Lessing, DorisABAA
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1981réf. 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
1980réf. 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
2004réf. 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
1965réf. 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
1979réf. 53268London: Jonathan Cape 1979-1983. First U.K. Editions. First Impressions. Five octavo volumes 22.5cm; blue paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; pale gray/blue topstain; dustjackets; 365; 245; 288; 145; 179pp. All are Near Fine or better with topstain faded on most volumes. The dustjackets are uniform designed by David Prout; unclipped priced £5.95 - £7.95 net the third volume has a publisher's price sticker over the original price; Near Fine or better. Solid set of the author's only work of science fiction. "Places the crisis of human self-striving into a metaphysically conceived interstellar frame.tinged with Sufi mysticism." CLUTE & NICHOLLS p.714. BARRON 4-333. Jonathan Cape unknown books
1962réf. 009456New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Printing stated. Near Fine original yellow cloth with red topstain tiny bottom corner bump faint small mark fore edge of page block. In a Very Good dust jacket light edge wear at spine ends. A quite handsome copy and Scarce thus. In 2005 TIME magazine called The Golden Notebook one of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923. Simon & Schuster Hardcover books
1994réf. 1391335New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1994 1997. First U.S. Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavos two volumes. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jackets. Spine two shades of grey with black lettering. Dust jackets protected with mylar coverings. Prices uncut: "$25.00" and "$27.50". Jackets with very light shelf wear to heads and tails; two instances of very minor marking to jacket of vol. 2. Light bumping to heads and tails of book spines; very slight discoloration to edges of boards. Top edge of vol. 2 text block moderately foxed; minor foxing to fore edge of same text block. Both volumes signed flat by Lessing on title page. CONTENTS: UNDER MY SKIN: VOLUME ONE OF MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY TO 1949 419 pages. -- WALKING IN THE SHADE: 1949-1962 404 pages. DL Consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391335. Special Collections - Downstairs. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
1926réf. 191211The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff 1926. Hardcover. Good shelfwear overall to portfolios pages are lightly age toned but otherwise clean and clear missing plates 49-66. Oversized portfolio 3/4 yellow cloth and black paper boards with yellow lettering; VII 39 pp plates I-XLVIII with number 38 unnumbered color and mounted. The Appendix by F. Lessing p. 35-39 includes the translation of the two songs reproduced on plates LXV and LXVI with extracts from the various commentaries. Those plates are missing as are all plates from 49-66. 17x13x1.5" Martinus Nijhoff hardcover books
1962réf. 9028887New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with spine stamped in black on cover and black and gilt on spine. Unreadable name in ink on front free end paper. A first printing of a Nobel Prize winning author. In 2005 Time magazine included The Golden Notebook in its list of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1962réf. 367876New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. First American edition stated first printing with $5.59 price on flap and "First Reviews from England" on dust jacket. 568 pp. 8vo. Yellow cloth with some sunning along top edge; dust jacket with two closed tears along top of front and rubbing to head and foot of spine. First American edition stated first printing with $5.59 price on flap and "First Reviews from England" on dust jacket. 568 pp. 8vo. The most famous novel by the Nobel prize winning author a review copy with a TLS to editor James Silberman from the publicity director of Simon & Schuster. Simon & Schuster unknown books
1979réf. 014176New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Five Volumes 8vo. 148pp. Beautiful Stated First American Editions of Lessing's Magnus Opus published between 1979 and 1983. Uniformly bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. All volumes are square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jackets $15.95 have a hint of edge-wear and Volume 1 has a 1" closed tear on the rear panel. All are fresh and bright with no chipping creases or toning. A gorgeous collectable set at a great price. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1964réf. 1391285New York: Simon and Schuster 1964 1966. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo two books containing vols. 1-4 of a five-volume series. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jackets. Spines grey and red with white and black lettering. Dust jackets protected with mylar coverings prices uncut: "$7.50" and "$6.95." Spine of red dust jacket lightly sunned. Rears of both jackets with light plus marking; light shelf wear to head and tail of jackets spine and to jacket corners; a few instances of minor chipping to jacket edges. Creasing to rear flap of dust jacket on first book. Jackets lightly age toned. General shelf wear to head and tail of book spine and to edges and corners of boards. Age toning throughout text blocks. Both volumes signed by Lessing. CONTENTS: I: MARTHA QUEST and A PROPER MARRIAGE 605 pages signed by Lessing on "Publisher's Note" page. II: A RIPPLE FROM THE STORM and LANDLOCKED 544 pages signed by Lessing on title page. DL Consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391285. Special Collections - Downstairs. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1979réf. 1391304New York NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1979. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Octavo 319 pages. In Good condition. Yellow spine with black lettering. Covers have mild shelving wear bending wear along the rear fore head corner stains throughout and small tears along the spine corners. Textblock is lightly cocked has bending wear from pages 191-197 moderate wear along the edges mild age-toning along the edges and stains along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. DL consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391304. Special Collections - Downstairs. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1980réf. 1391306New York NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1980. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Octavo 189 pages. In Good condition. Yellow spine with black lettering. Covers have mild shelving wear a small closed tear on the front head edge stains throughout a printed name pasted down by tape on the front cover and a staple through the front cover. Textblock has mild wear along the edges and stains along the edges. Contains a typed letter about the novel stapled to the interior of the front cover. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. DL consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391306. Special Collections - Downstairs. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1987réf. 17895FRONTIER CROSSINGS The 45th World Science Fiction Convention Book Brighton 1987 first edition a fine copy bound in blue leather and housed in near fine matching slipcase. The deluxe edition being 1/135 copies of which only 100 copies were offered for sale. Contains stories articles & essays by Arthur C. Clarke Doris Lessing Ray Harryhausen Brian Aldiss Harry Harrison William Gibson Fred Pohl Boris & Arkady Strugatsky Jim Burns and 9 others all of which have SIGNED a special tipped in page as issued. Truly the best memory of the convention. A most handsome and desirable item. Brighton hardcover books
1912réf. List38127Chicago Illinois: Will Rossiter 1912. 16 pp songbook measuring 10 x 13 ½ inches in paper wraps. Wraps worn especially at edges with wrinkling and several large folds; very good minus. Contents toned with some wrinkling folds and spots of rubbing with one larger tear; very good minus. Overall very good minus. A novelty songbook for the combined Wild West shows of Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East also called the "Two Bills Show." The alternate title on the back cover is Buffalo Bill's and Pawnee Bill's Big Minstrels Song and Joke Book. The inside cover contains "Cracker-Jack Conundrums" a collection of two-line jokes and the back has "A Dictionary of Dreams and Their Meanings." The songbook's cover illustration shows a caricature of a Native American chief on horseback with an inset portrait of "Buffalo Bill" Cody and "Pawnee Bill." Born Gordon Lillie in Bloomington Illinois Pawnee Bill got his start in Wild West shows working as Buffalo Bill's Pawnee interpreter. He launched his own show in 1888 with his wife May Manning which expanded to include the "eastern" element mentioned in this songbook's title with Mexican cowboys such as the popular "Mexican Joe" Jose Barrera and Pawnee performers alongside Japanese and Arab acts. We find no copies of the songbook on OCLC. Will Rossiter unknown books
1962réf. 140937803London: Michael Joseph 1962. First Edition. Very Good. Advance uncorrected proof copy of the first edition. Bound in publisher's beige printed wraps. Very Good. Creases to spine rubbing to joints wraps creased light streaking to front cover. Textblock edges dust-soiled and lightly foxed. One of Lessing's best-known works rare in this advance format. Michael Joseph unknown books
1950réf. 431145New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a short tear on the rear panel. A beautiful copy of the American edition of the author's first book. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover books
1779réf. 191197Berlin Germany: Christian Friedrich Voss 1779. Hardcover. VG rubbed leather to edges spine edges & corners. lower spine edges each have small tears. remains tightly bound. black leather boards w/ gilt trim & inlaid green marbled paper. leather & gilt spine w/ five raised bands & six gilt compartments. green marbled pastedowns & endpapers. all edges green. 240 pgs. A handsome edition. Foxing to opening and closing pages otherwise foxing appears fairly minimal throught with instances of specks and blotches. Pages remain bright with faint to light tanning text dark and detailed. Text in German. Christian Friedrich Voss hardcover books
1905réf. 43857Berlin: Kommissions-Verlag bei Ernst Wasmuth 1905. First edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Folio 16 1/2 x 12 1/2". 6 86pp Text liv 54 tissue-guarded leaves Plates as issued. Original gilt-stamped cloth with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Large vignette to title page. Dedication to Kaiser Wilhelm II. Decorative initial. Illustrated with 54 mounted plates in photogravure including one in full color this remarkable work is devoted to the Pomeranian art cabinet a historic piece of furniture that the Augsburg art dealer and diplomat Philipp Hainhofer had built for the Pomeranian Duke Philip II at the beginning of the 17th century. The cabinet was a luxurious artfully crafted desk that looked like a miniaturized Wunderkammer wonder chamber a place where a collection of curiosities and rarities is exhibited. The art cabinet itself was destroyed in 1945 during World War II but many of the beautiful objects kept inside its numerous drawers remained intact and are still on display at the Berlin's Kunstgewerbemuseum Museum of Decorative Arts. Some of the objects displayed are: metal playing cards carved ivory chess pieces small paintings apothecary bottles small to large jars that fit into one another like Russian dolls a heart-shaped silver place setting toiletries such as an ivory comb razor shaving brush etc. Head and tail of spine frayed. Some soiling to both covers and spine. A 3" closed tear at lower front joint. Slight age-toning along paper margin. Text in German. Binding in overall fair to good- interior in very good condition. Kommissions-Verlag bei Ernst Wasmuth hardcover books
réf. 34328LESSING Julius. ORIENTALISCHE TEPPICHE. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth 1891. Portfolio 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. 11 pages 13 colored plates. First edition. A set of chromolithographs showing major examples of oriental carpets from the collections of the Berlin Museum. Three plates are very large 18 5/8 x 25 inch double-pages. The carpets are mainly Persian and Turkish from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. One of the double-page plates has been professionally reinforced from the rear else very good. unknown books
1962réf. 1391298New York: Simon and Schuster 1962. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 568 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine black with white red and yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Price uncut: "$9.95". Jacket with light age toning and moderate marking. Moderate shelf wear and creasing to head and tail of jacket spine; moderate shelf wear to jacket edges and corners. Several closed tears to jacket edges including a moderate tear approx. 2 in. to top edge of front of jacket near spine. Light plus bumping to head and tail of book spine and to edges and corners of boards. Cloth of binding with light plus discoloration at edges and corners. Edges of text block with light plus age toning; light smudging through page 10 of text block including title page. Ink ownership inscription of previous owner to front free endpaper. Signed flat by Lessing on title page. DL Consignment. Shelved in Case 7. 1391298. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1952réf. 100175London:: Hay Wrightson. 1952. Photograph. 4.25" x 6" original photograph SIGNED by Doris Lessing and by Hay Wrightson the photographer. Includes a typed note to the recipient dated 1952 and with her London address also SIGNED by Lessing and the original mailing envelope addressed in Lessing's hand. . Hay Wrightson, books
1766réf. 42808Berlin: Voss 1766. "Opened up a New Prospect in the Appreciation of Greek Literature" Printing and the Mind of Man Lessing Gotthold Ephraim 1729-81. Laokoon: Oder über die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie. Erster Theil all published. 8vo. 8 298pp. Berlin: Christian Friedrich Voss 1766. 196 x 122 mm. Half sheep gilt spine ca. 1766 light rubbing and edgewear. Minor foxing and toning but very good. Former owners' signatures on front endpaper and title. First Edition. The German philosopher and critic Gotthold Lessing was one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era; "it was he more than any other who laid the foundations of the intellectual primacy of German writers and thinkers in the nineteenth century" Printing and the Mind of Man 213. His Laokoon probably his best-known work had an enormous influence on the development of art and literary criticism: "Laokoon takes its name from the famous statue discovered at Rome in the sixteenth century. It analyzes the differences between the sculptor's treatment of Laocoon wrestling with the serpents and Virgil's treatment of the same theme and from there does on to discuss the limits and limitations of all the arts. It contains the first clear statement of the truth which is now considered axiomatic that every art is subject to limitations and can achieve greatness only by a clear understanding of a self-restriction to its proper function. The most telling passages and those which have borne most fruit are those on poetry . . . Lessing's exposition of the themes of Homer and Sophocles is especially effective and he opened up a new prospect in the appreciation of Greek literature" Printing and the Mind of Man. . Voss unknown books
1881réf. 8283Leipzig: W. Druglin 1881. First. Hardcover. vg. Small folio. 354 pp. All edges gilt. Cream colored parchment paper richly decorated in gold on front and rear boards. Bevelled edges. Minor bumping to corners and rubbing to head and tail of spine. Slight foxing to pp. 97 and 97 rest of text clean. Decorative thick marbled enpapers. Text in German Gothic script. Following the third revised and corrected edition this edition was published in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the original printing. Overall very good. W. Druglin hardcover books
