The Grass Is Singing.
by LESSING, Doris
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Michael Joseph, London., 1950. First edition. The author's scarce first book, a novel. Octavo. 256 pages.Previous ownership inscription on front pastedown scrawled over but largely hidden by the flap of the dustwrapper. Very good in very good dustwrapper slightly chipped at head and tail of spine and with a few small nicks.
Synopsis
"A Plume book." Reprint of the 1950 ed. published by T. Y. Crowell, New York.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LESSINGD009804
- Title
- The Grass Is Singing.
- Author
- LESSING, Doris
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph, London.
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- south africa nobel prize
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About the Seller
Peter Ellis bookseller
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LONDON
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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
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