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1995ref. 9031605New York: HarperCollins 1995. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Advanced Readers' Copy. Signed by author on label affixed to half-title page. Bound in publisher's original quarter black cloth with black boards spine and cover stamped in gilt. Comes in illustrated board slipcase. 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches. 368 pages. HarperCollins hardcover books
1994ref. 533011New York: HarperCollins 1994. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. xi 419pp. Wrappers. Slightly sunned spine crease on rear wrap near fine. HarperCollins unknown books
1994ref. 533014New York: HarperCollins 1994. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof with letter from the publisher laid in. xi 419pp. Wrappers. Slightly sunned spine lightly soiled wraps about near fine. HarperCollins unknown books
1994ref. 533013New York: HarperCollins 1994. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. xi 419pp. Wrappers. Slightly sunned spine faint creases on rear wrap near fine. HarperCollins unknown books
1952ref. 34372London: Boosey & Hawkes 1952. Octavo. 393 pp. Full blue cloth with titling gilt to upper and spine. Binding slightly worn; spine slightly faded; lacking material in rear pocket. Boosey & Hawkes unknown books
1959ref. 41224London: Michael Joseph 1959. Softcover. Near Fine. First US edition. Near fine in slightly faded wrappers. Michael Joseph unknown books
1994ref. 43641New York: Harper Collins 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Remainder mark top corners bumped else fine in a fine dust jacket. Harper Collins hardcover books
1980ref. 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
1994ref. 86930New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1994 1997. First American Editions. First Printings. Two octavo volumes 24.25cm; grey and dark blue paper-covered boards with burgundy and navy blue cloth backstrips with titles stamped in silver and gilt on spines; dustjackets; xii4191; x2-4042pp; illus. Pictorial bookplates of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 mounted to front pastedowns of each volume. About Fine in Fine unclipped dustjackets. Sharp set of the Nobel Prize-winning author's autobiography. 86930. HarperCollins Publishers unknown books
2005ref. 12425London: Fourth Estate 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket unclipped £15.99. Blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound clean internally. Lessing's sequel to her novel Mara and Dann a cautionary tale of environmental change. Fourth Estate hardcover books
1992ref. 12426New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Lessing on the half-title. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket unclipped lightly soiled rubbed and bumped at the edges. Quarter blue cloth with cream paper on the boards lightly bumped. Square and firmly bound former owner's name inside the front board clean otherwise. A collection of short stories from the Nobel Prize-winning author. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
1979ref. 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
1997ref. 468758New York: HarperCollins 1997. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Octavo. 404 1 pp. Printed wrappers. Spine faintly sunned else fine. HarperCollins unknown books
1962ref. 6311London: Michael Joseph 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Lessing on the title page housed in a custom clamshell case. Fine in a Near Fine jacket unclipped 30s net lightly toned and rubbed at the surface and edges a small closed tear at the bottom edge. Brown buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound clean internally. Lessing's magnum opus about writer Anna Wulf and her writing notebooks an exploration of contemporary social and political issues. Michael Joseph hardcover books
1961ref. 3026New York: Simon and Schuster 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket clipped generally rubbed and toned a few closed tears and chips including a sizable one at the center of the spine. Blue-green cloth faded and toned at the edges with black ink panels and lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain some toning to the endpapers clean otherwise. Lessing's novel about "the lusty quarrelsome unscrupulous funny pathetic full-bloodied life in a working-class rooming house. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
2004ref. 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
1970ref. 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
1999ref. ULESGOL01drpPerennial Classics 1999. Very Good. Lessing Doris. The Golden Notebook. NY: Perennial Classics 1999. 640pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gentle rubbing. Perennial Classics paperback books
1957ref. ULESGOI00ajsMichael Joseph 1957. Good. Lessing Doris. Going Home. Hogarth illustrator Paul. London: Michael Joseph 1957. 253pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth. Book condition: Good with rubbing and soiling. Front endsheet torn along hinge. Adhesive residue and surface tears on rear pastedown. Michael Joseph hardcover books
2001ref. ULESSWE00drpHarper Collins 2001. Very Good. Lessing Doris. Sweetest Dream. New York NY: Harper Collins 2001. KCPW TOC. 479pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with rubbing and bumping. Soiling on bottom edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with rubbed edges. Stain on front panel. Harper Collins hardcover books
1988ref. ULESFIF00drpJonathan Cape 1988. Very Good. Lessing Doris. The Fifth Child. London: Jonathan Cape 1988. 133pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with slightly rolled spine and rubbing. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. In DJ protector. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1960ref. ULESPUR00drpMacGibbon & Kee 1960. Very Good. Lessing Doris. In Purusuit of the English. London: MacGibbon & Kee 1960. 1st edition. 240pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with bumped corners and slightly rolled spine. Small sticker and stain on front pastedown. Weak rear hinge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with faded spine and rubbing. In DJ protector. MacGibbon & Kee hardcover books
1995ref. ULESUND02fpHarperPerennial 1995. Fine. Lessing Doris May. Under My Skin. New York: HarperPerennial 1995. 419 16 of latespp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine. HarperPerennial paperback books
1980ref. RLESMAR00drpJonathan Cape 1980. Very Good. Lessing Doris. The Marriages Between Zones Three Four and Five. London: Jonathan Cape 1980. 1st edition. 245pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with gentle rubbing and bumping. Lightly toned pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with clipped front flap and small sticker remnants on rear flap. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1971ref. RLESBRI01tpmJonathan Cape 1971. Very Good. Lessing Doris. Briefing for a Descent into Hell. London: Jonathan Cape 1971. 1st edition. 250pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with faintly soiled extremities. Pages are slightly toned. Thin remainder mark on the bottom edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with bumped and lightly chipped edges. Flap corners are each clipped not obstructing text. Dime-sized sticker on the rear panel. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
