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1952rif. 35242New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1952. First American Edition. Very Good/Good. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1952. First American Edition. Small octavo 19cm; publisher's red cloth in beige dust jacket; 256pp. Price-clipped dust jacket is edgeworn and a bit smudged with darkening to spine and a failed tape repair with tear at top of rear flap fold. Boards square with rubbing at corners and spine ends and some dulling to spine lettering. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Lessing's first collection of short stories and second book overall. First published in the UK by Michael Joseph the year prior. Burkom A2. Thomas Y. Crowell Company unknown books
1942rif. 22461Stockholm: Elanders Boktryckeri Aktiebolag 1942. Cloth. Very Good. The 1942 1st printing with its original wrappers bound in. Solid and VG in the publisher's tan cloth with title and author labels along the spine. Light wear at the spine ends and the tips very mild soiling to the panels. 32 crisp black-and-white plates laid-in fold-out map at the rear. "Reports from the Scientific Expediion to the North-Western Provinces of China under the Leadership of Dr. Sven Hedin -The Sino-Swedish Expedition-- Publication #18. Part VIII -- Ethnography Vol. 1 Elanders Boktryckeri Aktiebolag unknown books
1990rif. 201656Denver: P.R. Lessing 1990. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Numerous photographic color plates. Slim 4to blue cloth d.w. Denver: P. R. Lessing 1990. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. Lengthy inscription from the author to a well-known collector. P.R. Lessing unknown books
1900rif. 198879New York: The Grolier Club 1900. Hardcover. Good Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean with occasional smudging; binding is solid. Red cloth boards wih gilt lettering. 49pgs 1 pages frontispiece portrait. One of an edition of 310 copies on hand-made pape. The Grolier Club hardcover books
1900rif. 192088New York: The Grolier Club 1900. Hardcover. Good Cover has general wear some sticker residue. bookplate ifc. textblock cracked. textblock edges darkened. interior clean. Red cloth boards wih gilt lettering. 49pgs 1 pages frontispiece portrait. One of an edition of 310 copies on hand-made pape. The Grolier Club hardcover books
2009rif. 2351660New York: Penguin Classics 2009. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 5x1x8. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 2009 Hard Cover. xxxv 1 363 1 pp. Edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Squires with an introduction by Doris Lessing. With her soft brown hair lithe figure and big wondering eyes Constance Chatterley is possessed of a certain vitality. Yet she is deeply unhappy; married to an invalid she is almost as inwardly paralyzed as her husband Clifford is paralyzed below the waist. It is not until she finds refuge in the arms of Mellors the game-keeper a solitary man of a class apart that she feels regenerated. Together they move from an outer world of chaos towards an inner world of fulfillment. Penguin Classics hardcover books
2007rif. 1409288Norwalk; Paris: Easton Press; Terrail/Edigroup 2007. Easton Press Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 223 pages. In Very Good plus condition. Bound in maroon genuine leather with gilt decoration and titling; spine paneled with gilt titling; text block edges gilt with silk moiré endpapers and bound-in ribbon bookmark. Very light shelf wear to boards with some mild rubbing along the bottom board edges. Text block edges show light scuffing and wear. Interior clean. Shelved in Room F elephamt . This Easton Press Edition bears the typical Easton Press fine binding but uses the text block/contents of the Terrail/Edigroup First Edition First Printing. 1409288. Special Collections. Easton Press; Terrail/Edigroup hardcover books
2003rif. 2309037Paris: Telleri 2003. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 11x9x0. Minimal wear to corners. 2003 Large Softcover. 223 pp. "Celebrates Florence's glorious feast of artistic architectural and sculptural creativity during this period of enlightened patronage. Telleri paperback books
1779rif. 191197Berlin Germany: Christian Friedrich Voss 1779. Hardcover. VG rubbed leather to edges spine edges & corners. lower spine edges each have small tears. remains tightly bound. black leather boards w/ gilt trim & inlaid green marbled paper. leather & gilt spine w/ five raised bands & six gilt compartments. green marbled pastedowns & endpapers. all edges green. 240 pgs. A handsome edition. Foxing to opening and closing pages otherwise foxing appears fairly minimal throught with instances of specks and blotches. Pages remain bright with faint to light tanning text dark and detailed. Text in German. Christian Friedrich Voss hardcover books
1788rif. 189631London: G. Robinson 1788. Leather bound. Good scuiffing and overall wear to leather expected age toning but text and illustrations are otherwise clear missing 2 folding plates frontis and title page handwritten notes along top of 2nd page of index. Bound in full brown leather with black bordering 5 raised bands on spine; all edges red tinted; marble illustrated end papers; 288 IV pages; bw illustrations several fold-out. English text. G. Robinson hardcover books
1909rif. 51121New York: Desmond Fitzgerald 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in pictorial boards with a tanned spine and slight fraying at the edge of the spine. Arthur Brentano's copy with his ownership initials on the front fly. Desmond Fitzgerald hardcover books
1963rif. 517149London: MacGibbon & Kee 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slight foxing on topedge faint stain on front fly near fine in a very good dust jacket with moderate edgewear a lightly toned spine with a couple drink rings on the cover and a few small stains on the wraps. Lessing won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. MacGibbon & Kee hardcover books
1963rif. 020369NY: Simon & Schuster. 1963. The first American edition of this collection of stories her first book published after the controversy and success of The Golden Notebook. A bit of discoloration to the rear board; near fine in a very good mildly sunned dust jacket with some staining to the rear panel. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1963rif. 1391292New York NY: Simon and Schuster 1963. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 316 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Gold and green spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$5.00" has mild shelving wear chipping along the extremities stains on the rear cover open tears along the rear tail edge and extremities a closed tear along the rear head edge and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have stains throughout light bumping along the fore corners and mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges mild age-toning along the edges and stains on the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391292. Special Collections - Downstairs. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1963rif. 502347New York: Simon And Schuster 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Slightly bumped corners else near fine in a very good spine faded dust jacket with chips and short tears. Simon And Schuster hardcover books
1963rif. 517150New York: Simon and Schuster 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a slightly faded spine tiny tears and a spot on the rear panel. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1970rif. 164483New York: New American 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Later. Paperback Very good in wrappers. Light browning Sticker on front. Peeling on spine. New American unknown books
1975rif. ULESSMA00lrVintage Books 1975. Very Good. Lessing Doris. A Small Personal Voice. New York City: Vintage Books 1975. 171pp. 8vo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good. Vintage Books paperback books
1974rif. 215701New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good or better in very good dust jacket. Dustwrapper yellowing with light wear. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1974rif. 601927New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Edited and introduced by Paul Schlueter. 171pp. Owner name on front fly inked underlining on several pages in the front very good in a near fine dust jacket with a lightly sunned spine. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1974rif. 705787NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1974. 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
1974rif. 705789NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1974. Very Good in Very Good price-clipped DJ. Remainder stamp on bottom edge. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1974rif. 705788NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1974. Very Good in Very Good price-clipped DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1992rif. 97749New York: HarperCollins 1992. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Fine in fine slipcase in original publisher's shrinkwrap. One of 125 numbered copies Signed by the author. HarperCollins hardcover books
1993rif. ULESAFR00FPHarper Perennial 1993. Very Good. Lessing Doris. African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe. New York NY: Harper Perennial 1993. xii 442pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Slight rubbing to edges. Harper Perennial paperback books
