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1952réf. 1225London: Michael Joseph Ltd 1952. First British Edition. First Impression. Octavo; green textured boards with titles stamped in gilt on the spine; 320pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Hint of a lean cloth a touch loose at the crown with some minor fading to the board edges; Very Good and clean throughout. The unclipped dustjacket has light overall wear with some toning to the spine panel and flap folds shallow chipping at the spine ends and front corner tips and a 2 inch vertical tear running along the lower left joint and moving in horizontally about a half inch or so; a Very Good example of this fragile cheaply-made jacket. The South African Nobel Prize-winner's scarce second novel and the first volume in her 'Children of Violence' series. Michael Joseph Ltd unknown
2005réf. DADAX0060530111Harper Perennial 2005-01-04. Reprint. paperback. New. 5.31x0.76x8.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Harper Perennial paperback
réf. DADAX0151369437New unknown
1962réf. HALL505085Hardback. 1962. The book is very good except for slight tape marks on the endpapers. The dust jacket is near fine apart from 2 very small marks on the front flap. . hardcover
1952réf. 796London: Michael Joseph 1952-1969. First editions of the author's Children of Violence Series. Octavo 5 volumes. Original cloth. Each of the five volumes are signed by Doris Lessing. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets. Martha Quest the first book in the "Children of Violence" series follows a young girl coming of age in British colonial South Africa just before World War II. The following books chronicle her experience as she grows through marriage and then motherhood. In 2007 Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature. At 87 she was the oldest winner of the prize at the time. "Oh Christ!" She told reporters outside her home as she was returning from the grocery store "I've won all the prizes in Europe every bloody one so I'm delighted to win them all. It's a royal flush. Michael Joseph hardcover
1994réf. 1535New York: Harper Collins 1994. First edition. Octavo original boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. Harper Collins hardcover
1951réf. HALL501911Hardback. 1951. 256pp Michael Joseph Ltd. London 1951. 1st edition. Covers sl. marked in sl. worn & repaired DW not price-clipped. . hardcover
1956réf. HALL502800Hardback. 1956. Sl. browning to end-papers else book very good. Dust jacket sl. worn at head else very good. . hardcover
1950réf. 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
2004réf. BN154511Matthes & Seitz Berlin 2004. 2004. Softcover. Blumen. Mit einem Essay von George Bataille und einem Nachwort von Ulrich Holbein Blumen. Mit einem Essay von George Bataille und einem Nachwort von Ulrich Holbein Theodor Lessing Matthes & Seitz Berlin paperback
2012réf. BN178997Haufe Lexware GmbH 2012. 2012. Hardcover. Handbuch Insolvenz - mit Arbeitshilfen online Handbuch Insolvenz - mit Arbeitshilfen online Dirk Schulz Ulrich Bert Holger Lessing Haufe Lexware GmbH hardcover
2000réf. BN253823Berlin : Jüdische Verl.-Anst. 2000. 2000. Feindliche Dioskuren : Theodor Lessing und Ludwig Klages ; das Scheitern einer Jugendfreundschaft 1885 - 1899. Elke-Vera Kotowski Sifria ; Bd. 3 Feindliche Dioskuren : Theodor Lessing und Ludwig Klages ; das Scheitern einer Jugendfreundschaft 1885 - 1899. Elke-Vera Kotowski Sifria ; Bd. 3 Kotowski Elke-Vera Theodor LESSING und Ludwig Klages Berlin : Jüdische Verl.-Anst. unknown
1981réf. BN381375Klett-Cotta 1981. 1981. Hardcover. Katzenbuch Katzenbuch Doris Lessing Klett-Cotta hardcover
1974réf. C104166London: Octagon Press 1974. First Edition. Signed. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Signed. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 182 4 pp publishers advertisements . Original publisher's light green cloth lettered gilt at the spine . Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper 'to Tom love as always from Doris January 1975. Provenance Forum Auctions Nov 2025. Tom Maschler - a legendary figure in British publishing Cape responsible for championing some of the most important writing of the twentieth century. Known as a brilliant talent-spotter Tom launched the careers of writers as various as Ian McEwan Edna OÕBrien Clive James and Bruce Chatwin. He famously purchased Joseph HellerÕs Catch-22 for £250 and persuaded Desmond Morris then working at London Zoo to write The Naked Ape. In 1967 Tom conceived the idea of the Booker Prize which launched in 1968. An incredible fifteen of his authors have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Tom was also known as an exceptional childrenÕs publisher especially of illustrated books: it was he who introduced Roald Dahl to Quentin Blake. Fine in near fine dust jacket with lower spine faintly sunned. No other inscriptions not price-clipped. Octagon Press hardcover
1957réf. C104168London: Michael Joseph 1957. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 251. Signed presentation copy to Tom Maschler on fep ÔTom with love from Doris Lessing.Õ Original publisher's blue cloth lettered gilt at the sine. Doris Lessing describes a seven-week trip to her home country of Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe in March 1956 after an absence of seven years. Provenance: Forum Auctions November 2025 with other books preented to tMaschler. Tom Maschler - a legendary figure in British publishing Cape responsible for championing some of the most important writing of the twentieth century. Known as a brilliant talent-spotter Tom launched the careers of writers as various as Ian McEwan Edna OÕBrien Clive James and Bruce Chatwin. He famously purchased Joseph HellerÕs Catch-22 for £250 and persuaded Desmond Morris then working at London Zoo to write The Naked Ape. In 1967 Tom conceived the idea of the Booker Prize which launched in 1968. An incredible fifteen of his authors have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Tom was also known as an exceptional childrenÕs publisher especially of illustrated books: it was he who introduced Roald Dahl to Quentin Blake. Very good indeed in slightly chipped else near vg d/w. Slight loss at head of spine and slightly chipped at foot of spine No other inscriptions not price-clipped. Michael Joseph, hardcover
1997réf. C104167New York: Harper Collins 1997. First U.s. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Fine. First U.s. Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 405. Frontis of author. 10987654321 number line. Signed presentation copy to Tom Maschler on half-title ÔTom love Doris 28th August 1997.Õ With the Maschler bookplate by Quentin Blake. Tom Maschler - a legendary figure in British publishing Cape responsible for championing some of the most important writing of the twentieth century. Known as a brilliant talent-spotter Tom launched the careers of writers as various as Ian McEwan Edna OÕBrien Clive James and Bruce Chatwin. He famously purchased Joseph HellerÕs Catch-22 for £250 and persuaded Desmond Morris then working at London Zoo to write The Naked Ape. In 1967 Tom conceived the idea of the Booker Prize which launched in 1968. An incredible fifteen of his authors have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Tom was also known as an exceptional childrenÕs publisher especially of illustrated books: it was he who introduced Roald Dahl to Quentin Blake. Fine in fine dust jacket. No other inscriptions not price-clipped. Harper Collins,, hardcover
1962réf. C77582London: Michael Joseph 1962. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 80. Original publisher's light orange cloth lettered gilt at the spine. With good short signed handwritten letter from Lessing concerning 'Play with a Tiger' to the American journalist and author Sally Belfrage 1936-1994 laid in no date but envelope postmarked 7th January 1961. First edition of the second of Lessing's plays to be published. In the accompanying letter Lessing thanks Belfrage for her positive opinion of the play and tells her that 'Oscar Lewenstein still says he'll get it on' which in fact he did: produced by Lewenstein 'Play with a Tiger' had its first performance at London's Comedy Theatre on March 22nd 1962. Very good indeed in slightly used very good dust jacket. Michael Joseph, hardcover
1764réf. C91646Paris: Vincent; Pankouke 1764. First Edition. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp xiv 398. Bound in full tree calf leather lettered gilt on spine with five raised bands with marbled endpapers. Text in French and German. Neat name on front endpaper with some general rubbing to extremities and slight nicking otherwise sound close very good with clean text. Vincent; Pankouke hardcover
1992réf. A89602New York Ny: Harpercollins 1992. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Signed on title page by the author. First impression. ISBN: 0060168536 Pages: 214 Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Jacket very slightly creased at edge. Harpercollins, hardcover
1983réf. 010691Knopf : Distributed by Random House New York 1983 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 1st ed. 1st printing ; 178 pages ; 25 cm. ISBN 9780394529684 0394529685 OCLC 9154744 black cloth in red black and yellow dustjacket ; From Doris Lessing winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature the fifth and final instalment in the visionary novel cycle 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. ; The fifth volume of the author's "Canopus in Argos" series focuses on the madness and false promise of words rhetoric-induced delusion as suffered by a young Canopean official in the small Volyen Empire ; tear to back fo dustjacket ; else FINE/G Knopf : Distributed by Random House, New York, 1983 hardcover
1980réf. 010692Alfred A. Knopf Inc. 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st ed. 1st printing ; 288 p. ; 25 cm OCLC 1615758235 ISBN 9780394512310 0394512316 ; black cloth in red green and black dustjacket ; The Sirian Experiments is a 1980 science fiction novel by Doris Lessing. It is the third book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series and continues the story of Earth's evolution which has been manipulated from the beginning by advanced extraterrestrial civilisations. The first-person account of Ambien II a female ruler of the Sirian empire who slowly realizes how sophisticated the Canopus empire is and attempts to effect a similar society. ; FINE/FINE Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. hardcover
1962réf. 21228801962. Simon and Schuster 1962. 8vo. Yellow cloth boards; black lettering to spine; white dust jacket retaining price designed by Janet Halverson; red endpapers; pp. 567 2; slight bumping to top and bottom of hinges; dust jacket slightly soiled.First American Edition. Arguably Doris Lessing's magnum opus The Golden Notebook tells the story of Anna a woman reconciling with aspects of her identity that she has kept in four colour coded notebooks. The story explores love politics and modernity. A wonderful portrait of the complexity of human existence. 'The Golden Notebook is the kind of novel every publisher waits for impatiently - a major work by a major talent. It is surely one of the most important English novels of our time.' - front dust jacket. hardcover
réf. ANAIS-0486200329Dover Publications. paperback. Good. 1.8x09x2.1. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Dover Publications paperback
réf. ANAIS-0521538475Cambridge University Press. paperback. Good. 6x0.7x9.1. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Cambridge University Press paperback
1867réf. 140420Leipzig: Göschen 1867. Half leather binding 16 cm ca. 2500 pp. Some foxing. Spine of book 9/10 half loose. Cond.: goed / good. . Göschen hardcover
