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1954réf. cfe20298London: Michael Joseph 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Peter Rudland. A near-fine copy in a very good unclipped dustjacket. This copy is signed by Doris Lessing on the title page--signature only without any inscriptions. A tight and clean copy with an unmarked interior with very light toning to the black cloth boards--although the gilt lettering to the spine is bright. The dustjacket is unclipped and very good--with a little toning and a touch of edgewear and a couple of small closed end tears. Will be well packed with a new clear acrylic dustjacket covering and shipped in a box. Scarce signed Michael Joseph hardcover
1954réf. 911T30London: Michael Joseph 1954. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart first edition of this second novel in the Children of Violence series from British novelist Doris Lessing. First edition. The second novel in the Children of Violence series. Continuing the semi-autobiographical story this novel reveals Martha's growing discontent with her marriage to Douglas and the arrival of her baby yet another threat to her freedom. We also see the lead up to and the outbreak of the Second World War and with it Douglas's departure to the army. Written by Doris May Lessing a British novelist who was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In the original black cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear only. Front hinge just starting but firm. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities resulting in light loss to the head and tail of the spine. Minor sunning to the spine with the odd mark to the panels. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Michael Joseph hardcover
1995réf. Q-0060976632Harper Perennial 1995-09-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper Perennial paperback
1995réf. 6B-J0R1-BBROHarper Perennial 1995-09-01. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 1954 Michael Joseph UK hard cover - 1st edition 1st printing - minor wear to edge of dust jacket now in mylar cover minor staining to page edge - otherwise cover and binding fine contents clean - RARE - enjoy Harper Perennial paperback
réf. 68407544-6HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. HarperCollins Publishers unknown
réf. 0452250285.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1954réf. 18414London: Michael Joseph 1954. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK VERY GOOD/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. A CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Second novel in the acclaimed Martha Quest series. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COPY. Michael Joseph hardcover
1954réf. 011136London: Michael Joseph 1954. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing. Briefly inscribed With best wishes from and SIGNED by the author. Slight spine lean and spotting on top edge otherwise very good in a very good dustjacket. Not priceclipped and no markings. Michael Joseph hardcover
1954réf. biblio110A First UK printing published by Michael Joseph in 1954.The BOOK is in near FINE condition.A little bit of pushing and creasing at the spine tips.Gilt titling remains bright.Very minor offsetting to the end papers and far less than commonly encountered.Book remains tightclean and free from inscriptions.The WRAPPER is complete and in near FINE condition.It is nicked in places and has a couple of minor closed tears. The spine colouring is good and in particular the red lettering has only slightly faded which is a common issue with this title.The Peter Rudland designed wrapper artwork looks very presentable in the removable Brodart archival protector.The book has been SIGNED by the Author to the first blank end-paper: 'I hope you like this book' Doris Lessing'. The Nobel Laureate's fifth book and increasingly scarce to find with such attributes.Accompanied by photocopies of the correspondence between Doris Lessing and the inscription dedicatee explaining the inscription.Ashtonrarebooks welcomes direct contact. Michael Joseph hardcover
1954réf. awfqMichael Joseph London 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. 438 pages complete. In general fair to good condition. This is the third novel in the 'Children of Violence' sequence that began with "Martha Quest". The dustjacket is assured and in good condition. It is enclosed in a clear cellophane protective cover. The dj has very mild wear sunning and rubbing to the back face. The black cover is neat. Inside the frontispage has scotch tape residue. The papertrims have some mild handling marks. The pages are clean clear genial assured comfortable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Michael Joseph, London hardcover
1958réf. Product_181HARDCOVER 1958 FIRST EDITION. NO DUST JACKET. FOXING DUE TO AGE. NO TEARS OR INSCRIPTIONS-SOME SCUFFS ON BOOK EDGES-WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE Martha Quest the embodied heroine of the Children of Violence series has been acclaimed as one of the greatest Fictional creations in the English language. In a Ripple from the Storm Doris Lessing charts Martha Quest's personal and political adventures in race-torn British Africa following Martha through World War II a grotesque second marriage and an excursion into Communism. This wise and starling novel perceptively reveals the paradoxes passions and ironies rooted in the life of twentieth-century Anglo-Africa. A Ripple from the Storm is the third novel in Doris Lessing's classic Children of Violence sequence of novels each a masterpiece in its own right and taken together an incisive and all-encompassing vision of our world in the twentieth century. MICHAEL JOSEPH hardcover
1977réf. 756P53London: Hart-Davis MacGibbon 1977. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 5.5". None. Two volumes from Doris Lessing's autobiographical series 'Children of Violence' spanning the whole life of the protagonist Martha Quest. In the original unclipped dustwrappers.Two volumes from Lessing's popular 'Children of Violence' cycle a semi-autobiographical series of five novels following Martha Quest from her adolescence to old age.'A Ripple in the Storm' is the third novel in the series 'Landlocked' is the fourth.Part of the 1977 reprint series.Doris Lessing was a Nobel Prize winning novelist one of the greatest post-war writers of Britain. 'Landlocked' in the original publisher's cloth binding 'Ripple in the Storm' rebound in a leatherette binding in the original unclipped dustwrappers. Externally smart. A few light marks to the boards and spines. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Institutional stamps and remnants of labels to the recto to the front endpapers. Dustwrappers with minor edgewear. 'Ripple' dustwrapper with tidemarks to the head and tail. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Institutional stamp to the reverse of the title pages. Very Good Indeed Hart-Davis, MacGibbon hardcover
1970réf. Q-0452256321Plume 1970-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Plume paperback
1995réf. Q-0060976640Harper Perennial 1995-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper Perennial paperback
1965réf. mon0000178969Macgibbon & Kee 1965-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback. Clean copy in good condition. Macgibbon & Kee unknown
1958réf. 4925London: Michael Joseph 1958. Hardcover. VG-. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Very Good- in Near Fine dust jacket. VG- book showing some staining on the covers and dust staining on teh top edge. Staining from binding coming through in first few and last few pages with scattered foxing in same areas. Mostly fine and clean in rest of the book still nice and square. A very nice unclipped jacket NF due to some internal foxing. Some toning to back panel but with very little edgewear. Now with a brodart jacket for protection. Michael Joseph hardcover
1958réf. 18415London: Michael Joseph 1958. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK VERY GOOD/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. Just signed by author with no inscription. Bookplate is attached to the book. A CLEAN COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Third novel in the acclaimed Martha Quest series. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COPY. Michael Joseph hardcover
réf. 0021958 London:Michael Joseph. First edition. Near fine with a touch of shelf wear at the foot. In a very good dust jacket with a few shallow chips. The true first edition of the third of the "Martha Quest" novels. This work is usually found as part of the "Children of Violence" collection published in the 1960s. This the true first is rarely encountered. 1958 London:Michael Joseph unknown
1974réf. 107095Alfred A. Knopf 1974. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Great condition. Jacket has Mylar Brodart. Back jacket has previous seller's price sticker. Spine edges are bumped. Binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1974réf. 91014New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Price stamped to front end page.; 8.30 X 5.90 X 0.90 inches; 171 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1975réf. Q-039471685XVintage 1975-07-12. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage paperback
réf. 039449329X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1974réf. Q-039449329XAlfred A. Knopf 1974-08-12. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1974réf. 11588Alfred A. Knopf 1974. 1st Edition. . Book Book Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Authors. Alfred A. Knopf 1974. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Authors. Signed by Doris Lessing on the ffe. Small indentation to front endpapers. Book in VG condition green cloth slightly faded in VG unclipped dust-jacket with only a little wear and rubbing. PO's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally clean. 171pp. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1974réf. 34949New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good price clipped dust jacket. First Edition stated.; 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.9 Inches; 171 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover