romance. Signed Without Inscription. Book.
Published by Harper Perennial, 2004
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus, very fine condition. The grandmothers Special Collection by Doris May Lessing. Published by Harper Perennial in 2004. Paperback. What makes this title so special is its limited availability. - Publishers Weekly. Collectible item in excellent condition.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine +. First Edition. A SIGNED US first edition, first impression - with a complete number string which includes the number 1. The Wrapper : The wrapper on this copy is bright, unfaded, complete and unclipped. It shows a touch of trivial bruising at the spine ends. Looks sharp. The Book : The book is square and very tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards clean and unfaded. It shows bruising to the spine ends. The pages and closed page edges are clean. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No remainder marks. This copy has a label, FLAT SIGNED by Doris Lessing to the title page. A very nice copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Flamingo, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007152795ISBN 13: 9780007152797
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A most charming first printing of the first edition in unread Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing on the title page; Four short novels. In The Grandmothers two middle-aged friends fall in love with each other's sons. Victoria and the Staveneys is the story of a mixed-race child and her struggle with her heritage. In A Reason For It the leader of a declining culture explains their loss of glory. A Love Child is the story of an ex-soldier who is haunted by the thought he left a love child behind during World War II; 8vo ; [viii], 311, [1] pages; Signed by Author.
Published by Flamingo, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007152795ISBN 13: 9780007152797
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket. Page edges beginning to yellow. SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing on the title page; Four short novels. In The Grandmothers two middle-aged friends fall in love with each other's sons. Victoria and the Staveneys is the story of a mixed-race child and her struggle with her heritage. In A Reason For It the leader of a declining culture explains their loss of glory. A Love Child is the story of an ex-soldier who is haunted by the thought he left a love child behind during World War II; 8vo ; [viii], 311, [1] pages; Signed by Author.
Published by HarperCollins, NY, 2004
ISBN 10: 0060530103ISBN 13: 9780060530105
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcovers. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First US edition, first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author(s).
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First American edition. Stated first American edition. 311 pp. A collection of four short novels. Fine condition in fine unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by Lessing on the title page.
Published by Flamingo, London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007152795ISBN 13: 9780007152797
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. 311 p. 22 cm. Black cloth in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Some soiling to lower parts of jacket panels. Signed by author on half title. Three short stories and a novella by the Nobel Prize winning author.
Published by Flamingo. First English edition, London, 2003
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
First Edition Signed
Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Four long stories; signed by the author. Fine in dustwrapper. signed by author. book.
Published by Flamingo London, 2003
ISBN 10: 0007152795ISBN 13: 9780007152797
Seller: THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED on the title page. This is a fine book in a price clipped jacket. This is why I have graded the jacket NF. It is otherwise perfect. The Nobel Prizewinner's First Edition/First Printing combines four short novels. The Grandmothers tells of two middle-aged friends who fall in love with each other's sons. Victoria and the Staveneys tells the story of a mixed-race child and her struggle with heritage. A Reason For It has the leader of a declining culture explaining their loss of glory. A Love Child relates the story of an ex-soldier haunted by a conviction he left a love child behind during the Second World War. A beautiful series of novellas from this great writer. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.
Published by Flamingo 2003, 2003
Seller: Peter J. Hadley Bookseller ABA ILAB, Ludlow, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Near Fine in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 1st edition, 1st issue. Signed boldly by Lessing on half - title with Hatchards wrap around band. ISBN 0007152795.
Published by Flamingo, London, 2003
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition Signed
Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Octavo. Black paper covered boards silver lettered on spine in pictorial dust jacket. Flat signed by the author on the title page. Four short novels: The Grandmothers, Victoria and the Staveneys, The Reason for it and The Love Child. These precede her being awarded the Nobel prize for Literature. Fine copy.