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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.

Published in 1962, 'The Golden Notebook' is considered to be Doris Lessing's masterpiece, exploring themes of mental and societal breakdown.