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1985Best.-Nr. 002939London: Jonathan Cape 1985. First Edition Presumed First Printing. Card Covers. Near Fine/Protective Mylar. 8" X 5 1/2. Doris Lessing's unusual insight and narrative abilities at their very best." blurb 370 pp. light brown cover carries JC colophon in a band along bottom edges front and rear panels. Tiny bit of edge wear start of crease to front panel. In fine glassine DJ with light shelf wear to rear panel. From the collection of Greg Gatenby Toronto author/poet and often Harbourfront host/ artistic director. His signature and the date of the book's acquisition can be found top corner ffep. Dedication copy: " Greg -- Doris L . October 1991" SIGNED by AUTHOR. As close to 'first state' as one is likely to come across ! Eminently collectible. Bookseller's Inventory # 122939. Jonathan Cape unknown
19508vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full mid-green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, gilt doublures, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the author's first novel, a powerful indictment of the racial politics of South Africa in the 1940s. The basis of Michael Raeburn's feature film (1981) starring John Thaw, Karen Black and John Kani.
Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 34328LESSING Julius. ORIENTALISCHE TEPPICHE. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth 1891. Portfolio 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. 11 pages colored plates. First edition. A set of chromolithographs showing major examples of oriental carpets from th 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
1962Best.-Nr. 21201611962. London: Michael Joseph. 1962. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine iconic yellow dust wrapper designed by William Belcher with author's photograph to rear panel priced at 30s to front flap; pp. 567 1; a little wear to jacket especially to hinges of flaps a few chips and small closed tears slight toning to spine a couple of short pen marks to spine and one to front panel slight pushing to crown of spine; endpapers lightly offset some toning to edges of textblock; else a near-fine copy in a very good dust-jacket. First edition first impression of the Nobel Prize winner's masterpiece.The Golden Notebook centres on Anna Wulf a writer who is attempting to unify the four fragmented notebooks in which she has compartmentalised her life into a single 'golden' volume. Lessing's inspiration for the novel arose out of a desire to write a book about the act of writing itself. Initially she resisted this ambition feeling as though the trope had been overworked but over time she realised her individual approach could render it entirely new. With an explicit focus on the position of women in society Lessing explores wider societal breakdown through the mental break Anna is experiencing. Written at the dawn of second-wave feminism the work resonates with the era's emergent discourses on sexual liberation and the women's movement. hardcover
1954Best.-Nr. 18414London: Michael Joseph 1954. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK VERY GOOD/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. A CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Second novel in the acclaimed Martha Quest series. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COPY. Michael Joseph hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 33954London: Michael Joseph 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition of Lessing's first novel neatly Signed by her to the title-page. A very good copy in faded red cloth as is usual yellow titles to the spine in a very good 2nd issue supplied dustwrapper which has been marginally trimmed about an 1/8". A vivid blend of Lessing's imaginative vision and her own memories of early childhood. An important book. Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 87. Michael Joseph hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. BN5613261970. 1970. Werke Werke Lessing Gotthold Ephraim unknown
Best.-Nr. 567794-1/2 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
1951Best.-Nr. 1001Y55London: Michael Joseph 1951. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A signed first edition of these stories from Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing. Her second book and her first short-story collection. Flat signed by the author to the title page. First edition first impression.With the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. This is Doris Lessing's first short-story collection and her second book overall following her successful debut novel 'The Grass is Singing'. Here she offers a tightly-knit collection of stories reflecting the country in which she grew up South Africa with each tale handling different aspect of life in the veldt and the attitudes of the settlers during this period. Lessing was the eleventh woman and the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. In the original cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely with only a hint of bumping to the spine and fading to its tail. Bookseller label to front paste down. Dust wrapper is smart with mild sunning to the spine and scattered spots to the wrap. Edge wear resulting in minor loss to the heads and tails of the spine and folds. Tape repair to head of front joint. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with scattered spots to the endpapers and the odd spot to the contents. Near Fine Michael Joseph hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 47384FISCHER 10/1987. 1. softcover. Canopus im Argos: Archive Falsa ISBN: 3-596-09150-X! Maloftege! FISCHER paperback
Best.-Nr. 023839London: Oscar Lewenstein Ltd Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 96 page typescript printed on recto only in plain blue wraps with small glue marks on the front and rear cover near the spine. This typescript indicates on the title page that it should be returned to Oscar Lewenstein Ltd at 11 Curzon Street London W.1. Hyde Park 3866. Maria: A Play in Two Acts Suggested by the Medea of Euripides was never performed. Oscar Lewenstein Ltd Paperback
1905Best.-Nr. 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
1784Best.-Nr. 58213AB31 Bände. Berlin, Voss und Friedrich Nicolai. 1784 - 1825. 12°. Dunkelblaue Halblederbände der Zeit mit Lederecken, goldgeprägten Rückentiteln mit floraler Rückenvergoldung, Rückenfiletierung und Bandnumerierung.
1962Best.-Nr. 42138Michael Joseph 1962. 8vo. First Edition; handsomely bound in full tan crushed morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt gilt top hand-made endpapers ribbon marker custom-made slip-case a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the Nobel Laureate's iconic work. Michael Joseph, hardcover
1779Best.-Nr. 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
1950Best.-Nr. 18072New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1950. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK VERY GOOD/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. Just signed -- no inscription. Bookplate is attached to the book. A VERY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST U.S. PRINTING OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
19628vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full tan crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the Nobel Laureate's iconic work.
1982Best.-Nr. 54980KLETT-COTTA 1982. 1. softcover. Erzählungen Sirmkovrilo! KLETT-COTTA paperback
Best.-Nr. 2h10803Vossische Buchhandlung/ Nicolaische Buchhandlung Berlin/ Stettin 1825 - 1828. Zusammen ca. 9700 S. zeitgenössische Halbledereinbände mit reicher Rückenvergoldung und orangefarbenen Rückenschildern klein-oktav etwas berieben und fleckig/ einige Kapitale gering eingerissen. - Erste Gesamtausgabe von Lessings Schriften hrsg. von J. F. Schink/ Wilpert/ Gühring 787. 85 Goedeke IV 344. 5. - unknown
1995Best.-Nr. BN438169HarperCollins 1995. 1995. Playing the Game Playing the Game Doris May Lessing HarperCollins unknown
Best.-Nr. albaf45e0a5303b3874Lessing G. Laokoon. In Russian /Lessing G. Laokoon. Semyon 1859. 204s. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalbaf45e0a5303b3874.
1962Best.-Nr. 162062London: Michael Joseph 1962. Uncorrected proof copy of the Nobel laureate's masterpiece. "The publication of The Golden Notebook in 1962 established Lessing as a major writer of her time. In it Lessing experimented with structure her writer protagonist Anna keeping four notebooks trying to separate out the chaos of events in both public and private contemporary life. Nothing Anna comes to realize is solely personal; at any given time all are affected by the world in which they live while also collectively influencing the world. Its exploration of women's concerns made it a flagship for the new wave feminism of the late 1960s and 1970s" ODNB. Octavo. Original tan wrappers spine and front cover lettered black. Spine and extremities creased a couple of small nicks half-title browned contents otherwise clean. A very good copy. unknown
1834Best.-Nr. 3571buda: Füskúti Landerer Mihály’ betűire 1834. Early Hungarian edition. In later paper. Old ownership stamp on title page Light water stains. Overall in very good condition. Early Hungarian edition. In later paper. 146 p. Early Hungarian edition of Lessing’s 1767 comedy “Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück” Minna von Barnhelm or the Soldiers' Happiness.It was premiered in the same year in Hungary as the first Lessing play on stage in the country. Füskúti Landerer Mihály’ betűire unknown
1952Best.-Nr. 715London: Michael Joseph 1952. First edition. Signed. In publisher’s green cloth. With original dust jacket by Peter Rudland. Dust jacket slightly chipped at edges torn to spine. The book in fine condition. First edition. Signed. In publisher’s green cloth. With original dust jacket by Peter Rudland. 319 1 pages. The first book of the series “The Children of Violent” by Doris Lessing who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. Michael Joseph unknown