African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe. (Signed Lettered Edition) by Lessing, Doris - 1992

HarperCollinsPublishers, 1992. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the half title, 8vo, black quarter cloth over white boares, Mylar-protected dust jacket, xiii + 442 pages. Doris Lessing became the 2007 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

New York: HarperCollins, 1992. NF/VG. Limited, Signed First Edition. Copy Number 88 of 125. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed on the limitation page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The slipcase is Very Good with light soiling and chip to bottom. 442 pages. 6½ x 9½.
A rich and penetrating portrait of Lessing's homeland, African Laughter recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989, and 1992, after being exiled from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her opposition to the minority white government. Lessing uses memory and reminiscence with recent experience to depict a country in the process of change.

New York: HarperCollins, 1992. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Slipcase. This is copy B of 26 lettered copies signed by the author reserved for private distribution. 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine in slipcase. Spine cloth sunned; otherwise a tight, clean copy. The slipcase is Very Good with mild rubbing and soil.

Harpercollins, 1992-10-01. Hardcover. Like New. Signed. HarperCollins, 1992. Hard cover, first edition; special limited edition signed by author. Fine condition in Fine slipcase. One of 26 lettered copies; this is copy "h.