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The Fifth Child

The Fifth Child

The Fifth Child
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The Fifth Child

by Lessing, Doris

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Very Good/Very Good
ISBN 10
0224025538
ISBN 13
9780224025539
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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.

Synopsis

Doris Lessing was born of British parents in Persia, in 1919, and moved with her family to Southern Rhodesia when she was five years old. She went to England in 1949 and has lived there ever since. She is the author of more than thirty books—novels, stories, reportage, poems, and plays. In 2007, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Bookseller
Lower Beverley Better Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
003489
Title
The Fifth Child
Author
Lessing, Doris
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0224025538
ISBN 13
9780224025539
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1988
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f

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About Lower Beverley Better Books

An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.

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Cocked
Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Tail
The heel of the spine.

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