This Was the Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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This was the Old Chief's Country.
by LESSING, Doris.
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- Peter Ellis bookseller
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- 1951
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£175.00
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Michael Joseph, London., 1951. First edition. Octavo. 256 pages. Her second book and first collection of stories.Edges slightly spotted. Near fine in very good indeed, slightly nicked dustwrapper with a short closed tear in the spine and with the red lettering a bit faded on the spine.
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This Was The Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- Renaissance Books
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
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- First Edition
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£163.20
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London: Michael Joseph. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Some spotting to page edges. Fading to dust wrapper spine. 5/8" tear at head of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" tear at head of rear joint of dust wrapper spine. 3/4" tear at tail of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" x 1/2" tear at… Read more
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This Was The Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- Renaissance Books
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
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£146.46
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London: Michael Joseph. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. 1/4" faded at head of cloth spine. Minor spotting to page edges. A few spots of foxing to endpapers and to dust wrapper. Red title lettering on dust wrapper spine faded. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. 1" tear and 1/2" chips at… Read more
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This was the Old Chief's Country.
by LESSING, Doris.
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- Anthony C. Hall
- Published
- 1951
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£100.00
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Hardback. 1951. 256pp Michael Joseph Ltd., London, 1951. 1st edition. Covers sl. marked, in sl. worn & repaired DW, not price-clipped. .
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This was the Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- The Old Mill Bookshop
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Red cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in a nice dust jacket with snmall chip at bottom of front cover
- Edition
- First American Edition of the Author's Second book, a collection
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£104.61
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1951. First American Edition of the Author's Second book, a collection of stories. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in a nice dust jacket with snmall chip at bottom of front cover. First American Edition of the Author's Second book, a collection of stories. 1 vols. 8vo.
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This Was The Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- Derringer Books
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
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£62.77
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First US edition of the author's second book, a collection of stories. A clean very good hardcover book in red boards in good priceclipped dustwrapper with some tape stain remnants to rear panel. Uncommon book.
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This Was The Old Chiefs Country
by Lessing Doris
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- Flashbackbooks
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- VG
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£60.26
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Brown Cloth Boards Stamped In Gilt Text With Some Spots To spine. Clean Text. Solid Square Copy. 256pp
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This Was the Old Chiefâs Country: Collected African Stories Volume One: This Was the Old Chief's Country v. 1 (Flamingo Modern Fiction)
by Lessing, Doris
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- GridFreed LLC
- Published
- 2003-01-20
- Condition
- New
- ISBN
- 9780586091135
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£59.62
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Flamingo, 2003-01-20. Paperback. New.
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This Was the Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- Lindas Rare Books
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
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£54.40
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Thomas Y Crowell Small 8vo. Red boards have some soiling and a crease on front. Minor rubbing to edges. Interior is clean and tight. DJ has chipping to edges, minor rubbing to spine, some soiling and pencil mark to back panel. Pen cross out on rare flap. Price-clipped. Protected in mylar. Author's second book of short stories.
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This Was The Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- John Atkinson Books
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Very Good
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£50.00
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Michael Joseph, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. A first edition, first printing published by Michael Joseph in 1951. A very good+ book without inscriptions. Some spotting to the page edges and a little to the prelims. In a very good unclipped wrapper with some nicks to the edges and a little light loss to the spine tips. The spine… Read more
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This Was the Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- Chapter 1 Books
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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£41.85
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Michael Joseph, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The jacket is a bit sunned, marked and edge worn. One signature. Tightly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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This Was the Old Chief's Country (stories)
by Lessing, Doris
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- Albert Books
- Published
- 1951
- Edition
- First Edition
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£37.66
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London: Michael Joseph, 1951. Light brown cloth, spine stamped in gilt. Near fine in lightly soiled, very good spine toned, dust jacket, with small chip to spine bottom and tear at the fold, . First Edition. Hard Cover.
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this was the Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- Chapter 1 Books
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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£33.48
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Michael Joseph, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The boards are a bit rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and tightly bound. One signature and a small sticker. The jacket is a photcopy of a very good first issue.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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This Was the Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- Russian Hill Bookstore
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
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£29.29
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London, Great Britain: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 256 pages, 12mo. Missing dust-jacket. Author's second book. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover boards, moderate spine fade, gilt lettering along spine is faded, some light foxing and tanning on page leafs. Tightly bound. Volume is in Very… Read more
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This Was the Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- Hinch Books
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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£25.00
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Michael Joseph, 1951. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Book has no inscriptions, and just minor markings and fading on spine. Jacket is is chipped at corners with a closed tear and the spine is foxed/browned and creased with some loss. Overall though, a neat, tight copy
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THIS WAS THE OLD CHIEFS COUNTRY
by Lessing, Doris
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- Hoffman Books
- Published
- N.D.
- Condition
- Very Good
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£26.36
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New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. Very Good. N.D.. Hardcover. First American Edition. Red cloth, Very Good in a dusty but unclipped original dj. .
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This was the Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- Chapter 1 Books
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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£25.11
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Michael Joseph, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. the boards are worn and shelf rubbed. sunned. marked. scarring at the back. previous owner's inscriptions. tightly bound. Photocopy jacket included. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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This Was the Old Chiefâs Country: Collected African Stories Volume One: v. 1
by Lessing, Doris
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- World of Books Ltd
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780002257053
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£22.10
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Hardback. Very Good.
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This Was the Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- Chapter 1 Books
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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£20.92
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Michael Joseph, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. the jacket is worn and torn.there are large chips out of the top and bottom of the spine and other edge tears.the spine is also darkened. the book is in near fine condition. there are no inscriptions and the binding is excellent.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier… Read more
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This was the Old Chief's Country
by Doris Lessing
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- World of Rare Books
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Good/Good
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£18.96
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Michael Joseph, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1951. First Edition. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine… Read more
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This Was the Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- Scarthin Books ABA, ILAB
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
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£18.00
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Michael Joseph, 1951. 1st Edition. . Book Book Hardcover. Good/Good. Michael Joseph, 1951. 1st Edition . Good/Good. Book in good condition, some fading to cloth, in a good unclipped dust-jacket, with some wear and rubbing. Jacket has loss to middle of spine and creasing, chipping to top and bottom. PO's small bookplate to front pastedown. 256pp.
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This Was The Old Chief's Country
by LESSING, DORIS
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- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
- Published
- 1951
- Edition
- First
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£18.83
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London: Michael Joseph, 1951. First. Hardcover. First edition of the author's scarce second book. Near fine with light sunning to the spine. No jacket.
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this was the Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- Chapter 1 Books
- Published
- 1951
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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£15.90
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Michael Joseph, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 256 pages (complete). Jacket torn on edges, chipped, marked. Boards shelf rubbed, marked. Previous ownership stamp, tanning, minor markings. Still in a very good condition, tightly bound and intact. 1st edition. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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This Was the Old Chief's Country
by Lessing, Doris
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- Quite Collectable
- Published
- 1961
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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£11.99
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Michael Joseph, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. This first edition is in very good condition with a fair dust jacket. A couple of small rips present to the jacket and some rubbing to the spine. Otherwise a very good clean copy free from inscriptions or wear to the pages..
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This Was the Old Chief's Country
by Doris Lessing
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- Second Chance Books
- Condition
- Very Good
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£11.72
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Thomas Y. Crowell Book. Very Good. Hardcover. One corners bumped, jacket price clipped, jacket has a few small days.
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This Was the Old Chief's Country (v. 1) (Collected African Stories)
by Lessing, Doris
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- M Godding Books Ltd
- Published
- 1979-01-11
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780586046029
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£6.74
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Grafton, 1979-01-11. Paperback. Very Good. Posted within 1 working day. Robust recyclable packaging. 1st class post to the UK, Airmail worldwide
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This Was the Old Chief's Country: Collected African Stories Volume One: This Was the Old Chief's Country v. 1 (Flamingo Modern Fiction)
by Lessing, Doris
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- Brit Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used; Good
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- 9780586091135
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£3.98
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Flamingo. Paperback. Used; Good. **Simply Brit** Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condition to over ten million satisfied customers worldwide. We are committed to providing you with reliable and efficient service at all times. 01/20/2003
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