Lessing, DorisABAA
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1962rif. 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
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
1991rif. 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
2007rif. 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
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
1950rif. 85431London: Michael Joseph 1950. First edition. 256 pp. Hard erasure and some light foxing to front free endpaper else very good plus in like dust jacket with tape reinforcement to the verso of the jacket along the top and bottom edges and a chip to crown that takes out most of the lettering in “The Grass.” London: Michael Joseph unknown 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
1991rif. 66772Washington DC: Library of Congress 1991. First edition. xxxv 427 pp w/index. Fine in full cloth and near fine unprinted white paper dust jacket. Washington DC: Library of Congress, hardcover books
1982rif. 65182NY: Montemora Foundation 1982. First edition. 78 pp. Near fine in glossy printed wrappers with faint foxing along top edge. NY: Montemora Foundation unknown books
1766rif. 42808Berlin: Voss 1766. "Opened up a New Prospect in the Appreciation of Greek Literature" Printing and the Mind of Man Lessing Gotthold Ephraim 1729-81. Laokoon: Oder über die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie. Erster Theil all published. 8vo. 8 298pp. Berlin: Christian Friedrich Voss 1766. 196 x 122 mm. Half sheep gilt spine ca. 1766 light rubbing and edgewear. Minor foxing and toning but very good. Former owners' signatures on front endpaper and title. First Edition. The German philosopher and critic Gotthold Lessing was one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era; "it was he more than any other who laid the foundations of the intellectual primacy of German writers and thinkers in the nineteenth century" Printing and the Mind of Man 213. His Laokoon probably his best-known work had an enormous influence on the development of art and literary criticism: "Laokoon takes its name from the famous statue discovered at Rome in the sixteenth century. It analyzes the differences between the sculptor's treatment of Laocoon wrestling with the serpents and Virgil's treatment of the same theme and from there does on to discuss the limits and limitations of all the arts. It contains the first clear statement of the truth which is now considered axiomatic that every art is subject to limitations and can achieve greatness only by a clear understanding of a self-restriction to its proper function. The most telling passages and those which have borne most fruit are those on poetry . . . Lessing's exposition of the themes of Homer and Sophocles is especially effective and he opened up a new prospect in the appreciation of Greek literature" Printing and the Mind of Man. . Voss unknown books
1988rif. 2687NY: Knopf 1988. First edition. . Fine in very near fine dust jacket. NY: Knopf, unknown 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
1982rif. 629415Pasadena California: California Institute of Technology 1982. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Cover by Arthur Secunda. 252pp. Perfectbound wrappers. Topedge foxed rear wrap with a few bumps very good. Prints In Blood's Domain by Robert Duncan Skies by Ron Silliman and Who I Am By Hayden Carruth; additional contributions by Rachel Blau Duplessis Karin Lessing Jose Lezama Lima David Rattray Susan Howe and more. California Institute of Technology unknown books
1985rif. 629393Los Angeles: UCLA Extension / The Writers' Program 1985. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Cover illustrated by Cy Twombly. 173pp. Illustrated. Perfectbound wrappers. Covers slightly worn very good. Prints from The Collection of Poems of Charles Olson 1958-1964 edited by George F. Butterick and Kampuchea by Eliot Weinberger; additional contributions by John Yau Robert Morris Jed Rasula Thom Gunn Hayden Carruth Karin Lessing Sam Messer Ron Padgett Jackson Mac Low Vladimir Holan and more. UCLA Extension / The Writers' Program unknown 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
2001rif. ULESSWE00drpHarper Collins 2001. Very Good. Lessing Doris. Sweetest Dream. New York NY: Harper Collins 2001. KCPW TOC. 479pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with rubbing and bumping. Soiling on bottom edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with rubbed edges. Stain on front panel. Harper Collins hardcover books
1988rif. ULESFIF00drpJonathan Cape 1988. Very Good. Lessing Doris. The Fifth Child. London: Jonathan Cape 1988. 133pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with slightly rolled spine and rubbing. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. In DJ protector. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1960rif. ULESPUR00drpMacGibbon & Kee 1960. Very Good. Lessing Doris. In Purusuit of the English. London: MacGibbon & Kee 1960. 1st edition. 240pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with bumped corners and slightly rolled spine. Small sticker and stain on front pastedown. Weak rear hinge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with faded spine and rubbing. In DJ protector. MacGibbon & Kee hardcover books
1995rif. ULESUND02fpHarperPerennial 1995. Fine. Lessing Doris May. Under My Skin. New York: HarperPerennial 1995. 419 16 of latespp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine. HarperPerennial paperback books
1980rif. RLESMAR00drpJonathan Cape 1980. Very Good. Lessing Doris. The Marriages Between Zones Three Four and Five. London: Jonathan Cape 1980. 1st edition. 245pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with gentle rubbing and bumping. Lightly toned pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with clipped front flap and small sticker remnants on rear flap. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1971rif. RLESBRI01tpmJonathan Cape 1971. Very Good. Lessing Doris. Briefing for a Descent into Hell. London: Jonathan Cape 1971. 1st edition. 250pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with faintly soiled extremities. Pages are slightly toned. Thin remainder mark on the bottom edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with bumped and lightly chipped edges. Flap corners are each clipped not obstructing text. Dime-sized sticker on the rear panel. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1973rif. ULESGOL00drpBantam 1973. Very Good. Lessing Doris. The Golden Notebook. NY: Bantam 1973. 666pp. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with rubbed edges. Bantam paperback books
