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1961Best.-Nr. 10218Washington: The Library of Congress 1961. cloth. tall 8vo. cloth. 123 pages. First edition. With 13 plates. Reproduces the earliest known list of recommended reading. The Library of Congress unknown books
1961Best.-Nr. 61643Washington:: Library of Congress. Near Fine. 1961. Hardcover. First edition thus. From the personal library of the late Renaissance historian and scholar Vincent Ilardi - bearing his name stamp on the front free endpaper. Near fine in tan cloth. No dust jacket. ; 123 pages . Library of Congress, hardcover books
1963Best.-Nr. 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
1963Best.-Nr. 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
1963Best.-Nr. 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
1963Best.-Nr. 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
1963Best.-Nr. 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
1966Best.-Nr. ULESPRO00sndSignet 1966. Very Good. Lessing Dorris. A Proper Marriage: A Complete Novel from Doris Lessing's 'Children of Violence'. NY: Signet 1966. 384pp. Mass Market with publisher's red edges. Book condition: Very good. Gently soiled with rubbed and bumped corners. Pages yellowed. Previous owner's name stamped on top edge of page block. Signet paperback books
1970Best.-Nr. 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
1975Best.-Nr. 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
1974Best.-Nr. 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
1974Best.-Nr. 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
1974Best.-Nr. 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
1974Best.-Nr. 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
1974Best.-Nr. 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
1974Best.-Nr. 253853New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Dustwrapper is yellowed inside and out. Small gold stamping on the front cover inside dust jacket. Hard cover faded at top and spine edge are faded. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
2016Best.-Nr. 181263Waterville Maine: Colby College Museum of Art 2016. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG. dustjacket has creasing & light rubbing to corners; wear to back cover spine edges; back cover scratched. red cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. book vii 163 w/ color & bw illustrations. illustrated & red dustjacket w/ white & red printing. Produced and circulated outside the elite sphere of fine art folk art appealed to the middle-class Americans who were eager to express their identities interests and social ambitions through these decorative vernacular objects. This catalogue presents new research on the Colby College Museum of Art's important collection of paintings sculptures needleworks and works on paper by self-trained artists working primarily in the eastern part of the United States during the long nineteenth century. Essays by Seth A. Thayer Jr. and Elizabeth Finch investigate the formation evolving interpretation and intended uses of the American Heritage Collection of Edith Kemper Jetté and Ellerton Marcel Jetté - one of the earliest gifts to enter the Colby Museum and the basis of its folk art collection. A third essay by Tanya Sheehan explores the complex relationship between folk art fine art and American visual culture. More than sixty catalogue entries by scholars curators and Colby students identify previously unknown makers and subjects uncover new information about the construction and original contexts of works in the collection and enlarge our understanding of what these artworks meant for the people who made and displayed them.--FirstSearch. Colby College Museum of Art hardcover books
1992Best.-Nr. 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
1993Best.-Nr. 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
1992Best.-Nr. 502321New York: HarperCollins 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Orange wrappers. Slight creasing else near fine. HarperCollins unknown books
1992Best.-Nr. 150273New York: Harper Collins 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Very good in very good plus dust jacket. Harper Collins hardcover books
1965Best.-Nr. ULESAFR00jtmSimon & Schuster 1965. Good. Lessing Doris. African Stories. NY: Simon & Schuster 1965. 670pp. Mass Market. Book condition: Good with bent corners. Simon & Schuster paperback books
1966Best.-Nr. ULESAFR01acmfBallantine 1966. Good. Lessing Doris. African Stories. NY: Ballantine 1966. 670pp. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Good with rubbed bumped and yellowed edges. Spine rolled and rubbed. Ballantine paperback books
1965Best.-Nr. 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
2008Best.-Nr. 21411NY: HarperCollins 2008. First US edition first prnt. Originally published in the UK by Fourth Estate in the same year. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Black & white photographs. Spine ends lightly pushed; otherwise in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Lessing's combination of novella and memoir of her parents' lives affected by WW I. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HarperCollins hardcover books
