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1922réf. 428576Berlin: Eigenbrödler-Verlag 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. With 12 engravings. Original full vellum gilt. Boards bowed and the gilt a bit rubbed else very good or better. Eigenbrödler-Verlag hardcover books
1964réf. 33311New York: Simon and Schuster 1964. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster 1964 1966. First Printings stated. Four volumes in two; octavos 22cm.; publisher's boards in unclipped dust jackets; 605 544pp. Light wear to board and jacket margins brief tape repair to verso of spine ends of Vol. 1/2 corners bumped else a Very Good bright and sound set. Bookplate signed by the author laid into the earlier volume. Omnibus editions of the first four Children of Violence novels: Martha Quest 1952 A Proper Marriage 1954 A Ripple from the Storm 1958 and Landlocked 1965. The final entry The Four-Gated City would appear in 1969. Simon and Schuster unknown books
1971réf. 1394748London UK: Jonathan Cape 1971. First U.K. Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 250 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Black spine with yellow and orange lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price uncut "£1.60" has tears along the head edges and minor rubbing wear and chipping along the spine head. Boards are slightly cocked and have mild shelving wear. Textblock has age toning along the edges. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1394748. Special Collections - Downstairs. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1971réf. 1391299London UK: Jonathan Cape 1971. First UK Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Small Octavo 251 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with red and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "£1.60 net" has chipping along the extremities and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges mild age-toning along the edges and stains along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391299. Special Collections - Downstairs. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1978réf. 80913NY: Knopf 1978. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Beginning board edge toning; dustjacket with minimal edgewear mostly at the spine ends beginning toning at extermities and spine small closed tear on the front panel bottom edge and a small chip at the spine topedge. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Tight clean copy of a major collection of Lessing's early stories. Signed by Author. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
1969réf. 1394859New York NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 613 3 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Blue spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$7.50" has mild shelving wear small tears along the joint corners stains along the extremities bending wear along the front flap and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild bending wear along the fore corners mild wear along the extremities and mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild age-toning along the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges light foxing along the edges and mild age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. Shelved in Room Z. 1394859. Special Collections - Upstairs. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1985réf. 60816NY: Knopf 1985. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the half-title page. Faint beginning board edge toning and spine bottom edge cloth lightly wrinkled; dustjacket with few tiny edge creases and small soil spot on rear panel. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lessing's ninth novel. Knopf hardcover books
1985réf. 1391300New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 375 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine grey with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Price uncut: "$16.95". Jacket with light age toning and very light marking. Very light shelf wear to head and tail of jacket spine and to jacket edges and corners. Light bumping to head and tail of book spine and to edges and corners of boards. A few small marks scattered across binding. Signed flat by Lessing on title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391300. Special Collections - Downstairs. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
2004réf. 1090910NY: HarperCollins 2004. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A collection of four novellas one of which is the basis of the 2013 Anne Fontaine directed film with Naomi Watts and Robin Wright. HarperCollins hardcover books
1950réf. 008590New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1950. First American Edition. hardcover. The bright yellow cloth has a little soiling to the spine and a very slightly bumped corner. The dustwrapper has a small hole on the back edge of the spine a small stain on the somewhat soiled rear cover and a tiny closed tear on the bright front panel. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Review Copy with slip laid in of the first book by this Nobel Prize winner. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover books
1974réf. 1404785London: The Octagon Press 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 182 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine white with rainbow and green illustrations and black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut: "£2.95." Creasing and scratching to dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to boards. Light soiling to endpapers. Signed flat by Lessing on title page. Shelved in Case 7. 1404785. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Octagon Press hardcover books
1973réf. 246761New York: Knopf 1973. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo cloth d.w. New York: Knopf 1973. First American Edition. Autographed by Lessing Knopf unknown books
réf. B15996-AMinolta . Collectible - Acceptable. ex technical library sticker taped to bottom front no other library marks interior is clean and sound signed and inscribed to all the friends at TLI books Erich Lessing 1994 b/w photos throughout text in German. Soft Cover. No Jacket Minolta paperback books
1908réf. 188715Leipzig: Baumgartner 1908. Hardcover. Fair heavy soilign and shelfwear to boards spine missing pages are age toned plates 1 and 2 have a small tear along top edges plates are otherwise clear and all are present. Oversized green and gray cloth boards; gold and black illustrated end papers; 4 pp followed by 104 bw plates. Text is in German. Ansbach Castle: Baroque and Rococo decorations from the 18th century. Includes an introductory foreword by the editor. Baumgartner hardcover books
1983réf. 48592New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 253pp. Octavo 21.5 cm 1/4 black cloth with matching paper over boards and a silver stamped title on the spine. The spine ends are gently bumped and the covers are ever so slightly cocked. In a dust jacket with only marginal rubbing and soiling. Signed by the author with both names on the half title page. Dated "17th June 1984. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
2000réf. 14338London: Flamingo. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 000225705X . A beautiful unread first edition/first printing in Fine condition with slightly yellowed page edges in Fine dustjacket this copy is SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing on the title page; This new collection of fourteen African stories paints a powerful picture of the South Africa Doris Lessing grew up in. In story after story she portrays the helpless collisions and alienations of the races and also the majestic beauty and timeless landscape of her homeland; Vol. 1; 8vo ; Signed by Author . Flamingo hardcover books
1963réf. 14243Helsinki Finland: Eurographica. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. A pristine Limited Numbered first edition/first printing in Very Fine/Very Fine condition. SIGNED and dated 1988 by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing directly on the title page. Blue dust-jacket over plain white cover; Three of Doris Lessing's short stories exploring the complexities of love in contemporary life. Included are To Room Nineteen; A Man and Two Women and Between Men; Contemporary Authors in Signed Limited Editions; 8vo; Signed by Author . Eurographica paperback books
1978réf. 48729New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 625pp. Octavo 22 cm Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and the author's initials blind stamped on the front board. Publisher's red top stain. With light dust soiling to the spine and covers a small stain on the rear cover and gentle bumping to the extremities. The dust jacket is subtly toned and slightly scratched. The top edge of the rear panel has a shallow closed tear and a 1/4" open tear. The author has signed the half title page. Lessing writes "Sincerely Doris Lessing 17.7.80 24 Gada Garden Lade " Doris Lessing has also signed a laid in postcard. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1978réf. 1391286New York NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1978. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 626 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Red-orange spine with black and burgundy rectangles containing white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$15.00" has mild shelving wear and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges and stains on the front board. Textblock has stains on the front end-page mild wear along the edges and moderate age-toning along the edges. Contains a "Review Copy" ticket between the rear cover and mylar and a loose printed description of the anthology and Doris Lessing. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391286. Special Collections - Downstairs. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1929réf. 1404386Berlin: Soncino-Gesellschaft 1929. Limited edition 600 copies. Hardcover. Octavo 57 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is tan with black print. Boards quarter bound with tan cloth to spine and brown paper to boards; stray pencil mark on front panel. Text block has cracked front hinge. Text in German fraktur/gothic font. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Section. 1404386. FP New Rockville Stock. Soncino-Gesellschaft hardcover books
1991réf. 245369Washington D.C.: Library of Congress 1991. One of 300 special copies of the first edition. With an original signed frontispiece etching of Rosenwald by Tony Rosati. Illustrated. 427 3 pp. Designed and printed letterpress by W. Thomas Taylor in Austin Texas. 1 vols. 4to. Green morocco spine and decorated boards. Fine. One of 300 special copies of the first edition. With an original signed frontispiece etching of Rosenwald by Tony Rosati. Illustrated. 427 3 pp. Designed and printed letterpress by W. Thomas Taylor in Austin Texas. 1 vols. 4to. Library of Congress unknown books
1975réf. 49197Munich: Studio Bruckmann 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fair. SIGNED. 88pp. Square octavo 24.5 cm in red cloth in red cloth slipcase. Title in silver gilt on spine. Textblock is completely disbound and almost each individual page has separated. Very light wear else. Signed and hand-numbered 25 of 30 by Brauer on original etching. One of 30 "artist copies' numbered in Roman numerals from an edition limited to 270 copies the remainder of which are numbered in Arabic numerals. Text in German English and French. Studio Bruckmann hardcover books
1989réf. 1391296New York NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1989. Uncorrected Proof First Printing. Softcover. Octavo xi 633 pages. In Good plus condition. Pink-tan spine with black lettering. Covers have mild shelving wear pen marks on the front cover stains throughout and moderate age-toning along the spine. Textblock has bending wear along the head fore corner of pages 461-474 stains on the rear end-page mild wear along the edges and stains along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391296. Special Collections - Downstairs. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1969réf. 1391291New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1969. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 614 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine blue with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Price uncut: "$7.50". Jacket with light age toning and very light marking. Light shelf wear to head and tail of jacket spine and to jacket corners. One small closed tear to front of jacket near spine. Light bumping to head and tail of book spine and to edges and corners of boards. Age toning throughout text block. Signed flat by Lessing on title page. Volume V of Lessing's five-volume CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE series. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391291. Special Collections - Downstairs. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1970réf. 1391284New York NY: Thomas Y. Crowell 1970. Later Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 311 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Blue spine with white and yellow spine. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$6.95" has mild shelving wear stains throughout and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges and stains along the spine. Textblock has mild wear along the edges and moderate age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. Date is presumed due to presence of ISBN originally published in 1957. 1391284. Special Collections - Downstairs. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover books
