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  First Edition Of Doris Lessing's Classic Novel The Golden Notebook; From the Library of Fellow Nobel Prize-winning Author V.S. Naipaul

  LESSING, Doris [V.S. Naipaul].

  The Golden Notebook.

  London: Michael Joseph, 1962.

  First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of fellow Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul on the front free endpaper. V.S. Naipaul (1932–2018) was a Trinidad-born novelist and essayist whose works, including A House for Mr Biswas (1961), In a Free State (1971), and A Bend in the River (1979), probe the complexities of postcolonial identity, exile, and cultural dislocation with a style noted for its clarity and irony. Widely recognized for both his fiction and travel writing, he received numerous honors, most notably the Booker Prize in 1971 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001, cementing his reputation as one of the most significant literary voices of the late twentieth century. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by William Belcher. An exceptional association.

  Price: $2,800.00     Item Number: 149113

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  "I wish you good fortune": First Edition of Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook, Warmly signed by Her

  LESSING, Doris.

  The Golden Notebook.

  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1962.

  First American edition of the Nobel Prize winning author's magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page, "I wish you good fortune- Doris Lessing 17.7.80 24 Gada Garden London." Also with postcard from the British Museum signed by Lessing on the same date. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson.

  Price: $1,600.00     Item Number: 114758

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