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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Gordimer, Nadine

Six novels and one short story collection, including five first editions and an early edition of her first novel, The Lying Days

The Lying Days (1953), Occasion for Loving (1963 and 1994)), A Guest of Honour (1973), July's People (1981), Six Feet of the Country (1982), The Pickup (2001)

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This selection of five first editions, including two first paperback editions, and two others, from the pen of South Africa's first Nobel Laureate for Literature (1991), spans 48 years of Gordimer's writing.

  1. Occasion for Loving. Victor Gollancz, 1963. Red cloth-boards. 288 pp. Very good first edition in good+ dustjacket.
  2. A Guest of Honour. Penguin, 1973. First paperback edition. 525 pp. Fair to good.
  3. July's People. Ravan and Taurus, 1981. 160 pp. Very good first edition in very good dustjacket.
  4. Six Feet of the Country. Penguin, 1982. First paperback edition. Six short stories. 100 pp. Very good.
  5. The Pickup. 2001. David Philip, 2001. 273 pp. Very good+ fist edition in very good dustjacket.

Also:

  1. Occasion for Loving. Penguin, second paperback edition (1994) in same year as the first. This was the author's third novel (see 1 in first list above). Fine. 
  2. The Lying Days. Victor Gollancz, 1953, Nadine Gordimer's first novel. Fifth impression, published in November 1953, one month after the first edition. 367 pp. Good+ (sunned spine; no dust jacket).
  • Sold By: Fontein Books
  • Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
  • Country: South Africa
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  • Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
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