Author: LESSING, DORIS
Title: The Summer Before the Dark
Description: London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0224008323. A UK first edition of Doris Lessing's 1973 novel, centered around her middle-aged Kate Brown character. Kate's well-ordered life is upended when her husband must go abroad for his work and she must adapt to life without companionship. --- In textured grey paper-covered boards with spine titling in gilt; grey topstain. Dust jacket in faux cloth orange paper. --- An excellent copy: bright, tightly-bound and newish. Unclipped (£1.95 net) jacket with a small tear to top back edge, some minor chafing to edges; else in good shape and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; 241 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: 0224008323 >>Classic Fiction, Literature