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1822réf. 323029Donaueschingen: Verlagedeutscher Classiker 1822. Hardcover. Fair. 8 vols. A set of eight small hardcover books in condition ranging from fair to very good. Edges heavily scuffed and spines buckled down the middle. On volume 1 the spine is cracked and peeling up from the bottom leaving the boards weakly attached. Owner's small signature on each volume's front endpaper. Foxing throughout each volume. Pages dampstained in volume 1. Front hinge completely cracked in volume 3. Back boards of volume 7 and 8 are bent. Pencil notes in volume 1; other volumes' text unmarked. Binding tight except where previously mentioned. A set of the works of 18th-century German dramatist Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1729-1781. These volumes contain his HAMBURG DRAMATURGY MINNA OF BARNHELM and a selection of his philosophical and theological works including ERNST AND FALK and ANTI-GOEZE among others. Each volume measures approx. 6.5" x 4". Text is in German using the Gothic-style fraktur font. Verlagedeutscher Classiker hardcover
1788réf. 189631London: G. Robinson 1788. Leather bound. Good scuiffing and overall wear to leather expected age toning but text and illustrations are otherwise clear missing 2 folding plates frontis and title page handwritten notes along top of 2nd page of index. Bound in full brown leather with black bordering 5 raised bands on spine; all edges red tinted; marble illustrated end papers; 288 IV pages; bw illustrations several fold-out. English text. G. Robinson hardcover
1788réf. 189631London: G. Robinson 1788. Leather bound. Good scuiffing and overall wear to leather expected age toning but text and illustrations are otherwise clear missing 2 folding plates frontis and title page handwritten notes along top of 2nd page of index. Bound in full brown leather with black bordering 5 raised bands on spine; all edges red tinted; marble illustrated end papers; 288 IV pages; bw illustrations several fold-out. English text. G. Robinson hardcover books
2000réf. 1404637London UK: Flamingo: HarperCollins 2000. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 178 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is metallic teal with metallic teal lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "£16.99" on front flap has mild chipping along spine. Textblock tail edge has small dent. Textblock has mild age-toning along edges and throughout interior. Signed flat on title page by Doris Lessing. Shelved in Room Z. Sequel to THE FIFTH CHILD. 1404637. Special Collections - Upstairs. Flamingo: HarperCollins hardcover
2000réf. 459New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc. 2000. First Edition First Printing. Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; 215 x145 mm 178 pages in quarter cloth over boards titles in gilt to spine in an unclipped illustrated dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Doris Lessing on the title page. A novel in which 18-year-old Ben is victimized by a variety of people in London Nice and Rio. A sequel to "The Fifth Child." CONDITION: A few minuscule dots to bottom edge internally clean bright and unmarked. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket that has light edge wear and a bit of scuffing to the panels. HarperCollins Publishers Inc. hardcover
1987réf. 1400559New York New York: Harper & Row 1987. First US Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Small octavo 78 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "$14.95" on front flap has mild age-toning along head edges of flaps. Boards fully bound in publisher's brown cloth has mild shelving wear along spine head and tail mild bumping to tail fore corners and fraying to front tail fore corner. Textblock edges have mild foxing; endpapers have light foxing and age-toning along gutters. Signed flat on title page by Doris Lessing. Shelved in Room Z. 1400559. Special Collections - Upstairs. Harper & Row hardcover
1979réf. 99294Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 9.2 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; A very nice book in dust jacket with only a touch of rubbing at one corner a very nice and attractive like new book not price clipped $10.95. . Knopf hardcover
1984réf. N1-6PY9-YDM0Simon & Schuster 1984-09-01. Hardcover. Good. original 1962 Simon & Schuster hard cover - no dust jacket - some staining to cover and page edge - webbing showing at front leaf - some minor underlining - otherwise binding strong contents fine - enjoy Simon & Schuster hardcover
1984réf. SK-T6RP-F3GHSimon & Schuster 1984-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1962 Simon & Schuster hard cover - BCE - some stain and wear to edge of dust jacket now in mylar cover - staining on page edge - owner's name whited out - otherwise cover and binding fine contents clean - enjoy Simon & Schuster hardcover
2003réf. 1406952London: Flamingo 2003. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 311 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine pictorial with black lettering. Dust jacket protected in plastic covering with two small scratches to plastic covering on rear cover price uncut: "£15.99". Boards full bound in black cloth. Text block has mild age-toning to exterior and interior edges. Flat signed by author to title page. Shelved in Room C. 1406952. Special Collections - Upstairs. Flamingo hardcover
1982réf. 502306New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1982. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Gray wrappers. Slight fading on the spine else near fine. "Canopus in Argos: Archives. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1983réf. 360220London England: Jonathan Cape 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by Author. Uber-scarce in the trade in this state SIGNED and condition being a sturdy attractive copy little discernible wear bright and shiny dust jacket protected and with only slight foxing to fore-edge. SIGNED by the author at half-title Doris Lessing 8 February 1985. Apparently unread spine still crackles. Black cloth over boards sharp and distinct lettering to spine. True First edition. Big tall Imperial octavo hardcover format. 178 1 pp. This is the fifth in the lengthy series of novels that comprise the Canopus in Argos: Archives series. The author was born 1919 and in 2007 won the Nobel Prize for Literature. She won two additional titles in the 1980s for her science fiction storytelling.Member I.O.B.A. C.B.A. and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes and for sets. Jonathan Cape hardcover
2001réf. 047544London: Flamingo 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/fine. A fine bright copy signed on the title page. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 047544. Flamingo hardcover
2000réf. 1404637London UK: Flamingo: HarperCollins 2000. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 178 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is metallic teal with metallic teal lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "£16.99" on front flap has mild chipping along spine. Textblock tail edge has small dent. Textblock has mild age-toning along edges and throughout interior. Signed flat on title page by Doris Lessing. Shelved in Room Z. Sequel to THE FIFTH CHILD. 1404637. Special Collections - Upstairs. Flamingo: HarperCollins hardcover books
1986réf. 22215London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224024663 . A charming first Impression of the first edition in just about Fine condition with very slightly yellowed pages edges as is common with this title in like lightly rubbed dust-wrapper. Dedicated to fellow author Greg Gatenby and SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing directly on the title page. From Gatenby's library with his signature on the fly leaf. An attractive association; Nobel Prize Winner Doris Lessing's attempt to explain "why human beings continue to make the same mistakes. This original and important work of Lessing underlines the necessity to retain an independent frame of mind to fight received opinion and to resist the general drift into apathy". from the dustjacket ; 8vo; 95 1 pages; Signed by Author . Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1987réf. 1400559New York New York: Harper & Row 1987. First US Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Small octavo 78 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "$14.95" on front flap has mild age-toning along head edges of flaps. Boards fully bound in publisher's brown cloth has mild shelving wear along spine head and tail mild bumping to tail fore corners and fraying to front tail fore corner. Textblock edges have mild foxing; endpapers have light foxing and age-toning along gutters. Signed flat on title page by Doris Lessing. Shelved in Room Z. 1400559. Special Collections - Upstairs. Harper & Row hardcover books
1969réf. 17307New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A handsome first American edition/first printing in Fine condition with bright yellow top-stain ever so slightly toned in very Nearly Fine slightly rubbed dust-jacket with a 1/4" closed tear in the back; The Four-Gated City was praised as Nobel Prize laureate Lessing's most important work since the Golden Notebook. In the four previous novels set in Africa and looking back to the past Doris Lessing has explored the end of an epoch here she carries her protagonist Martha Quest to London and the world - into the present and the future ; 8vo . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
2003réf. 1406952London: Flamingo 2003. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 311 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine pictorial with black lettering. Dust jacket protected in plastic covering with two small scratches to plastic covering on rear cover price uncut: "£15.99". Boards full bound in black cloth. Text block has mild age-toning to exterior and interior edges. Flat signed by author to title page. Shelved in Room C. 1406952. Special Collections - Upstairs. Flamingo hardcover books
1982réf. 502306New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1982. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Gray wrappers. Slight fading on the spine else near fine. "Canopus in Argos: Archives. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1858réf. 51811Leipzig: G.J. Göschen 1858. Hardcover. Good. Presumed first edition. Volume one only. 24mo. xii 372pp. Approximate measurements are: 6" x 4 1/2". Text in German. Half leather marble papercovered boards. Light dampstain and scattered foxing on pages papercovered boards worn and scuffed with edges chipped spine label faded and chipped a good only copy. German poetry fables songs and more. G.J. Göschen hardcover
1858réf. 51811Leipzig: G.J. Göschen 1858. Hardcover. Good. Presumed first edition. Volume one only. 24mo. xii 372pp. Approximate measurements are: 6" x 4 1/2". Text in German. Half leather marble papercovered boards. Light dampstain and scattered foxing on pages papercovered boards worn and scuffed with edges chipped spine label faded and chipped a good only copy. German poetry fables songs and more. G.J. Göschen hardcover books
1983réf. 65681New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . SIGNED. 253pp. Octavo 21.5cm. 1/4 black cloth over matching boards boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. Spine a touch rolled. Cloth mildly rubbed at spine ends. In a lightly rubbed dust jacket. Signed by the author with both names on the title page. Dated "17th June 1984." Doris Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1983réf. 65681New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good . SIGNED. 253pp. Octavo 21.5cm. 1/4 black cloth over matching boards boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. Spine a touch rolled. Cloth mildly rubbed at spine ends. In a lightly rubbed dust jacket. Signed by the author with both names on the title page. Dated "17th June 1984." Doris Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1980réf. 885T24London: Jonathan Cape; Harper Collins 1980-1992. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 6". None. A very smart collection of first edition volumes from British Zimbabwean novelist Doris Lessing. Three volumes. First editions. Written by Doris Lessing a British-Zimbabwean novelist awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature who was the oldest person to ever receive the prize at age 87. This set includes: The Marriage Between Zones Three Four and Five 1980. Volume two from the Canopus in Argos: Archives series of science fiction novels. Depicting the influence of unknown higher powers on interactions between a series of civilizational "zones" that encircle the planet Earth. The Sirian Experiments 1981. Volume three from the Canopus in Argos: Archives series. This novel focuses on the history of Earth from the perspective of visitors from Sirius. These visitors come from a highly managed society with fascist overtones that attempts experiments on lesser civilisations. London Observed 1992. A observation of the city of London England and its inhabitants from the shrewd and compassionate eye of an artist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original dust wrappers are price-clipped other than London Observed which remains unclipped. Wrappers are very smart with light shelf wear only. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Jonathan Cape; Harper Collins hardcover
réf. PSHB8088Cape 1985. 1st edition. Hardcover. Quarter green cloth with patterned boards specially bound from the sheets in a limited edition of 250 copies this being hand-numbered 155 and signed by Doris Lessing. Very clean pages. In fine condition throughout published by Cape in conjunction with London Limited Editions. Cape, 1985 hardcover
