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1959réf. 34834New York: Print Council of America 1959. Softcover. G Whole book has aged slightly; illus. are still nice. Black & cream & color illus. wraps. Unpaginated. 62 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a series of exhibitions of "62 etchings engravings woodcuts lithographs and serigraphs were executed by 55 American between January 1956 and December 1958. . These prints were selected from 2054 submitted by 639 artists by a jury of five members of the Print Council's Board of Directors. . This book is offered as a representative cross-section of the best work done in this field in these three years." foreword Includes brief bios of the artists at the rear of the book. Uncommon. Print Council of America paperback books
1962réf. 125805New York: Print Council of America 1962. Paperback. VG- color spine and top faded age spots or age toning on page edges. Blue glossy wraps with etching pattern 72 pp 55 BW images. Exhibition catalogue with 55 BW pieces by 48 artists. Includes brief artist bios at the rear of the book. From the foreward: "The many apporaches reflected in this exhibition are particularly worthy of note since the prints of only forty-eight artists are shown" with fairness to the geographical U.S. distribution of the represented artists. Print Council of America paperback books
réf. 53906The late Patrick Eddington was a Utah artist and former high school art teacher who had as a goal the desire to create “The Cat Project” where literary and visual artists from around the world were asked to produce original works about cats which would be included in a traveling exhibition and book unfortunately never realized. Doris Lessing 1919-2013 born in what was then Persia now Iran spent her childhood years in southern Africa. The author of nearly 50 books she received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature becoming only the eleventh woman to receive literature’s most prestigious award in its 106-year history. Her works are often viewed as in-depth studies of twentieth-century living conditions behavioral patterns and historical progressions. Her masterwork is considered to be The Golden Notebook a postmodern feminist work published in 1962. Interestingly Lessing who was a devoted cat lover throughout her life is also the author of a book which conjures up the subtleties of feline existence On Cats. With regards to this small archive it is significant that this rather busy Nobel-Prize winning author would provide Eddington a high school art instructor and small press printer with a piece of original prose regarding cats supplied specifically for him at a relatively low cost. Included in the archive are the following: TLS. Letter 8” x 10” from Doris Lessing to Patrick Eddington sent from London and dated 17th January 1986. A letter in which Lessing discusses her feelings with regards to one of her earlier works “A Small Personal Voice.” Eddington had recommended it to a friend and Lessing claims “The trouble is I wrote some of it a long time ago and I no longer agree with a lot of it. I wonder if she would like to read something more recent I wrote and read five lectures for C.B.C. under the title of Prisons We Choose to Live Inside. This represents what I think now not what I used to think in the ‘fifties.’” Signed “Yours Doris L.” at the foot. ALS. Letter on a sheet of paper 7” x 9” written by Doris Lessing to Patrick Eddington. Not dated. In the brief letter Lessing thanks Eddington for the book by Barbara Kingsolver and writes “I am glad u sic like Brian Aldiss. He is one of my favorite people.” She closes the letter assuring Patrick that if she writes something suitable regarding the subject of cats she will remember him. TLS. Brief letter 8 ¼” x 11 ¼” from Doris Lessing sent from London and dated January 6 2000 addressed to Patrick. Lessing opens with “OK I’ve done a short piece. It is not a question of being paid but of time- am as usual in the middle of something. I don’t need a thousand dollars… Perhaps 500 I don’t need a Navajo rug….” Signed by Lessing. Typed letter 8 ¼” by 7 ¾” from Lessing’s literary agent Jonathan Clowes to Patrick Eddington dated 10 January 2000 written in reference to the piece written by Doris Lessing titled “About Cats.” Clowes writes “We are happy for you to use this piece for the sum of $500 and perhaps you could let us have further details of your publication so that we can send you a permission contract for non-exclusive rights in the work. In particular please let us know which territories the book will be published in and how many copies will be printed.” Signed by the literary agent at the foot. Typed manuscript signed 8 ¼” x 11 ½”. “About Cats” by Doris Lessing. The original piece that Lessing sent to Patrick Eddington titled “About Cats” containing periodic manuscript corrections made by the author. Cat lovers will immediately recognize this as a keenly insightful succinct piece regarding the precious feline’s nature. Within the work the author muses “People who do not observe their cats but only rely on ‘received’ wisdom miss out. A cat gives back what you put into it returning affection and attention but withdrawing in dignified silence if ignored. No creature is more sensitive to slights and taunts and even teasing. Too much and they will take themselves off in search of a more sympathetic home. And yet one may not generalize: people who have had more than one child know that every baby is born different and similarly in a litter of kittens each one will be an individual. Like humans they are coarsegrained and sensitive stupid and clever clinging and standoffish. They may be talkative and silent show-offs and modest introverts.”. unknown books
1922réf. 428576Berlin: Eigenbrödler-Verlag 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. With 12 engravings. Original full vellum gilt. Boards bowed and the gilt a bit rubbed else very good or better. Eigenbrödler-Verlag hardcover books
réf. 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
réf. 457791Unbound. Fine. White sheet. Approximately 5¾" x 9". Fine. Signature of Doris Lessing the 2007 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature on the loose title page sheet of Under My Skin: Volume One of my Autobiography to 1949. unknown books
2000réf. 517170New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2000. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Pink wrappers. Slight fading on the spine else fine with publisher's material laid in. HarperCollins Publishers unknown books
2000réf. ULESBEN00MWHarperCollins 2000. Fine. Lessing Doris. Ben in the World. NY: HarperCollins 2000. 178pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine with light bumping to spine ends. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light rubbing to extremities and bumping to edges. HarperCollins hardcover books
2000réf. 14361London: Flamingo. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002261952 . A handsome unread first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket. SIGNED by author and Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing directly on the title page; The sequel to The Fifth Child. Ben is now eighteen and must become part of the world even though he can never fit it. He is too huge and awkward too strange. Alone and estranged from his family he travels to London France Brazil and the Andes searching for his people and a reason for his being. How will the world receive him and how will he fare ; 8vo ; Signed by Author . Flamingo hardcover books
2000réf. 1404637London UK: Flamingo: HarperCollins 2000. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 178 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is metallic teal with metallic teal lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "£16.99" on front flap has mild chipping along spine. Textblock tail edge has small dent. Textblock has mild age-toning along edges and throughout interior. Signed flat on title page by Doris Lessing. Shelved in Room Z. Sequel to THE FIFTH CHILD. 1404637. Special Collections - Upstairs. Flamingo: HarperCollins hardcover books
2000réf. 1391293New York NY: HarperCollinsPublishers 2000. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 178 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black and indigo spine with white and yellow lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "USA $23.00 - CANADA $34.95" and has mild shelving wear. Boards have bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild wear along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391293. Special Collections - Downstairs. HarperCollinsPublishers hardcover books
2000réf. 30924NY: HarperCollins 2000. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Sequel to Lessing's The Fifth Child. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lessing's thirteenth novel. HarperCollins hardcover books
1895réf. 188611Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth 1895. Hardcover. Good heavy shelfwear and soiling to boards pages lightly age toned as expected but otherwise clear. All plates are present. Oversized portfolio tan paper boards with black and red lettering; 4 pp; 20 leaves of color plates. Text is in German. 18th century Berlin porcelain and pottery. At head of title: Koenigliche Museen zu Berlin. Series: Vorbilderhefte aus dem Kgl. Kunstgewerbemuseum hrsg. von Julius Lessing. Ernst Wasmuth hardcover books
1971réf. 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
1971réf. 611194New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Light foxing on top edge of boards near fine in a near fine dust jacket with small inked letters on the front flap and light interior foxing. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1971réf. 1394748London UK: Jonathan Cape 1971. First U.K. Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 250 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Black spine with yellow and orange lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price uncut "£1.60" has tears along the head edges and minor rubbing wear and chipping along the spine head. Boards are slightly cocked and have mild shelving wear. Textblock has age toning along the edges. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1394748. Special Collections - Downstairs. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1971réf. 12379BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL Knopf 1971 first edition fine in just about fine dust-wrapper. Knopf unknown books
1971réf. 1391288New York NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1971. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 308 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with blue and yellow lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$6.95" has mild shelving wear chipping along the head fore corners and a small open tear along the spine head edge. Boards have mild age-toning along the head and tail edges stains along the edges and joints and bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild wear along the edges and mild age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391288. Special Collections - Downstairs. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1971réf. 1391299London UK: Jonathan Cape 1971. First UK Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Small Octavo 251 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with red and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "£1.60 net" has chipping along the extremities and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have 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 along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391299. Special Collections - Downstairs. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1992réf. 363315Berkeley: Black Oaks Books / Okeanos Press 1992. Unbound. Fine. Broadside. Measuring 6.5" x 13.25". Fine. An excerpt from Lessing's African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe given out at a reading at the Black Oak Books in Berkeley. OCLC locates one copy. Black Oaks Books / Okeanos Press unknown books
1975réf. 49197Munich: Studio Bruckmann 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fair. SIGNED. 88pp. Square octavo 24.5 cm in red cloth in red cloth slipcase. Title in silver gilt on spine. Textblock is completely disbound and almost each individual page has separated. Very light wear else. Signed and hand-numbered 25 of 30 by Brauer on original etching. One of 30 "artist copies' numbered in Roman numerals from an edition limited to 270 copies the remainder of which are numbered in Arabic numerals. Text in German English and French. Studio Bruckmann hardcover books
1979réf. 014176New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Five Volumes 8vo. 148pp. Beautiful Stated First American Editions of Lessing's Magnus Opus published between 1979 and 1983. Uniformly bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. All volumes are square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jackets $15.95 have a hint of edge-wear and Volume 1 has a 1" closed tear on the rear panel. All are fresh and bright with no chipping creases or toning. A gorgeous collectable set at a great price. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1983réf. 502304New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Red wrappers. Fine with publisher's material stapled to the verso of the front wrapper. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1983réf. 235264New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Boards slightly flared else near fine in very good dust jacket with edges lightly worn short tear with internal tape repair on top corner and spine ends. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1982réf. 9021711New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt cover stamped in blind. Dust jacket is rubbed at the edges and extremities Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
