Lessing, DorisABAA
5.769 Ergebnisse
1964Best.-Nr. 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
1966Best.-Nr. ULESPRO00sndSignet 1966. Very Good. Lessing Dorris. A Proper Marriage: A Complete Novel from Doris Lessing's 'Children of Violence'. NY: Signet 1966. 384pp. Mass Market with publisher's red edges. Book condition: Very good. Gently soiled with rubbed and bumped corners. Pages yellowed. Previous owner's name stamped on top edge of page block. Signet paperback books
1965Best.-Nr. ULESAFR00jtmSimon & Schuster 1965. Good. Lessing Doris. African Stories. NY: Simon & Schuster 1965. 670pp. Mass Market. Book condition: Good with bent corners. Simon & Schuster paperback books
1966Best.-Nr. ULESAFR01acmfBallantine 1966. Good. Lessing Doris. African Stories. NY: Ballantine 1966. 670pp. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Good with rubbed bumped and yellowed edges. Spine rolled and rubbed. Ballantine paperback books
1975Best.-Nr. ULESSMA00lrVintage Books 1975. Very Good. Lessing Doris. A Small Personal Voice. New York City: Vintage Books 1975. 171pp. 8vo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. Vintage Books paperback books
1999Best.-Nr. ULESMAR00HMRHarperPerennial 1999. Very Good. Lessing Doris. Mara and Dann: An Adventure. New York: HarperPerennial 1999. 407pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly soiled cover and subtly bumped edges. HarperPerennial paperback books
1987Best.-Nr. USCHSTO00TMCrown 1987. Very Good. Schreiner Olive. The Story of an African Farm. Lessing introduction Doris; Iron pseudonym Ralph. New York: Crown 1987. 301pp. Illustrated. 4to. Book condition: Very good with light bumping and rubbing. Slightly soft hinges. Crown unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 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
2007Best.-Nr. ULESSTO00CZCHarperPerennial 2007. Good. Lessing Doris. The Story of General Dann and Mara's Daughter Griot and the Snow Dog. New York: HarperPerennial 2007. 282pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with rubbed edges and soiled covers and edges. Remainder mark on bottom edge. HarperPerennial paperback books
1976Best.-Nr. UTHE01LWPlume 1976. Very Good. Lessing Doris. The Four-Gated City: A Complete Novel from Doris Lessing's Masterwork Children of Violence. New York: Plume 1976. 614pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with creased spine and bumped corners. Plume paperback books
2000Best.-Nr. ULESBEN00MWHarperCollins 2000. Fine. Lessing Doris. Ben in the World. NY: HarperCollins 2000. 178pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine with light bumping to spine ends. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light rubbing to extremities and bumping to edges. HarperCollins hardcover books
1993Best.-Nr. ULESAFR00FPHarper Perennial 1993. Very Good. Lessing Doris. African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe. New York NY: Harper Perennial 1993. xii 442pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Slight rubbing to edges. Harper Perennial paperback books
1942Best.-Nr. 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
1962Best.-Nr. 140941022London: Michael Joseph 1962. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Signed and dated by Doris Lessing on the title page. In publisher's original black cloth-affect boards with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Near Fine with light sunning to cover former owner name to front paste down hinge at title page lightly exposed and sporadic marking throughout text and to rear free endpaper. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning edge wear and soiling. The Nobel Prize-winning author's best-known novel. Michael Joseph unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 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
1974Best.-Nr. 601927New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Edited and introduced by Paul Schlueter. 171pp. Owner name on front fly inked underlining on several pages in the front very good in a near fine dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1982Best.-Nr. 502306New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1982. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Gray wrappers. Slight fading on the spine else near fine. "Canopus in Argos: Archives. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1992Best.-Nr. 502321New York: HarperCollins 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Orange wrappers. Slight creasing else near fine. HarperCollins unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 502304New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Red wrappers. Fine with publisher's material stapled to the verso of the front wrapper. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 502307New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1988. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Pink wrappers. Fading and creasing on the spine and slight edgewear else near fine with publisher's material affixed to the first page. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
Best.-Nr. 457791Unbound. Fine. White sheet. Approximately 5¾" x 9". Fine. Signature of Doris Lessing the 2007 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature on the loose title page sheet of Under My Skin: Volume One of my Autobiography to 1949. unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 401298Chicago: The University of Chicago Press 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Introduction and translation by Kenneth J. Northcott. Fine in a very good dust jacket with chips and tears. Poetry. The University of Chicago Press hardcover books
1965Best.-Nr. 388940Vienna: Herder Freiburg 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Illustrated. Commentaries by Professor C. Kerenyi Michel Gall and Hallmut Sichtermann. Selections from T.E. Shaw's translation of the Odyssey and Ithaka der Peloponnes und Troja by Heinrich Schliemann. Pictorial and Literary Index by Cornelia Kerenyi. Near fine ex-library edition with usual library markings and some toning in a very good dustwrapper with a tape repair and edgewear. Herder Freiburg hardcover books
1975Best.-Nr. 336857New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Near fine with a little soiling along the bottom edges of the boards in a near fine slightly soiled dustwrapper. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1976Best.-Nr. 109870New York: Plume 1976. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Very good in wrappers with a small stain on back cover and remainder mark on bottom edge. A complete novel from Doris Lessing's masterwork "Children of Violence. Plume unknown books
