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1970rif. 27896North Hills PA: Printed for the Philobiblion Club Bird & Bull Press 1970. First Thus. Limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 50. Slim quarto 30.5cm.; original brown cloth-backed marbled boards spine lettered in black; 13pp.; 4 mounted facsimile plates; staplebound facsimile catalogue laid into chemise mounted inside rear cover. Fine. Facsimile of the hoax auction catalogue issued in 1840 organized by Belgian bibliophile Renier Chalon. Printed for the Philobiblion Club, Bird & Bull Press unknown books
1985rif. 14249London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224023233 . A most beautiful Limited Numbered first edition/first printing in Fine condition with very little evidence of wear in original glassine dust-jacket in alike condition; SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. Cloth spine is embossed with gold lettering. Boards are covered in handsome decorative paper; The tale of a group of small-time British radicals who get mixed up in terrorist activities far beyond their level of competence. Alice Mellings is the "good'' terrorist a well-intentioned squatter and group caretaker assuming the role of housemaker she abhors in her own mother. A novel about home family and revolt on several levels; 12mo ; Signed by Author . Jonathan Cape hardcover books
rif. 5131Engraved frontis. port. of Rosenwald. 4to orig. green morocco-backed decorated boards. Washington: Library of Congress 1991. One of 300 deluxe copies specially bound and with the engraved portrait finely printed by W. Thomas Taylor. A really excellent collection of essays. Fine. unknown books
2007rif. 32920London: Fourth Estate 2007. Near Fine/Very Good. London: Fourth Estate 2007. First Edition. Octavo 22cm; publisher’s illustrated dust jacket with £16.99 price intact; boards bound in black cloth with gilt stamping to spine; 260pp. Grey endsheets. Dust jacket shows minor bumping to top edge and minor abrasion from prior price sticker; minimal smudging and staining throughout. Boards clean; corners sharp. Clean endsheets. Faint toning to top edge of textblock near spine; edges otherwise clean. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good jacket. Signed without inscription by Lessing on title page. The Cleft was the last novel to be published during Lessing’s lifetime the same year she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Fourth Estate unknown books
1942rif. 22461Stockholm: Elanders Boktryckeri Aktiebolag 1942. Cloth. Very Good. The 1942 1st printing with its original wrappers bound in. Solid and VG in the publisher's tan cloth with title and author labels along the spine. Light wear at the spine ends and the tips very mild soiling to the panels. 32 crisp black-and-white plates laid-in fold-out map at the rear. "Reports from the Scientific Expediion to the North-Western Provinces of China under the Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin -The Sino-Swedish Expedition-- Publication #18. Part VIII -- Ethnography Vol. 1 Elanders Boktryckeri Aktiebolag unknown books
1992rif. 97749New York: HarperCollins 1992. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in fine slipcase in original publisher's shrinkwrap. One of 125 numbered copies Signed by the author. HarperCollins hardcover books
1966rif. 1394857New York NY: Simon and Schuster 1966. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 544 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Red spine aged pink with black and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$6.95" has mild shelving wear light chipping along the front fore edge a small closed tear along the spine head edge a small open tear along the front tail fore corner and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges light bumping along the joint head corners and mild age-toning along the extremities. Textblock has stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges light foxing along the head edges and moderate age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. Shelved in Room Z. Contains volumes 3 and 4 of the "Children of Violence" series "A Ripple from the Storm" and "Landlocked" respectively. 1394857. Special Collections - Upstairs. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1999rif. 30925NY: HarperFlamingo 1999. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. 92nd St Y booksigning event flyer laid-in. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lessing's twelfth novel. HarperFlamingo hardcover books
1950rif. 85431London: Michael Joseph 1950. First edition. 256 pp. Hard erasure and some light foxing to front free endpaper else very good plus in like dust jacket with tape reinforcement to the verso of the jacket along the top and bottom edges and a chip to crown that takes out most of the lettering in “The Grass.” London: Michael Joseph unknown books
1973rif. 4117NY: Knopf 1973. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Shallow wrinkle on the spine bottom edge cloth; dustjacket with two corner creases and tiny nick on the front flap. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Lessing's sixth novel and basis for the David Gladwell directed 1981 film starring Julie Christie and Christopher Guard. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
1981rif. 1010172NY: Knopf 1981. First US edition first prnt. Full-cloth with gilt spine lettering. Signed by Lessing on the half-title page. Spine bottom edge cloth minimally rubbed and pushed; dustjacket with beginning toning on flaps' topedges and minimal wear at spine ends. Tight copy in Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Third volume in Lessing's Canapos in Argos: Archives series. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf hardcover books
1888rif. 188541Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth 1888. Softcover. Good shelfwear to portfolio age toning overall but plates are otherwise clear. Two volumes oversized tan paper portfolios; Notebook 1 has 2 pp text followed by 13 bw plates. Notebook 2 has 2 pp text followed by 13 bw plates. Text is in German. Lfg. I. Italienische Renaissance -- Lfg. II. Italien und Deutschland XVI. Jahrhundert. At head of title: Koenigliche Museen zu Berlin. Ernst Wasmuth paperback books
1970rif. 57563North Hills: Birf & Bull Press 1970. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. #142 of 250cc. Slim quart bound in publisher's cloth backed marbled boards with facsimile catalog in chemise in rear. Pages slightly tanned esle a very good example. Birf & Bull Press hardcover books
1970rif. 16315North Hills PA: Bird & Bull Press 1970. Limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 9-1/2 by 12 inches. 13 pages plus catalogue facsimile in pocket at rear board. Cloth spine with marbled paper boards. Typical slight discoloration in gutters which continues into text but fades as it gets away from boards appears to be offset from glue in binding. Otherwise in excellent condition. Neat previous owner's inscription on front free end paper. Number 56 of the 160 copies printed for members of the Philobiblon Club on handmade paper from a total edition of 250 copies. A fabulous story of one of the world's great biblio hoaxes. Neat inscription on front pastedown from Mort Whitehead to Robert K. Johnson. Bird & Bull Press hardcover books
1991rif. 013531Library of Congress 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Limited Edition 1/300 Copies # 30 Signed by Photographer And William Matheson. Mint Copy Very Scarce. Library of Congress Hardcover books
1971rif. 31119London: Jonathan Cape 1971. First edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Just-beginning page toning; dustjacket with very faint beginning toning on the flaps' topedges. Bright copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Lessing's fifth novel. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
2008rif. 21411NY: HarperCollins 2008. First US edition first prnt. Originally published in the UK by Fourth Estate in the same year. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Black & white photographs. Spine ends lightly pushed; otherwise in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Lessing's combination of novella and memoir of her parents' lives affected by WW I. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HarperCollins hardcover books
1985rif. 499727London: Jonathan Cape 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Limited edition. Slightly bowed bows else near fine in a fine glassine dust jacket. Copy 195 of 250 numbered copies Signed by the author. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1779rif. 176516Berlin: Voss 1779. Hardcover. VG pages tanned as expected with age but pages are readable. Original paper wraps are rebound in full green leather boards gilt lettering on spine with four raised bands untrimmed pages 253 pp. Written in German. Nathan The Wise a dramatic poem in five acts. Voss hardcover books
1787rif. 6593Bern: in der Hallerschen Buchandlung 1787. Soft cover. Good. 8vo 152 x 95mm. 60pp. Modern wrappers margins trimmed close occasional spots lightly browned; front wrap loose but present. A satire on the Berlin academy written jointly by Lessing and Moses Mendelssohn criticizing the philosophical system of Alexander Popeís Essay on Man 1733-1734. Lessing German writer critic and dramatist was one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings often witty and ironic substantially influenced the development of German literature. In 1755 the collaborative work of Lessing and his friend philosopher Moses Mendelssohn anonymously appeared in the form of this provocative treatise Pope ein Metaphysiker! Pope as a Metaphysician. The controversial treatise dissected the subject of a contest at the Prussian Royal Academy. The two friends wrote it to confirm that there cannot be a true comparison between a poetic and a philosophic conception. Bern: in der Hallerschen Buchandlung paperback books
1999rif. 14339London: Flamingo. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002256398 . A beautiful unread first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket with minor bumping to corners. SIGNED and dated 6th April 1999 by AUTHOR and Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing; A New Ice age thousands of years in the future has buried the northern hemisphere in ice and snow. At the southern end of the continent of Ifrik young siblings Mara and Dann learn to survive the hardships and dangers of climate menacing animals and the hostile Rock People. They head North but what will they find ; 8vo ; Signed by Author . Flamingo hardcover books
1981rif. 19744London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0224018914 . First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper with publisher's price-sticker of £6.95. Signed and inscribed by Lessing in April 1981 to Ingmar Bjorksten - a Swedish writer who has been connected to the Nobel Prize committee - 26 years before Lessing received the award. An attractive and scarce association copy; In her Canopus in Argos series Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual cultural and social issues. Volume III returns to the planet Shikasta of Vol. I this time telling the story of human history and evolution from the Sirian perspective a more bureaucratic and less advanced civilization. Booker Prize shortlisted in 1981; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 3; 8vo ; xii 288 4 pages; Note: Last two leaves blank ; Signed by Author . Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1980rif. 55469New York: Knopf 1980. First edition. Very good plus. Rare uncorrected long galley proofs for the first US edition of the Nobel winner's sci-fi novel third book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series. Inspired by Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated 1910 Antarctic expedition SIRIAN EXPERIMENTS was short-listed for the 1981 Booker Prize. A scarce format. 24'' x 8'' unfolded. 121 long unbound sheets printed one side only loosely folded to center. Mild toning edgewear. Touches of soil. Housed in an archival box. Knopf unknown books
2004rif. 1001396London and New York: Fourth Estate 2004. First edition of this collection of critical essays by Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing most dealing with the unpredictable aftershocks of reading: "I do not believe that one can be changed by a book or by a person unless there is already something present latent or in embryo ready to be changed." Lessing's subjects range from classic authors Richardson Stendhal Austen Tolstoy to contemporaries Anna Kavan Nirad Chaudhuri Christabel Bielenberg Niccolò Tucci. A fine copy signed by Lessing in the year of publication. Single volume measuring 9 x 6 inches: viii 376. Original pale grey paper boards lettered in gilt pale blue endpapers original unclipped photographic dust jacket. Signed and dated on the title page: "Doris Lessing / 19th October 04.". Fourth Estate unknown books
1965rif. 1391287London: MacGibbon & Kee 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 317 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine red white and black with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Price cut. Spine with light plus age toning; jacket generally with lighter age toning. Rear of jacket with light plus marking; light shelf wear to head and tail of jacket spine and to jacket corners. One small closed tear to rear of jacket. General shelf wear 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 IV of Lessing's five-volume CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE series. DL Consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391287. Special Collections - Downstairs. MacGibbon & Kee hardcover books
