LESSING, DorisABAA
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1961réf. 307066New York: Simon & Schuster 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Very good with small ink smudge on bottom page fine edges in a very good dust jacket with small chip on top front panel edge. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1978réf. 310950New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. Near fine in like dustwrapper. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1973réf. 616769Madison Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin 1973. Softcover. Fine. Periodical. Octavo. 413-605 pp. Perfectbound in wrappers. Fine. A special number dedicated to the work of Doris Lessing. University of Wisconsin unknown books
1974réf. 1404785London: The Octagon Press 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 182 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine white with rainbow and green illustrations and black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut: "£2.95." Creasing and scratching to dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to boards. Light soiling to endpapers. Signed flat by Lessing on title page. Shelved in Case 7. 1404785. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Octagon Press hardcover books
1929réf. 1404386Berlin: Soncino-Gesellschaft 1929. Limited edition 600 copies. Hardcover. Octavo 57 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is tan with black print. Boards quarter bound with tan cloth to spine and brown paper to boards; stray pencil mark on front panel. Text block has cracked front hinge. Text in German fraktur/gothic font. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Section. 1404386. FP New Rockville Stock. Soncino-Gesellschaft hardcover books
réf. 53906The late Patrick Eddington was a Utah artist and former high school art teacher who had as a goal the desire to create “The Cat Project” where literary and visual artists from around the world were asked to produce original works about cats which would be included in a traveling exhibition and book unfortunately never realized. Doris Lessing 1919-2013 born in what was then Persia now Iran spent her childhood years in southern Africa. The author of nearly 50 books she received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature becoming only the eleventh woman to receive literature’s most prestigious award in its 106-year history. Her works are often viewed as in-depth studies of twentieth-century living conditions behavioral patterns and historical progressions. Her masterwork is considered to be The Golden Notebook a postmodern feminist work published in 1962. Interestingly Lessing who was a devoted cat lover throughout her life is also the author of a book which conjures up the subtleties of feline existence On Cats. With regards to this small archive it is significant that this rather busy Nobel-Prize winning author would provide Eddington a high school art instructor and small press printer with a piece of original prose regarding cats supplied specifically for him at a relatively low cost. Included in the archive are the following: TLS. Letter 8” x 10” from Doris Lessing to Patrick Eddington sent from London and dated 17th January 1986. A letter in which Lessing discusses her feelings with regards to one of her earlier works “A Small Personal Voice.” Eddington had recommended it to a friend and Lessing claims “The trouble is I wrote some of it a long time ago and I no longer agree with a lot of it. I wonder if she would like to read something more recent I wrote and read five lectures for C.B.C. under the title of Prisons We Choose to Live Inside. This represents what I think now not what I used to think in the ‘fifties.’” Signed “Yours Doris L.” at the foot. ALS. Letter on a sheet of paper 7” x 9” written by Doris Lessing to Patrick Eddington. Not dated. In the brief letter Lessing thanks Eddington for the book by Barbara Kingsolver and writes “I am glad u sic like Brian Aldiss. He is one of my favorite people.” She closes the letter assuring Patrick that if she writes something suitable regarding the subject of cats she will remember him. TLS. Brief letter 8 ¼” x 11 ¼” from Doris Lessing sent from London and dated January 6 2000 addressed to Patrick. Lessing opens with “OK I’ve done a short piece. It is not a question of being paid but of time- am as usual in the middle of something. I don’t need a thousand dollars… Perhaps 500 I don’t need a Navajo rug….” Signed by Lessing. Typed letter 8 ¼” by 7 ¾” from Lessing’s literary agent Jonathan Clowes to Patrick Eddington dated 10 January 2000 written in reference to the piece written by Doris Lessing titled “About Cats.” Clowes writes “We are happy for you to use this piece for the sum of $500 and perhaps you could let us have further details of your publication so that we can send you a permission contract for non-exclusive rights in the work. In particular please let us know which territories the book will be published in and how many copies will be printed.” Signed by the literary agent at the foot. Typed manuscript signed 8 ¼” x 11 ½”. “About Cats” by Doris Lessing. The original piece that Lessing sent to Patrick Eddington titled “About Cats” containing periodic manuscript corrections made by the author. Cat lovers will immediately recognize this as a keenly insightful succinct piece regarding the precious feline’s nature. Within the work the author muses “People who do not observe their cats but only rely on ‘received’ wisdom miss out. A cat gives back what you put into it returning affection and attention but withdrawing in dignified silence if ignored. No creature is more sensitive to slights and taunts and even teasing. Too much and they will take themselves off in search of a more sympathetic home. And yet one may not generalize: people who have had more than one child know that every baby is born different and similarly in a litter of kittens each one will be an individual. Like humans they are coarsegrained and sensitive stupid and clever clinging and standoffish. They may be talkative and silent show-offs and modest introverts.”. unknown books
1968réf. 611856New York: Stein and Day 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 196pp. A touch rubbed at the corners and an ink stamp on front flyleaf near fine in very good dust jacket with some creasing light edgewear and ink notations by the printed price. A collection of stories by Doris Lessing Ronald Blythe John Pudney Fred Urquhart and Ronald Duncan among others. Stein and Day hardcover books
1971réf. 611194New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Light foxing on top edge of boards near fine in a near fine dust jacket with small inked letters on the front flap and light interior foxing. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1985réf. 611164New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Light toning on endpapers else fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight toning. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1984réf. 611151New York: Simon & Schuster 1984. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edgewear. A reissue of this feminist cornerstone the author's best known novel. Burgess 99. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1972réf. 1401278New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1972. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo 308 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine is blue with white blue and green print. Dust jacket in mylar; slight edge wear peripheral toning. Price unclipped: “$6.95”. "Review copy" slip inserted between mylar and rear panel. Boards in green cloth; slight wear to spine caps peripheral toning. Text block has green tinted top edge. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1401278. FP New Rockville Stock. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
2003réf. 1400813New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2003. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Octavo 311 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is white illustrated black print. Dust jacket in mylar. Price unclipped: “$23.95”. Boards quarter bound with green paper to spine and white paper to boards. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1400813. FP New Rockville Stock. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
1973réf. 1400812New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1973. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo 273 pages. In Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with yellow and orange print. Dust jacket in mylar. Price unclipped: “$6.95”. Boards in black cloth; slight wear to spine caps and corners lightly cocked spine with mild buckle to spine. Text block has red tinted top edge; name in ink on front flyleaf erasure on front pastedown small stain to rear flyleaf. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1400812. FP New Rockville Stock. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1996réf. 1400977New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1996. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Octavo 352 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is blue with gold and black print. Dust jacket in mylar. Price unclipped: “$24.00”. Boards quarter bound with blue cloth to spine and blue paper to boards. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1400977. FP New Rockville Stock. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
2001réf. 1400982London: Flamingo 2001. Hardcover. Octavo 478 pages. In Good plus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is green with white and black print. Dust jacket in mylar. Price unclipped: “£16.99”. Boards in green cloth. Text block has slight spine crack at title page age toning to paper. Signed in ink by the author on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1400982. FP New Rockville Stock. Flamingo hardcover books
1980réf. 517164New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Volume two only. Large octavo. 245pp. Black cloth. A fine copy in fine bright dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid into book. Second in a series of novels "Canopus in Argos: Archives." Doris Lessing born in 1919 British novelist playwright and poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1972réf. 517169New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Octavo. Green cloth. Tiny stains on the rear fly and colophon page else about fine in a very good dust jacket with a couple tiny tears on the front flap fold and faint scratch marks. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1981réf. 517165New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Volume three only. Large Octavo. 291pp. Black cloth. A fine copy in fine bright dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed slip laid into book. Third in a series of novels "Canopus in Argos: Archives." Doris Lessing born in 1919 British novelist playwright and poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. publisher's complimentary copy. Large octavo black cloth 291 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1981réf. 517166New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Volume three only. Large octavo. 291pp. Black cloth. A fine copy in very good dust jacket; jacket has two one-inch tears on front panel with faint sticker mark rear panel has two small tears else crisp and bright. Third in a series of novels "Canopus in Argos: Archives." Doris Lessing born in 1919 British novelist playwright and poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1962réf. 353016New York: Print Council of America 1962. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Illustrated exhibition catalog with works by Ben Shahn and other leading printmakers. Foreword by Lessing Rosenwald. Very good. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn with an estate label designed by their son Jonathan Shahn. (Print Council of America unknown books
1985réf. 574159New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Books 1985. Softcover. Fine. Publisher's catalog. 48pp. Illustrated. Fine in stapled wrappers. Advertises new books by Anne Tyler The Accidental Tourist Ray Bradbury Death is a Lonely Business Doris Lessing The Good Terrorist John Hersey Hiroshima Bob Dylan Lyrics 1962-1985 Charles Portis the delightful and very funny Masters of Atlantis Anne Rice The Vampire Lestat a biography of and book of photographs by Robert Capa and Julia Child on VHS! Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Books unknown books
2007réf. 32920London: Fourth Estate 2007. Near Fine/Very Good. London: Fourth Estate 2007. First Edition. Octavo 22cm; publisher’s illustrated dust jacket with £16.99 price intact; boards bound in black cloth with gilt stamping to spine; 260pp. Grey endsheets. Dust jacket shows minor bumping to top edge and minor abrasion from prior price sticker; minimal smudging and staining throughout. Boards clean; corners sharp. Clean endsheets. Faint toning to top edge of textblock near spine; edges otherwise clean. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good jacket. Signed without inscription by Lessing on title page. The Cleft was the last novel to be published during Lessing’s lifetime the same year she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Fourth Estate unknown books
1986réf. 52476New York: Summit Books 1986. First printing. Hardcover. near fine. Folio. 283 1pp. Indices glossary and bibliography. Original pictorial dust-jacket over blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and blind-stamped lettering on front cover. Lavishly illustrated in full color. "Jewish Folk Art" authoritatively examines the role that this art has played in Jewish culture from birth to death during the Sabbath and the other holy days at home and in the synagogue. Taken from the best collections in the world here are beautiful examples of marriage contracts Torah binders Esther scrolls Seder plates noise makers mezzuzahs amulets paintings and other objects of wood metal and embroidery used in custom and practice and created over a two-thousand-year period wherever Jews have lived. Contents: Preface - From the Beginning. Jewish art and the Second Commandment - Marriage. The art of the ketubbah -- The Home. "And upon they gates" -- Birth. "Be fruitful and multiply" -- Sabbath. "Desire of all days" -- Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur and Sukkot. "Days of awe days of rejoicing" -- Chanukkah. "The miracle that happened there" -- Purim. "Cursed be Haman and blessed be Mordecai" -- Passover. "Remember the day you went forth from Egypt" -- The Synagogue. "In the house of assembly" -- Glossary - Bibliography. Previous owner's bookplate on rear endpaper otherwise near fine copy. Summit Books hardcover books
1986réf. 39118New York: Summit Books 1986. First printing. Hardcover. g to vg. Folio. 283 1pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and blind-stamped lettering on front cover. Lavishly illustrated in full color "Jewish Folk Art" authoritatively examines the role that this art has played in Jewish culture from birth to death during the Sabbath and the other holy days at home and in the synagogue. Taken from the best collections in the world here are beautiful examples of marriage contracts Torah binders Esther scrolls Seder plates noise makers mezzuzahs amulets paintings and other objects of wood metal and embroidery used in custom and practice and created over a two-thousand-year period wherever Jews have lived. Minor shelf wear. Slight age-toning along paper margin. DJ binding and interior in overall very good condition. Summit Books hardcover books
1920réf. 30889Leipzig: Insel Verlag 1920. Limited edition. Hardcover. g. 1/2000. 12mo. 3 189 1pp. Original three-quarter calf with finely gold-tooled spine over marbled boards. Black title-label with gold lettering. Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück is a play by Lessing in five acts. Illustrated with copper-engravings by German graphic artist and engraver Daniel Chodowiecki who was one of the most popular German engravers and illustrators of the 18th century. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1729-1781 is considered by many the true founder of modern German literature and was the main representative of the Enlightenment in Germany. His most famous works are Nathan the Wise 1779 Minna von Barnhelm 1755 and Miss Sara Sampson 1755. Text in German gothic script. Some age wear and sunning on binding. Tight copy with binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Insel Verlag hardcover books
