The Summer Before the Dark.

LESSING, Doris.

Item Number: 1987

London: Jonathan Cape, 1971.

First edition of the author’s fifth novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows light wear to the spine extremities. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page.

"A masterpiece. . . . Probably the best book she has written" (The Economist).