THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. Reissue with Author's Introduction. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Presentation SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, beige cloth, with an Introduction by the author, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket designed by Janet Halverson, xxiv + [566] pages. SIGNED Presentation Copy in excellent condition internally and externally of the author's important 1962 novel, now reissued WITH HER INTRODUCTION a near-decade later. <br/><br/>From my experience, Lessing didn't like to sign copies of her works, and signed copies of this, her most noteworthy work, are Scarce. The person(a) I knew tended to be hardheaded, diffident, and a bit crusty, though she made the rounds on behalf of her publisher a few years before her death, when I was fortunately able and very pleased to speak with her briefly and to obtain her signature.<br/><br/>According to Elizabeth Hardwick, "The Golden Notebook is Doris Lessing's most important work and has left its mark upon the ideas and feelings of a whole generation of women,"--The New York Times Book Review.<br/><br/>A tight, bright, clean copy. Dust jacket has a bit of rubbing at extremities; Random House remainder stamp on bottom of pages.