The Grass Is Singing.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, n.d. olive-green dj
---. New York: Bantam Books, 1952. 1st
printing; dark, lurid pbk cover
---. London: Penguin Books, 1961. ornage
& white pbk cover with line sketch
---. New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. 1st
printing; white pbk cover with color portrait of woman in her bedroom,
man in the mirror
---. New York: Popular Library, n.d.[1973]
white
pbk cover with central portrait of a black man & a white woman, apparently
naked
---. New York: Popular Library, n.d. 5th
printing; black pbk cover, title in green script
---. New York: New American Library (A Plume
Book), 1976. 9th printing; sepia pbk cover w/portrait of a desolate
farm
---. New York: New American Library (A Plume
Book), 1976. 11th printing; same pbk cover as above, but a young woman
has been added to the foreground
---. New York: New American Library (A Plume
Book), 1976.15th printing; bright, pointillist pbk cover
---. London: Grafton Books, 1980. 10th
printing (1987); white pbk cover w/title in green
{Lessing publishes "The Nuisance" in Towards
the Sun in 1950}
{Lessing publishes This Was the Old Chief's
Country in 1951}
Martha Quest.
London: Panther, 1969. 3rd printing; white pbk cover w/large green L
---. London: Panther, 1986. 15th printing;
white pbk cover w/large green L
---. New York: New American Library (A Plume
Book), 1970. 17th printing; white pbk cover w/title in black
---. New York: New American Library (A Plume
Book), 1970. 21st printing; pbk cover of woman looking into a mirror/window
to see herself and white buildings
---. New York: HarperPerennial, 1995. 1st
printing; pbk cover in blocks of color (purple, gold, olive, tan)
Five. London: Granada (A Panther Book), 1980. 5th printing; black pbk cover, author name in orange, title in yellow
A Proper Marriage.
New York: New American Library (A Plume Book), 1970. 14th printing;
white pbk cover w/title in black
---. New York: New American Library (A Plume
Book), 1970. 18th printing; pbk cover of woman sitting on a bed flanked
by a high wooden gate
{Lessing publishes "A Road to the Big City" in Pick of Today's Short Stories 5 in 1954}
Retreat to Innocence.
London: Michael Joseph, 1956. 1st edition; purple dj
---. London: Michael Joseph (Prometheus
Books), 1959. green pbk
The Habit of Loving.
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, n.d. 1st American edition; black
dj; pink cloth cover
---. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company,
n.d. blue cloth cover (no dj)
---. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company,
n.d. pink spine; pink & grey striped cloth cover (no dj)
---. New York: Popular Library, n.d. white
pbk cover with sepia portrait of a naked woman in the woods
---. London: Panther, 1973. 2nd printing;
black pbk cover, author name in orange, title in pink
---. New York: Plume (NAL), 1976. 1st
printing; red pbk cover with title in heart
{Lessing publishes Going Home in 1957}
---. New York: Ballantine Books, 1968. pale
green pbk w/color portrait of author in front of typewriter; drawings by
Paul Hogarth
---. New York: Popular Library, n.d. (1968);
white pbk cover w/5 inset photographs
---. London: Panther, 1973. 2nd printing;
black pbk cover, author name in red, title in green; drawings by Paul Hogarth
---. New York: HarperPerennial, 1996. 1st
printing; black & green pbk cover; drawings by Paul Hogarth
"The Small Personal Voice" in Declaration. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1958. 1st American edition; dj in red, black & white
{Lessing publishes "The Black Madonna" in Winter's Tales 3 in 1957}
A Ripple from the
Storm. London: Panther, 1969. 4th printing; white pbk cover
w/large blue L
---. New York: New American Library (A Plume
Book), 1970. 15th printing; pbk cover of a woman embracing a man covered
by a large red banner
Each His Own Wilderness in New English Dramatists. London: Penguin Books, 1959. pbk cover in olive, black, pink, & white
Fourteen Poems. Northwood, Middlesex: Scorpion Press, 1959. 1st edition in brown wrappers
"In Pursuit of the English" (excerpt) in Alienation. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960. dj in blue, green, & black
In Pursuit of the
English. London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1960. 1st edition;
dj in gray, blue, & red
---. New York: Ballantine Books, 1966. 1st
printing; white pbk cover with color portrait of man carrying woman upstairs
---. London: Sphere Books Limited, 1968.
pbk
cover in 3 vertical panels, depicting a multi-colored man in a bowler hat
---. New York: Popular Library, n.d. white
pbk cover w/5 inset photographs
---. London: Granada, n.d. white dj w/large
blue L
---. London: Granada (Panther), 1980. 1st
printing; white pbk cover, author name in black, title in red
---. London: Granada (Panther), 1985. 3rd
printing; white pbk cover, author name in black, title in red
---. New York: HarperPerennial, 1996. 1st
printing; tan pbk cover
The Golden Notebook.
New York: Simon and Schuster, n.d. white dj, black title, gold ribbon
at top
---. New York: Simon and Schuster, n.d.
5th
printing; dj pictures a stack of notebooks in differing colors; identified
as "A Reissue of the Classic"
---. New York: Simon and Schuster, n.d.
BOMC
reissue of "white dj, black title, gold ribbon at top"
---. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company,
Inc., 1963. White pbk cover with black & gold abstract eyes/face
---. New York: Ballantine Books, 1968. 1st
printing; greenish pbk cover w/naked couple
---. New York: Ballantine Books, 1968. 2nd
printing; psychedelic pbk cover
---. New York: Ballantine Books, 1968. 5th
printing; black cover w/title in gold
---. New York: Bantam Books, 1973. 5th
printing; white pbk cover w/an inset of two women
---. London: Panther, n.d. black pbk
cover; lower corner touts "Winner of the Prix Medici 1976"
---. London: Panther, 1983. 10th printing;
black pbk cover; lower corner touts "Winner of the Prix Medici 1976"
---. London: Panther, 1984. 11th printing;
black pbk cover; lower corner touts "Winner of the Prix Medici 1976"
---. New York: Bantam Books, 1981. pbk
cover with sepia pencil sketch of Lessing
---. New York: HarperPerennial, 1994. pbk
cover in gold, black, & tv-screen
---. New York: Harper Collins, 1984. audio
tape of Lessing reading excerpts
Play with a Tiger in Plays of the Sixties, vols. 1-2. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1966-67. Lessing play in vol. 1: white pbk cover w/pink trim, purple inset, & black-and-white photo
{Lessing publishes "Interview" in Authors Talking in 1962}
A Man and Two Women.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1965. 1st printing; white pbk cover w/portrait
of a man & woman by a bathtub
---. New York: Popular Library, n.d. white
pbk cover w/6 inset photographs
---. New York: Popular Library, n.d. white
pbk cover w/6 inset photographs (2nd copy)
---. New York: A Touchstone Book (Simon
& Schuster), 1984. 1st printing; pbk cover in pale colors; couple
on a bench, faced away from each other
{Lessing publishes "The New Man" in Voices
in 1963}
{Lessing publishes "Mrs. Fortescue" in Winter's
Tales 9 in 1963}
{Lessing publishes African Stories, English
edition, in 1964}
{Lessing publishes "Interview" in Counterpoint
in 1964}
{Lessing publishes "An Unposted Love Letter"
in Thy Neighbor's Wife in 1964}
{Lessing publishes "Review of A. Hutchinson's
Road to Ghana" in African-English Literature in 1965}
African Stories.
New
York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. 1st edition; tan dj
---. New York: Ballantine Books, 1969. 2nd
printing; photo pbk cover of African plains
---. New York: Fawcett Popular Library,
n.d. 3rd printing; white pbk cover w/4 inset photographs
The Black Madonna. London: Panther Modern Fiction, 1966. pbk cover w/photo of the madonna
"No Witchcraft for Sale" and "The New Man" from African Stories. St. Petersburg, FL: Spoken Arts, Inc., 1986. audio tape of Lessing reading excerpts
"The Old Chief Mshlanga" from African Stories. St. Petersburg, FL: Spoken Arts, Inc., 1986. audio tape of Lessing reading excerpts
Landlocked.
London:
MacGibbon & Kee, 1965. 1st English edition; red, white, & black
dj
---. New York: New American Library (A Plume
Book), 1970. 15th printing; pbk cover of a surreal landscape in which
is mired a book, a clock, etc., and a woman in the distance
---. London: Panther, 1973. 4th printing;
white pbk cover, author name in pink, large L in orange
---. London: Panther, 1979. 8th printing;
white pbk cover, author name in pink, large L in orange
{Lessing publishes statement in Authors Take Sides on Vietnam in 1967}
Particularly Cats.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967. 1st American edition; white dj with
cats at the four corners
---. London: Panther (Granada Publishing),
1984. 4th printing; black pbk cover with gold & amp; white cat
Particularly Cats...and Rufus. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj and illustrations by James McMullan
{Lessing publishes "Afterword" in The Story
of an African Farm in 1968}
{Lessing publishes "Preface" in Nine African
Stories in 1968}
The Four-Gated City.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1969. 1st English edition; white dj w/author's
name in rainbow lettering. Bibliographers should note the author's note
at the back; it differs considerably from the English edition, and it specifically
refers to Lessing's publishing problems with her previous novel in this
series.
---. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. 1st
American edition; white dj w/clouds, inset perspective
---. New York: Bantam Books, 1970. white
pbk cover w/clouds, inset perspective, female silhouette
---. New York: New American Library (A Plume
Book), 1976. 9th printing; white pbk cover w/title in black
---. New York: New American Library (A Plume
Book), 1976. 12th printing; pbk cover with small figure below a suspended
white building
Children of Violence: Martha Quest and A Proper Marriage. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. 2nd printing; gray dj
Children of Violence: A Ripple from the Storm and Landlocked. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. 1st edition; red dj
Winter in July. London: Grafton Books, 1966. 8th printing (1986); black pbk cover
"One Off the Short List" in Gallery of Modern Fiction: Stories from The Kenyon Review.1st edition; #735; white & orange dj
{Lessing publishes "Interview" in New American Review 8 in 1970}
Briefing for a Descent
into Hell. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. 1st American
edition; black dj w/name & title in colored mosaics
---. London: Panther, 1972. 5th printing
(1977); black pbk w/title in green
---. New York: Bantam Books, 1972. 7th
printing (1980); white pbk cover with small psychedelic inset at bottom
---. New York: Vintage Books, 1981. 8th
printing; black pbk cover with photographic negative of an eye
The Story of a Non-Marrying
Man and other Stories. London: Penguin Books, 1975. black
pbk cover w/ photo of a man's face
---. London: Penguin Books, 1987. 8th
printing; photo of a man's portrait on pbk cover
The Temptation of
Jack Orkney & Other Stories. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
1972. 1st American edition; dj in purple, white, green, & blue
---. New York: Bantam Books, 1974. 1st
printing; white pbk cover w/portrait of man at bottom
{Lessing publishes Selected Stories in 1972}
{Lessing publishes "Ancient Way to New Freedom"
in Diffusion of Sufi Ideas in the West in 1972}
{Lessing publishes "Foreword" in An Illfated
People in 1972}
{Lessing publishes "Preface" in the Golden
Notebook in 1972}
{Lessing publishes "Postscript" in Play
with a Tiger in 1972}
The Summer Before
the Dark. London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. 1st edition; rd dj
---. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. "First
and Second Printings before publication"; white & black dj w/striped
author name
---. New York: Bantam Books, 1974. 5th
printing (1978); silver pbk cover
---. New York: Bantam Books, 1974. 7th
printing (1981); silver pbk cover w/pencil sketch of author
---. New York: Vintage Books, 1983. pbk
cover w/flowers
{Lessing publishes "Letters" in The Novels
of Doris Lessing in 1973}
{Lessing publishes "The Singing Door" in
Second Playbill Two in 1973}
{Lessing publishes Collected African Stories
in 1973}
A Small Personal
Voice. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. 1st American edition;
white dj w/striped author name
---. New York: Vintage Books, 1975. red
pbk cover
The Memoirs of a
Survivor. London: The Octagon Press, 1974. dj w/rainbow
---. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. 1st
American edition; white & black dj w/striped author name
---. New York: Bantam Books, 1976. 1st
printing; white pbk cover w/photo of author inset at bottom ---. New
York: Vintage Books, 1988. 4th printing; pbk cover w/childish graffiti
{Lessing publishes "Letters" in Doris Lessing
Critical Studies in 1974}
{Lessing publishes "Interview" in The Author
Speaks in 1977}
To Room Nineteen: Collected Stories, Volume One. London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. 2nd printing (1980); green dj
The Temptation of Jack Orkney: Collected Stories, Volume Two. London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. 2nd printing (1991); orange dj
Stories.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. 2nd printing (1978); orange dj
---. New York: Vintage Books, 1980. 1st
printing; white pbk cover w/pencil sketch of the author
{Lessing publishes "Letters" in The Novelistic
Vision of Doris Lessing in 1979}
{Lessing publishes "In the World, not of
It" in The World of the Sufi in 1979}
Shikasta.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. 2nd printing (1982); white & black
dj
---. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. 3rd
printing (1979); beige & gray dj
---. New York: Vintage Books, 1981. black
pbk cover
---. London: Grafton Books, 1986. 6th
printing; gold pbk cover, author name in white, title in black
{Lessing publishes "Introduction" in Kalila and Dimna in 1980}
The Marriages Between
Zones Three, Four, and Five. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
1st
American edition; beige & pink dj
---. London: Granada, 1981. blue pbk
cover, author name in white, title in black
---. New York: Vintage Books, 1981. blue
pbk cover
The Sirian Experiments.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. 1st American edition; beige & blue
dj
---. New York: Vintage Books, 1982. red
pbk cover
{Lessing publishes "Introduction" in Learning
How to Learn in 1981}
{Lessing publishes "Introduction" in The
Tale of the Four Dervishes and Other Sufi Titles in 1981}
The Making of the
Representative for Planet 8. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. white
& black dj
---. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. 1st
American edition; beige & black dj
---. London: Granada, 1983. silver pbk
cover; "Special Overseas Edition"
---. New York: Vintage Books, 1983. green
pbk cover
{Lessing publishes "Interview" in The Radical
Imagination and the Liberal Tradition in 1982}
{Lessing publishes "Introduction" in First
Among the Sufies in 1982}
{Lessing publishes "Speech" in Shakespeare-Preis
in 1982}
{Lessing publishes "Review of Laurens Van
der Post Book" in Notebooks, Memoirs, Archives--Reading and Rereading Doris
Lessing in 1982}
{Lessing publishes "Reviews" in Suffic Searches
in 1982}
The Sentimental
Agents in the Volyen Empire. London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. 1st
English edition; advance proof; black & white wrapper over red pbk
cover
---. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. 1st
American edition; beige & yellow dj
---. New York: Vintage Books, 1984. orange
pbk cover
{Lessing publishes "My Father" in Fathers--Reflections by Daughters in 1983}
Canopus in Argos: Archives. New York: Vintage International, 1992. 1st printing; lavender, white, black, & red pbk cover
The Diary of a Good
Neighbor. [Jane Somers] London: Michael Jospeh, 1983. 1st
English edition; black dj
---. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. 1st
American edition; pink striped dj
If the Old Could....
[Jane Somers] London: Michael Jospeh, 1984. 1st English edition; black
dj
---. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. 1st
American edition; review copy; blue striped dj
---. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. 1st
American edition; blue striped dj
"Jane Somers's Diaries". London: Granta. signed by Lessing
The Diaries of Jane
Somers. London: Michael Joseph, 1984. blue dj
---. New York: Vintage Books, 1984. white
pbk cover
The Good Terrorist.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. gray & black half-tone dj
---. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. 1st
American edition; gray dj w/title in red graffiti
---. New York: Vintage Books, 1986. 5th
printing; pbk cover w/collage of stove, fire, coffee cup, & gun
Prisons We Choose to Live Inside. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1987. 1st American edition; brown dj w/photo of author on front
The Wind Blows Away Our Words. New York: Vintage Books, 1987. 1st printing; yellow pbk cover w/vertical mosaics
The Fifth Child.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 1st American edition; advance proof;
green pbk
---. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 1st
American edition; brown dj w/wooden chair in lower corner
---. New York: Vintage International, 1988.
8th
printing; pbk cover w/child's portrait of a child
The Doris Lessing Reader. London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. wallpaper dj w/collage of items, including Saturn at the top & an Austenian portrait at bottom
Through the Tunnel. Mankato, MN: Creative Education Inc., 1990. dj w/small portrait of child swimming through a tunnel
African Laughter.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. 1st American edition; advance
proof; orange pbk
---. New York: HarperCollins Publishers,
1992. 1st American edition; in slipcase; #107 of limited series of 151;
signed by the author.
---. New York: HarperCollins Publishers,
1992. 1st American edition; white dj w/red vertical mosaics
---. New York: HarperPerennial, 1993. 2nd
printing; white pbk w/red vertical mosaics
The Real Thing.
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. 1st American edition; dj w/portrait
of London Bridge
---. New York: Ultramarine Publishing Company,
1992. brown leather binding stamped with gold dots; BC of 50 signed
copies; one of 12 bound in full leather by Dennis Gouey
Mercury. Anna Kavan [foreword by Lessing] London: Peter Owen, 1994. dj w/photo of Mercury statue
Under My Skin: Volume
One of My Autobiography to 1949. New York: HarperCollins Publishers,
1994. 1st American edition; signed; beige & tan dj
---. New York: HarperPerennial, 1995. 1st
printing; beige & tan pbk cover
Shadows on the Wall of the Cave. London: The British Library Centre for the Book, 1994. dark blue wrapper
Playing the Game. London: HaperCollinsPublishers, 1995. pbk cover by artist Charlie Adlard
love, again.
New York: HarperCollins, 1996. 1st American edition; dj w/The Dance
---. London: Flamingo, 1996. 1st English
edition; bronze & black dj
The Pit. London: Phoenix, 1996. pbk cover of flowers in still life
Play with a Tiger and Other Plays. London: Flamingo, 1996. pbk cover art by Peter Sutton
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