The Memoirs of a Survivor
by LESSING, Doris
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394496337
- ISBN 13
- 9780394496337
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1975. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0394496337 . A stated first American edition of Doris Lessing's 1974 novel in which a woman watches the world sink into barbarism,". . .where people huddle together in tribes for self-defense. . ." --- In off-white cloth-covered boards with titling in blind to cover; in gilt to spine with spine titling in gilt with violet topstain. Typographic dust jacket with photographic portrait of the author by Peter Lessing to back panel. --- With moderate soiling to cloth and prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, otherwise a sound, unmarked copy. Unclipped ($6.95) jacket with creases and a few small tears, retailer's front flap sticker, else in good shape and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (8), 213 pages .
Synopsis
The Memoirs of a Survivor is a dystopian novel by Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing. It was first published in 1974 by Octagon Press. It was made into a film in 1981, starring Julie Christie and Nigel Hawthorne, and directed by David Gladwell.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86789
- Title
- The Memoirs of a Survivor
- Author
- LESSING, Doris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394496337
- ISBN 13
- 9780394496337
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- 0394496337
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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