1990Best.-Nr. 320078Easton Press 1990. Full-Leather -- As New in original shrinkwrap -- SHIPPING ONLY IN U.S. AND BY MEDIA RATE ONLY -- Dark brown leather with gilt embossing to cover spine and gilt to all edgres. Full-Leather. As New. Easton Press Hardcover
1985Best.-Nr. BR-0618-887Hardcover. 375 pp. Alfred A. Knopf Inc. New York 1985. First American Edition stated. First Printing. SD. Price-clipped DJ has 9/85 Date Code on rear flap. Bright clean square unmarked copy appears unread. Negligible shelfwear to book or DJ. As New/Near Fine. More photos on request. Shipped in a box within a box in bubble wrap with a tracking number. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1996Best.-Nr. 76285London: Flamingo 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Doris Lessing on the title page. An introspective novel exploring sexuality and love in older women. Lessing 1919-2013 was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. Octavo. Original black cloth binding with gilt titles. Typical mild toning to the contents; else fine in a fine dust jacket. Flamingo hardcover
2006Best.-Nr. 362348NY: Thames & Hudson 2006. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover 249 pages. Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the October 1956 Hungarian revolt against Soviet domination after World War II this imposing volume contains powerful black-and-white photographs taken during the years preceding as well as the outbreak and crushing of the uprising by a German member of the international photojournalist cooperative Magnum. Introduced by Lessing's recollections and Hungarian French historian Francois Fejto's precis of the momentous events the pictures appear in three chapters "Communist Hungary" "The Revolution" and "The Failure." Hungarian novelist George Konrad's intense impressions of the time during which he carried a rifle as a revolutionary young intellectual follow the first chapter and French political scientist Nicolas Bauquet's assessment of the revolt's impact on Western Europe's Communist parties the USSR and subsequent European history follows the third. Views of the cemetery in which the uprising's martyrs are now buried conclude the book elegiacally and brief last words by Lessing and the director of Hungary's Institute 56 indicate who may forget what happened and why the rest of us should always remember. An extraordinary document. Record # 362348 Thames & Hudson hardcover
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1979Best.-Nr. 99294Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1979. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 9.2 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; A very nice book in dust jacket with only a touch of rubbing at one corner a very nice and attractive like new book not price clipped $10.95. . Knopf hardcover
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1954Best.-Nr. 007553Washington D.C: Library of Congress 1954. 292pp. Clean and tight; about Fine. Catalogue of the famed Rosenwald collection donated to the Library of Congress in 1945. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket - Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Library of Congress hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781169502970New. unknown
1983Best.-Nr. 230823-MB50Alfred A. Knopf 1983. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket First edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
1841Best.-Nr. 29217Leipzig: G. J. Göschen. Very Good. 1841. 1/2 leather. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 10 books in 5 volumes. Uniformly bound in polished calf spines and corners with textured green paper covered boards. All edges marbled. Bindings snug and neat; contents clean with just mild scattered toning/foxing to page stock. Prior 1847 ownership penned to front of the first volume. Mild shelf evidence to edges and board surfaces. VG . Oversize book set may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. . G. J. Göschen hardcover
Best.-Nr. 010435Bln. Wasmuth. 1877. Hardcover. Gut. J1 li --- 24 pp. u. 30 Farbtafeln in Mappe mit Bändchen Folio Titelblatt u. Tafeln an den Rändern altersbedingt etwas braunfleckig Mappe bestoßen Bln. Wasmuth. 1877 hardcover
2000Best.-Nr. 459New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc. 2000. First Edition First Printing. Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; 215 x145 mm 178 pages in quarter cloth over boards titles in gilt to spine in an unclipped illustrated dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Doris Lessing on the title page. A novel in which 18-year-old Ben is victimized by a variety of people in London Nice and Rio. A sequel to "The Fifth Child." CONDITION: A few minuscule dots to bottom edge internally clean bright and unmarked. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket that has light edge wear and a bit of scuffing to the panels. HarperCollins Publishers Inc. hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. 1329507New York: Harper Collins 1994. First US Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 419 pages; VG/VG; grey and white spine with black lettering; price "$25.00"; volume 1 only; minimal shelfwear pages clean; signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page; shelved Lit Bio. 1329507. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Harper Collins hardcover
1971Best.-Nr. 355490718039London: Cape 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition First State with the red top edge. SIGNED & DATED BY THE AUTHOR IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION. Publisher's dark brown boards with gilt spine lettering. Slight pushing at the spine tips otherwise a near fine copy with a former owner's neat name in the top left hand corner of the front paste-down in a fine D/W with no fading whatsoever to the red spine lettering. Signed and Dated by the author on the front free end-paper: Doris Lessing/ June 1971. Short-listed for the Booker Prize. Photographs/scans available upon request Cape hardcover
2005Best.-Nr. 001111A pristine first printing of the first American edition Harper Collins New York 2005 signed by the 2007 Nobel winner Doris Lessing directly on the title page. The book has lightly bumped corners else fine with no remainder marks a tight and square binding with no owner inscriptions or highlighting and no staining or marking. The dust jacket is in fine condition not price-clipped $27.95 with no creases chips or tears and absolutely minimal shelf wear. It is now protected by an archival cover which is easily removable with no tape or adhesive used. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information. Harper Collins hardcover
1952Best.-Nr. 100175London:: Hay Wrightson. 1952. Photograph. 4.25" x 6" original photograph SIGNED by Doris Lessing and by Hay Wrightson the photographer. Includes a typed note to the recipient dated 1952 and with her London address also SIGNED by Lessing and the original mailing envelope addressed in Lessing's hand. . Hay Wrightson,
Best.-Nr. 004878Soft cover. Very Good. The 'Target' New Appraoch English Series. No date. 301pp. A4 mimeo. Thin blue card wraps with blue tape backing. Rubber stamp to front wrap. Contents unmarked. paperback
1962Best.-Nr. 003915New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. Very good certainly not pristine but still presentable: sunned edges of binding and two bumped corners interior clean in poor dust jacket foxed and very edgeworn. See scans: I have uploaded several pictures that show the book under different lighting and with one picture showing the book with its protective cover which improves its appearance somewhat. Lessing's ground-breaking novel of an independent intelligent woman's search for an authentic place in the world. 568 pages. 1st American edition. Hard Cover. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. 52298London: Macgibbon & Kee. Very Good. 1957. Hardcover. London: MacGibbon & Kee 1957. First Edition. Black boards have gilt stamping to spine a Fine copy in a Near Fine DJ. . Macgibbon & Kee hardcover
1974Best.-Nr. 95London: The Octagon Press 1974. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Boards sunned corners bumped rear board creased. Endpapers soiled. Dust jacket rubbed with small tears along edges. The Octagon Press hardcover
1942Best.-Nr. mon0003139042Sino-Swedish Expedition 1942T. hardcover. Good. . Beige cloth cover shows minor wear rubbing bumped corners and foxing. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Fold-out diagram is included in pocket at rear. Sino-Swedish Expedition hardcover
1991Best.-Nr. 5036Washington: Library of Congress 1991. First edition limited to 300 copies. Quarto 427pp. Etched portrait frontis by Toni Rosati signed and numbered 223/300. Facsimile illustrations throughout. Additionally signed by the printer W. Thomas Taylor with a nice inscription describing the project. Quarter green morocco stamped in gilt green patterned paper boards. Nearly fine paper boards rubbed at bottom edges with slight soiling to text block. Included is the 8pp. announcement finely printed by Taylor in gray card wrappers with William Blake frontis in full color. Fine condition. Beautifully printed and designed catalog of the Rosenwald collection issued on the 100th anniversary of his birth. This book was printed letterpress by the great Texas printer W. Thomas Taylor. This copy from his shop contains a nice inscription at the colophon which gives his thoughts on the project: "The special copies of this book are better not only because of the binding but also because the frontispiece etching gives the title page spread a balance that is lacking in the regular copies. Library of Congress unknown
1994Best.-Nr. 2212223New York: Harper Collins 1994. Signed Limited. hardcover. Fine. A fine signed limited edition one of 150 copies numbered and signed by the author. Still in publisher's slipcase and sealed in publisher's shrink-wrap. Unopened. Limited Issue one of 150 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author. Octavo 24cm; navy blue cloth with titling and author's initials stamped in silver on spine and front cover; publisher's decorative slipcase; xii4191pp; illus. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Memoir of the Zimbabwean Nobel Laureate's early years. Harper Collins unknown