Doris Lessing
89 copies for sale · $20–$3,000 · 36 first editions · 10 signed
Notable copies for sale
Time Bites: Views and Reviews (first edition, signed) — Honey & Wax Booksellers$350
African Laughter (first edition, signed) — Between the Covers$250
The Golden Notebook (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$3,000
MARTHA QUEST - SIGNED (signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$600
THE SIRIAN EXPERIMENTS (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$350
THE GOOD TERRORIST; A Novel (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$173
The Grandmothers - 1st Edition/1st Printing (first edition) — Books Tell You Why$96
Prisons We Choose To Live Inside - 1st Edition/1st Printing (first edition) — Books Tell You Why$80
CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE : ; A Ripple from the Storm, Landlocked (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$68
Documents Relating To The Sentimental Agents In The Volyen Empire - 1st Edition/1st Printi (first edition) — Books Tell You Why$64
CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$53
ALFRED AND EMILY (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$47
Works on the market
THE MARRIAGES BETWEEN ZONES THREE FOUR AND FIVE5 copies · $47–$98
STORIES5 copies · $43–$83
THE FIFTH CHILD5 copies · $25–$73
THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK4 copies · £36–£448
THE SUMMER BEFORE THE DARK4 copies · $20–$48
Good Terrorist3 copies · $35–$158
THE MAKING OF THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR PLANET 8; Canopus in Argos: Archives3 copies · $105–$107
THE SIRIAN EXPERIMENTS; The Report by Ambien II, of the Five2 copies · $111–$123
THE SIRIAN EXPERIMENTS2 copies · $123
BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL2 copies · $73–$78
THE CLEFT2 copies · $63–$73
PARTICULARLY CATS2 copies · $43–$53
The Four-Gated City2 copies · $20–$33
The Golden Notebook1 copy · $3,000
Canopus In Argos Archives Comprising Re Colonised Planet 5 Shikasta The Marriages Between 1 copy · $1,000
The Golden Notebook1 copy · $950
MARTHA QUEST - SIGNED1 copy · $600
THE SIRIAN EXPERIMENTS1 copy · $350
Time Bites: Views and Reviews1 copy · $350
Market context
39 copies of Doris Lessing's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $54 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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