Lessing, Doris
This Was the Old Chief’s Country: Collected African Stories – 1st Edition/1st Printing
Flamingo, London: 2000
A beautiful unread first edition/first printing in Fine condition with slightly yellowed page edges in Fine dustjacket, this copy is SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing on the title page; This new collection of fourteen African stories paints a powerful picture of the South Africa Doris Lessing grew up in. In story after story, she portrays the helpless collisions and alienations of the races, and also the majestic beauty and timeless landscape of her homeland; Vol. 1; 8vo ; Signed by Author
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