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1965réf. 102096Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office 1965. stiff paper wrappers. Rosenwald Lessing J. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. pp. 160-169. Article in "The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress" Volume 22 Number 3 July 1965. Inscribed by Rosenwald. Covers soiled wear and rubbing at extremities spine and top edge tanned. United States Government Printing Office) unknown books
1970réf. 285426North Hills PA: Bird & Bull Press for the Philobiblon Club 1970. Hard Cover. Fine binding. #176 of 250 copies printed by the Bird & Bull Press; a catalog of fictitious books supposedly belonging to Jean Nepumucene Auguste Pichauld Comte de Fortsas; the bogus auction was an elaborate hoax perpetrated in Binche Belgium in 1840. With a catalogue of the supposed sale in facsimile in pocket in the rear. It was carried out by a retired military officer Renier Hubert Ghislain Chalon who delighted in pranks designed to befuddle the academic world. Chalon also published more than one false archeolgoical discovery. With facsimiles of the "Avis" canceling the sale and a three page article "Vente de Livres de M. De Fortsas" tipped in. In quarter cloth over marbled paper boards. Fine binding. Bird & Bull Press for the Philobiblon Club unknown books
2003réf. 23489New York: HarperCollins 2003. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Stated first American edition. 311 pp. A collection of four short novels. Fine condition in fine unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by Lessing on the title page. HarperCollins hardcover books
1970réf. 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
1965réf. 17515New York: Simon and Schuster 1965. First American edition. Cloth. Faint bump to lower spine otherwise a near fine copy in a very good- dust jacket with rubbing edgewear and a few small abrasions but still quite intact and presentable. 636 pp. 8vo. "This book includes every story written by Doris Lessing about Africa: all of her first collection This Was The Old Chief's Country unavailable in America; the four long tales about Africa from Five also unavailable; the African stories from The Habit of Loving and A Man and Two Women; and four stories never before collected" from the front panel. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1928réf. 23399Berlin: Oesterheld & Co 1928. First edition. Original yellow printed boards slight wear; very good. With an inscribed picture postcard a portrait of the author tipped to the rear endpaper. Oesterheld & Co hardcover books
1957réf. 21832London: MacGibbon & Kee 1957. First edition. Cloth very good in slightly faded dust jacket designed by Edward Paolozzi. MacGibbon & Kee hardcover books
1982réf. 9429London: Jonathan Cape 1982. First edition. Blue boards spine gilt fine in dust jacket. Fourth in the Canopus in Argos: Archives series. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1973réf. 9432London: Jonathan Cape 1973. First edition. Mauve boards spine gilt fine in dust jacket. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
réf. B27707-F-LESSimon and Shuster Inc. Collectible - Good. NY: Simon and Schuster 1962. Stated 1st printing. Hardcover. 568 pgs. Near very good in a near very good dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Spine ends bumped and toned. 1/4 inch tear and bump to cloth near hinge at bottom edge of rear cover. Contents fine. Jacket edgeworn and lightly rubbed. 5.95 price on flap. Inquire if you need further information. Simon and Shuster, Inc. hardcover books
1970réf. 456Philadelphia: Philobiblon Club 1970. cloth spine marbled paper over boards. Bird & Bull Press. 4to. cloth spine marbled paper over boards. 19 pages with a 16-page 8vo. facsimile of the original Fortsas Catalogue in a pocket in the inside rear cover. One of 250 numbered copies Taylor B2. This book was designed and printed by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press. The "Avis" and the text of M. Polain's newspaper account of the hoax are reproduced in facsimile and tipped-in. An important addition to the literature connected to this famous auction hoax. Fine condition. Philobiblon Club unknown books
1954réf. 1017Washington DC: N.p. 1954. 4to. vi292pp. double column text. Indices. Olive cloth lightly rubbed. N.p. hardcover books
1994réf. 246793New York: St. Martin's Press 1994. Hardcover. xii 137p. editor's preface note on editions notes select bibliography index very good first edition in oriange cloth boards and bright unclipped red and white dj. Women Writers: series editors Eva Figes & Adele King. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
1950réf. 211230n.p.: American Jewish Council 1950. Single sheet folded to make four-panel brochure 8.5x11 inches the last panel blank; neatly creased from having been folded to fit into an envelope. Explanation of the Council's positions on various issues with the goal of explaining its anti-Zionist stance. American Jewish Council unknown books
1984réf. 709744NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1984. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1978réf. 705796NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1978. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf paperback books
1995réf. 020388NY: HarperCollins. 1995. The hardcover advance reading copy. Fingerprint on verso of front flyleaf; else fine in a fine pictorial slipcase. An unusual and elaborate format for an advance copy. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. HarperCollins hardcover books
1996réf. 1425NY: HarperCollins. Fine. 1996. Hardcover. Advance reading copy. Fine cloth in a fine illustrated slipcase. . HarperCollins hardcover books
réf. 567794-1/2 x 6 inch photograph taken by Hayrightson ca 1952. The photo is signed by the photographer in pencil and by Lessing on the flap. Included also is the TLS from Lessing dated October 26 1952 to Mr. H. A. Rappaport thanking him for his kind letter and presenting the photograph. Wikipedia: "Doris May Lessing CH née Tayler; 22 October 1919 - 17 November 2013 was a British novelist poet playwright librettist biographer and short story writer. Her novels include The Grass is Singing 1950 the sequence of five novels collectively called Children of Violence 1952-69 The Golden Notebook 1962 The Good Terrorist 1985 and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos: Archives 1979-1983.Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize the Swedish Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience who with scepticism fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". Lessing was the eleventh woman and the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.In 2001 Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008 The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 unknown books
1965réf. 45923Freiburg Germany: Herder 1965. Square 4to pp. 261 plus pictorial index. With commentaries by C. Kerenyi Michel Gall Hellmut Sichtermann. Translated by Kevin Smyth. Map on endpapers. Illustrated with 115 color plates. Cover slightly warped and stained on edges o/w a VG tight copy in worn dj. Heavy. Herder unknown books
1982réf. 42420NY: Knopf 1982. First Edition. 8vo pp. 144. Canopus in Argos: archives. Fourth volume. Top edge little spotted remainder mark on bottom o/w a VG tight copy in little scuffed and soiled dj. A novel. Knopf unknown books
1980réf. 17391NY: Knofp 1980. First edn. Second in the cycle Canopus in Argos: Archives 8vo pp. 245. A nice copy in little chipped dj. OP A story of love and the ancient war between men and women. Knofp unknown books
1988réf. 19616London: Jonathan Cape 1988. First edn. 8vo pp. 133. A fine copy in little wrinkled dj. A horror story. Jonathan Cape unknown books
1969réf. 29658NY: Knopf 1969. First Edition. 8vo pp. 614. VG in chipped and soiled dj. Knopf unknown books
1982réf. 19084NY: Montemora Foundation 1982. 8vo pages not numbered. Paper wraps. VG. Poems. Montemora Foundation unknown books
