LESSING, DorisABAA
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rif. 457790Unbound. Fine. White sheet. Approximately 5¾" x 9". Fine. Signature of Doris Lessing the 2007 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature on the loose half-title sheet of African Laughter. unknown books
1994rif. 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
2005rif. 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
1992rif. 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
1995rif. 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
1979rif. 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
1962rif. 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
1962rif. 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
1961rif. 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
1962rif. 41742New York: McBride Books 1962. First American Edition. Octavo 22cm.; publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 382pp.; six leaves of photographs printed on rectos and versos maps in text. Light dust-soil and shelf wear to jacket else Very Good or better. Though the American edition issued as usual in the British jacket with the Collins imprint at spine foot and original price 30s. Study of the economic and political state of the newly independent countries in postcolonial Africa. McBride Books unknown books
1991rif. 34249Stanford: Stanford University Press 1991. First Edition. Octavo 22.25cm.; publisher's cloth in cream pictorial dust jacket; xiv2308pp.; illus. Two tiny closed tears at top edge of rear jacket panel spine a hint sunned else Fine. Stanford University Press unknown books
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
1982rif. 9021711New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt cover stamped in blind. Dust jacket is rubbed at the edges and extremities Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1972rif. 9013544New York: Knopf 1972. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket is price clipped and has minor wear to the extremities. Knopf hardcover books
1994rif. 9014480New York: Harper Collins 1994. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Harper Collins hardcover books
1996rif. 9014478New York: Harper Collins 1996. Advanced Reading Copy. Hardcover. Fine condition in a near fine slipcase. The slipcase has minor wear to the extremities. Harper Collins hardcover books
1973rif. 9014484New York: Knopf 1973. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition in a near fine dust jacket. The heel of the dust jacket has a minor stain not affecting the exterior appearance. Knopf hardcover books
1988rif. 9014479New York: Knopf 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Knopf hardcover books
1967rif. 9014477New York: Simon & Schuster 1967. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition in a near fine dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor wear to the extremities. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1985rif. 9014691New York: Knopf 1985. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The dust jacket has minor wear to the head of the spine. Knopf hardcover books
1950rif. 008590New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1950. First American Edition. hardcover. The bright yellow cloth has a little soiling to the spine and a very slightly bumped corner. The dustwrapper has a small hole on the back edge of the spine a small stain on the somewhat soiled rear cover and a tiny closed tear on the bright front panel. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Review Copy with slip laid in of the first book by this Nobel Prize winner. Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover books
1957rif. 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
1964rif. ULESMAR00acmfPlume 1964. Very Good. Lessing Doris. Martha Quest. NY: Plume 1964. 248pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light rubbing and yellowing. Plume paperback books
1999rif. 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
1962rif. 49611London: Michael Joseph 1962. Very Good/Very Good. London: Michael Joseph 1962. First Edition. Octavo 22cm; publisher's dark brown cloth in typographic dust jacket with 30s net price intact; 5671pp. Jacket shows a short closed tear at bottom rear and another along top corner fold with shallow chips at a couple fold ends and some general toning / smudging to surface and down spine. Boards square with a small blended inkstain to rear along spine and a touch of fading along edges. Light toning to endpapers and half title. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Michael Joseph unknown books
