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1972ref. 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
1994ref. 9014480New York: Harper Collins 1994. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Harper Collins hardcover books
1996ref. 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
1973ref. 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
1988ref. 9014479New York: Knopf 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Knopf hardcover books
1967ref. 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
1985ref. 9014691New York: Knopf 1985. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The dust jacket has minor wear to the head of the spine. Knopf hardcover books
1972ref. 170613New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1972. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. 308 pages. A collection of stories from the Nobel Prize winning author of such classics as "The Golden Notebook." A tight near fine copy with a few small spots to the top edge in a very near fine dust jacket. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1961ref. 3136Washington DC: Library of Congress 1961. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 123 pp. with 13 plates. Original light-brown cloth front cover a little stained spine somewhat darkened. NOT ex-library! ONE OF THE EARLIEST PUBLISHED READING LISTS. Rosenwald the great benefactor of the Library of Congress here compares two copies of the "Libro delli Comandamenti di Dio" perhaps the oldest recommended reading list printed in Florence in 1494. Naturally both copies belonged to Rosenwald. ¶ The title of the present work "The 19th Book - Tesoro de Poveri" comes from the fact that the number of "recommended" books varied between the two copies; in the first there were 18 in the second there were 19. The name of the 19th book is the "Elthesauro de poueri in medicicina" or "Tesoro de poveri." Rosenwald gives transcriptions of the original texts translations into English appendices and useful notes. ¶ From the famed Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana sale at Christies NY 2005 lot 1255 and with B.H. Breslauer's circled accession number in pencil inside front cover. Library of Congress unknown books
1998ref. 132182New York: George Braziller Publisher 1998. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. Text by Pascal Vernus translated from the French by Jane Marie Todd. Illustrated throughout with color photographs by Erich Lessing. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. George Braziller Publisher unknown books
1960ref. 125255New York: Simon and Schuster 1960. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. An early book from this important British writer. A clean near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with a tear to the top and bottom of the front panel and some fading to the spine which also has a tiny chip at the base. Still a very nice copy. Simon and Schuster unknown books
1965ref. 113846Freidburg: Herder 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Includes commentaries by C. Kerenyi Michel Gall and Hellmut Sichtermann. With selections from T.E. Shaw's translation of the Odyssey and Ithaka der Peloponnes und Troja by Heinrich Schliemann and with a pictorial and literary index by Cornielia Kerenyi. Illustrated throughout with numerous color photographs. A tight very near fine copy with an owner signature to the top corner of the title page in a fine dust jacket with a fine belly band in a very good plus slipcase that is lightly soiled and has some minor wear. An attractive production. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Herder unknown books
1996ref. 112755New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1996. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Another well received novel from this important British writer. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. HarperCollins Publishers unknown books
1973ref. 108376New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1973. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. A novel from this Nobel Prize winning author. A fine copy with bright red topstain in a very near fine dust jacket. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1950ref. 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
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
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
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
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
1962ref. 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
ref. 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
1991ref. 245369Washington D.C.: Library of Congress 1991. One of 300 special copies of the first edition. With an original signed frontispiece etching of Rosenwald by Tony Rosati. Illustrated. 427 3 pp. Designed and printed letterpress by W. Thomas Taylor in Austin Texas. 1 vols. 4to. Green morocco spine and decorated boards. Fine. One of 300 special copies of the first edition. With an original signed frontispiece etching of Rosenwald by Tony Rosati. Illustrated. 427 3 pp. Designed and printed letterpress by W. Thomas Taylor in Austin Texas. 1 vols. 4to. Library of Congress unknown books
2007ref. 91615Hay: Hay Festival Press 2007. First trade edition. 52 pp. Fine in full cloth with gilt stamping to spine and inset printed cover label. No dust jacket as issued. SIGNED by Lessing on the title page. Two short stories. Hay: Hay Festival Press, hardcover 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
