by Doris Lessing
First American edition, first printing, signed by the author
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth stamped in black and gilt, top edge stained red. Near Fine with uneven faring to red topstain, light wear to corners and spine ends and gilt slightly oxidized. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light general wear and light toning, fading to the red print on the spine and the yellow print on the front panel along the top edge. The Nobel Prize-winning author's best-known novel.