Doris Lessing
91 copies for sale · $20–$3,000 · 47 first editions · 10 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Golden Notebook (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$3,000
Time Bites: Views and Reviews (first edition, signed) — Honey & Wax Booksellers$350
African Laughter (first edition, signed) — Between the Covers$250
The Temptation of Jack Orkney: Collected Stories, Volume Two (first edition, signed) — Michael Pyron Books$150
To Room Nineteen: Collected Stories, Volume One (first edition, signed) — Michael Pyron Books$150
The Sweetest Dream (first edition, signed) — Michael Pyron Books$100
Ben, in the World (first edition, signed) — Michael Pyron Books$100
Mara and Dann (first edition, signed) — Michael Pyron Books$100
MARTHA QUEST - SIGNED (signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$600
The Golden Notebook (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$950
THE SIRIAN EXPERIMENTS (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$350
THE GOOD TERRORIST; A Novel (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$173
What these are worth
THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK4 copies from 3 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
THE SUMMER BEFORE THE DARK6 copies · $20–$48
THE MARRIAGES BETWEEN ZONES THREE FOUR AND FIVE5 copies · $47–$98
STORIES5 copies · $43–$83
THE FIFTH CHILD4 copies · $43–$73
THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK3 copies · $73–$450
THE MAKING OF THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR PLANET 8; Canopus in Argos: Archives3 copies · $105–$107
THE GOOD TERRORIST2 copies · $73–$158
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
Market context
56 copies of Doris Lessing's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $49 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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