‎Lessing‎

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎Ben in the World‎

‎HarperCollins 2000. Fine. Lessing Doris. Ben in the World. NY: HarperCollins 2000. 178pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine with light bumping to spine ends. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light rubbing to extremities and bumping to edges. HarperCollins hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : ULESBEN00MW ISBN : 0060196289 9780060196288

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎Briefing For A Descent Into Hell‎

‎London: Jonathan Cape 1971. Prior owner signature and date on ffep. Top edge stained lavender other edges trimmed. Ever so slightly canted otherwise near fine. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Jonathan Cape Hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : WN3904 ISBN : 0224005073 9780224005074

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎Briefing for a Descent Into Hell‎

‎New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1971. 1st Edition. 308p. dj. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 008462

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎CANOPUS IN ARGOS: ARCHIVES THE MARRIAGES BETWEEN ZONES THREE FOUR AND FIVE AS NARRATED BY THE CHRONICLERS OF ZONE THREE‎

‎London: Jonathan Cape 1980. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first edition. One corner sharply bumped light edge wear else very good. Jonathan Cape unknown books‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT31031

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎Canopus In Argos: Archives; Documents Relating to The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire‎

‎New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/good. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt cover stamped in blind. Dust jacket is rubbed at the edges and extremities three closed tears at top and bottom edges. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : 9021710 ISBN : 0394529685 9780394529684

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎Children of Violence Signed; A Ripple from the Storm and Landlocked‎

‎New York: Simon & Schuster 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Stated first printing. First edition thus. Two early books in Lessing's Children of Violence series of novels in one book. Includes the complete texts of Martha Quest and A Proper Marriage. 544 pp. A clean very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Prior owner name on the front endpaper. SIGNED by the author and uncommon thus. Simon & Schuster hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : 24136

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‎DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE SENTIMENTAL AGENTS IN THE VOLYEN EMPIRE‎

‎London: Jonathan Cape 1983. Octavo boards. First British edition. Fifth book of the Canopus in Argos: Archives series. Anatomy of Wonder 1995 4-264. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 418. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A lovely copy printed price of £7.95 net present on front flap. #158570 Jonathan Cape unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 158570 ISBN : 0224021303 9780224021302

‎LESSING Doris‎

‎Five: Short Novels‎

‎London: Michael Joseph 1953. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 20.75cm; black cloth with titling and decorations stamped in silver and green on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 89-352pp. Crown a bit pushed lower right corner of front board gently bumped moderate offsetting to endpapers with some scattered foxing to preliminary leaves and text edges; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 12s 6d net gently spine-sunned modestly shelfworn with several closed tears and attendant creases scattered foxing and a triangular chip to lower edge of rear panel; Very Good. Collection of five short novels set in her native continent: A Home for the Highland Cattle The Other Woman Eldorado The Antheap and Hunger. Michael Joseph unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 51515

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎IF THE OLD COULD. By "Jane Somers" pseud‎

‎New York: Knopf 1984. Cloth and boards. First U.S. edition of this pseudonymous novel inscribed and signed by Lessing in 1986. Fine in lightly used dust jacket with sticker mark on front panel. Knopf hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : WRCLIT26630

‎LESSING Doris‎

‎In Pursuit of the English‎

‎NY: Simon & Schuster. 1961. First American Edition. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Simon & Schuster hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : 705807

‎LESSING Doris‎

‎In The Pursuit of the English‎

‎New York: Simon and Schuster 1960. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. An early book from this important British writer. A clean near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with a tear to the top and bottom of the front panel and some fading to the spine which also has a tiny chip at the base. Still a very nice copy. Simon and Schuster unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 125255

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎Love Again‎

‎New York: Harper Collins 1996. Advanced Reading Copy. Hardcover. Fine condition in a near fine slipcase. The slipcase has minor wear to the extremities. <br/><br/> Harper Collins hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : 9014478 ISBN : 0060176873 9780060176877

‎LESSING Doris‎

‎Love Again‎

‎NY: HarperCollins. 1995. The hardcover advance reading copy. Fingerprint on verso of front flyleaf; else fine in a fine pictorial slipcase. An unusual and elaborate format for an advance copy. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. HarperCollins hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : 020388

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎Mara and Dann: An Adventure‎

‎HarperPerennial 1999. Very Good. Lessing Doris. Mara and Dann: An Adventure. New York: HarperPerennial 1999. 407pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly soiled cover and subtly bumped edges. HarperPerennial paperback books‎

Référence libraire : ULESMAR00HMR

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎MARA AND DANN: AN ADVENTURE‎

‎New York: HarperFlamingo: 1999. 1999. Octavo boards. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #93143 HarperFlamingo: [1999]. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 93143 ISBN : 0002256029 9780002256025

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎Martha Quest‎

‎Plume 1970. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Minor general wear pages lightly toned. 1970 Trade Paperback. We have more books available by this author!. 248 pp. "The heroine of this powerful searching novel is a passionate and intelligent young woman whose ideals are totally at odds with the life she observes around her. The daughter of provincial parents Martha Quest has been raised in a small-minded town in Central Africa - a community where hypocrisy intolerance and mindless traditionalism prevail. The book which traces Martha from adolescence through an ill-conceived marriage depicts her abrasive relationships with her elders her contemporaries and society as a whole. Martha Quest is a true child of this century. Her personal conflicts mirror the convulsions and aspirations of our time: her successful rebellion her liberation and its tragic failures and finally her despair transmuted into a relentless determination to understand life. Plume paperback books‎

Référence libraire : 2296348 ISBN : 0452259681 9780452259683

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎Martha Quest A Proper Marriage A Ripple from the Storm Landlocked The Four-Gated City.‎

‎London: Michael Joseph 1952-1969. First editions of the author's Children of Violence Series. Octavo 5 volumes. Original cloth. Each of the five volumes are signed by Doris Lessing. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets. Martha Quest the first book in the "Children of Violence" series follows a young girl coming of age in British colonial South Africa just before World War II. The following books chronicle her experience as she grows through marriage and then motherhood. In 2007 Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature. At 87 she was the oldest winner of the prize at the time. "Oh Christ!" She told reporters outside her home as she was returning from the grocery store "I've won all the prizes in Europe every bloody one so I'm delighted to win them all. It's a royal flush." Michael Joseph hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : 796

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎Martha Quest.‎

‎London: Michael Joseph 1952. First edition of the author's first book in the Children of Violence series. Octavo original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Name on the front pastedown near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips and wear. Jacket design by Peter Rudland. Martha Quest the first book in the "Children of Violence" series follows a young girl coming of age in British colonial South Africa just before World War II. The following books chronicle her experience as she grows through marriage and then motherhood. In 2007 Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature. At 87 she was the oldest winner of the prize at the time. "Oh Christ!" She told reporters outside her home as she was returning from the grocery store "I've won all the prizes in Europe every bloody one so I'm delighted to win them all. It's a royal flush." Michael Joseph hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : 16012

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‎ORIGINAL EARLY PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED; offered with a TLS and the original mailing envelope‎

‎4-1/2 x 6 inch photograph taken by Hayrightson ca 1952. The photo is signed by the photographer in pencil and by Lessing on the flap. Included also is the TLS from Lessing dated October 26 1952 to Mr. H. A. Rappaport thanking him for his kind letter and presenting the photograph. Wikipedia: "Doris May Lessing CH née Tayler; 22 October 1919 - 17 November 2013 was a British novelist poet playwright librettist biographer and short story writer. Her novels include The Grass is Singing 1950 the sequence of five novels collectively called Children of Violence 1952-69 The Golden Notebook 1962 The Good Terrorist 1985 and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos: Archives 1979-1983.Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize the Swedish Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience who with scepticism fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". Lessing was the eleventh woman and the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.In 2001 Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008 The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 56779

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‎Particularly Cats‎

‎New York: Simon & Schuster 1967. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition in a near fine dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor wear to the extremities. <br/><br/> Simon & Schuster hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : 9014477

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎Real Thing: Stories and Sketches‎

‎Harper Perennial 1992. Very Good. Lessing Doris. Real Thing: Stories and Sketches. New York NY: Harper Perennial 1992. 214pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to edges and yellowing of pages. Harper Perennial paperback books‎

Référence libraire : ULESREA01FP ISBN : 0060924179 9780060924171

‎LESSING Doris‎

‎Stories‎

‎NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1978. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf paperback books‎

Référence libraire : 705796

‎Lessing Doris‎

‎THE FIFTH CHILD‎

‎NY: Knopf 1988. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Beginning foxing on foreedge and topedge; dustjacket with interior edge toning not apparent on the outside and minimal rubbing on rear panel. Tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Lessing's ninth novel; her seventh without a pseudonym. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books‎

Référence libraire : 6145 ISBN : 0394571053 9780394571058

‎LESSING Doris‎

‎THE FIFTH CHILD‎

‎London: Jonathan Cape 1988. First edn. 8vo pp. 133. A fine copy in little wrinkled dj. A horror story. Jonathan Cape unknown books‎

Référence libraire : 19616

‎LESSING Doris‎

‎The Fifth Child‎

‎NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1988. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf paperback books‎

Référence libraire : 705810