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1981ref. 1007Y6London; New York : Jonathan Cape; Faber and Faber; Pocket Books 1981-1988. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A terrific selection of female-written science fiction including Doris Lessing's 'Canopus in Argos' novel and Diane Duane's 'Star Trek' novel. A selection of three science fiction books complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrappers. Comprising the following titles: The Sirian Experiments by Doris Lessing 1981 - First UK edition. The third book in Lessing's five-book Canopus in Argos series continuing the story of Earth's evolution.Pzyche by Amanda Hemingway Jan Siegel 1982 - First edition. The author's debut novel set on a desolate planet at the furthest edge of the galaxy in which we follow Pzyche Corazin the daughter of an eccentric psychospecialist.Star Trek: Spock's World by Diane Duane - First edition first printing. Set in the 23rd century of the fictional Star Trek universe this novel reveals the truth about beloved central character Spock and and his home planet Vulcan. In the original cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally excellent with a hint of shelf wear and minor handling marks to the boards of 'Pzyche'. Dust wrappers for 'Sirian' and 'Pzyche' are excellent with only minor shelf wear and residue of price label to 'Sirian' fly leaf. 'Spock's World' with small chip to front panel and short closed tear to rear. General edge wear and residue of price label to front panel. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine Jonathan Cape; Faber and Faber; Pocket Books hardcover
1980ref. 212928New York: Knopf 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Chipping at spine crown. Knopf hardcover
1980ref. 144797New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Stated First Edition.; 9.4 X 6.5 X 1.1 inches; 288 pages. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc hardcover
1980ref. 124014New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner bookplate on front pastedown. 1/4 inch open tear at top of front gutter. Light bumping at spine crown/heel. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text block.; 9.4 X 6.5 X 1.1 inches; 288 pages. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc hardcover
1980ref. 98061New York: Alfred A. Knopf Inc 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Chip to rear panel's lower edge. First Edition stated.; 9.40 X 6.50 X 1.10 inches; 288 pages. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc hardcover
1980ref. 48932New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. A few small tears to jacket.; 1.1 x 9.4 x 6.5 Inches; 288 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
ref. GRP74111564Penguin Random House. Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Penguin Random House unknown
1980ref. 55469New York: Knopf 1980. First edition. Very good plus. Rare uncorrected long galley proofs for the first US edition of the Nobel winner's sci-fi novel third book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series. Inspired by Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated 1910 Antarctic expedition SIRIAN EXPERIMENTS was short-listed for the 1981 Booker Prize. A scarce format. 24'' x 8'' unfolded. 121 long unbound sheets printed one side only loosely folded to center. Mild toning edgewear. Touches of soil. Housed in an archival box. Knopf unknown
1980ref. 10-37875Alfred A. Knopf Inc 1980-12-12. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition hardcover stated. No marking tight binding. Dust jacket unclipped with chipping and wear. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc hardcover
1980ref. Q-0394512316Alfred A. Knopf Inc 1980-12-12. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alfred A. Knopf, Inc hardcover
1981ref. 272414London : Cape 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 288p. ; 23cm. Subject; Fiction in English — 1945- — Texts London : Cape hardcover
1981ref. 11379Comments: Top edge discolored from age. Light wear to d-j. Synopsis: The third in Doris Lessing's visionary novel cycle Canopus in Argos: Archives. It is a mix of fable futuristic fantasy and pseudo-documentary accounts of 20th-century history. Jonathan Cape hardcover
1981ref. 1010172NY: Knopf 1981. First US edition first prnt. Full-cloth with gilt spine lettering. Signed by Lessing on the half-title page. Spine bottom edge cloth minimally rubbed and pushed; dustjacket with beginning toning on flaps' topedges and minimal wear at spine ends. Tight copy in Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Third volume in Lessing's Canapos in Argos: Archives series. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf hardcover
1981ref. 48849New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 288pp. Octavo 24.5 cm Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and an embossed title on the front cover. With moderate bumping and rubbing to the extremities. In a dust jacket with subtle edge wear. A science fiction novel and the third book in Doris Lessing's cycle Canopus in Argos: Archives. Signed by Doris Lessing with the date "17th June 1984" on the half title page. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1981ref. 19744London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0224018914 . First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper with publisher's price-sticker of £6.95. Signed and inscribed by Lessing in April 1981 to Ingmar Bjorksten - a Swedish writer who has been connected to the Nobel Prize committee - 26 years before Lessing received the award. An attractive and scarce association copy; In her Canopus in Argos series Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual cultural and social issues. Volume III returns to the planet Shikasta of Vol. I this time telling the story of human history and evolution from the Sirian perspective a more bureaucratic and less advanced civilization. Booker Prize shortlisted in 1981; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 3; 8vo ; xii 288 4 pages; Note: Last two leaves blank ; Signed by Author . Jonathan Cape hardcover
1981ref. 81897London: Jonathan Cape 1981. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. No external library markings; library marking on verso of title page; faint evidence of label on front free endpaper; tail of spine gently bumped; dust wrapper lightly edge-rubbed; 288p. Signed by author on title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Jonathan Cape hardcover
1980ref. 55469New York: Knopf 1980. First edition. Very good plus. Rare uncorrected long galley proofs for the first US edition of the Nobel winner's sci-fi novel third book in her five-book Canopus in Argos series. Inspired by Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated 1910 Antarctic expedition SIRIAN EXPERIMENTS was short-listed for the 1981 Booker Prize. A scarce format. 24'' x 8'' unfolded. 121 long unbound sheets printed one side only loosely folded to center. Mild toning edgewear. Touches of soil. Housed in an archival box. Knopf unknown books
1981ref. 1010172NY: Knopf 1981. First US edition first prnt. Full-cloth with gilt spine lettering. Signed by Lessing on the half-title page. Spine bottom edge cloth minimally rubbed and pushed; dustjacket with beginning toning on flaps' topedges and minimal wear at spine ends. Tight copy in Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Third volume in Lessing's Canapos in Argos: Archives series. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf hardcover books
1981ref. 517165New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Volume three only. Large Octavo. 291pp. Black cloth. A fine copy in fine bright dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed slip laid into book. Third in a series of novels "Canopus in Argos: Archives." Doris Lessing born in 1919 British novelist playwright and poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. publisher's complimentary copy. Large octavo black cloth 291 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1981ref. 517166New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Volume three only. Large octavo. 291pp. Black cloth. A fine copy in very good dust jacket; jacket has two one-inch tears on front panel with faint sticker mark rear panel has two small tears else crisp and bright. Third in a series of novels "Canopus in Argos: Archives." Doris Lessing born in 1919 British novelist playwright and poet won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1981ref. 48849New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 288pp. Octavo 24.5 cm Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and an embossed title on the front cover. With moderate bumping and rubbing to the extremities. In a dust jacket with subtle edge wear. A science fiction novel and the third book in Doris Lessing's cycle Canopus in Argos: Archives. Signed by Doris Lessing with the date "17th June 1984" on the half title page. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1981ref. 19744London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0224018914 . First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper with publisher's price-sticker of £6.95. Signed and inscribed by Lessing in April 1981 to Ingmar Bjorksten - a Swedish writer who has been connected to the Nobel Prize committee - 26 years before Lessing received the award. An attractive and scarce association copy; In her Canopus in Argos series Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual cultural and social issues. Volume III returns to the planet Shikasta of Vol. I this time telling the story of human history and evolution from the Sirian perspective a more bureaucratic and less advanced civilization. Booker Prize shortlisted in 1981; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 3; 8vo ; xii 288 4 pages; Note: Last two leaves blank ; Signed by Author . Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1964ref. 015708Copenhague & Paris Hengelo - Jacqueline de Jong 1964 In-4 Broché, couverture illustrée Edition originale
ref. 0140040005.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2005ref. 12425London: Fourth Estate 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket unclipped £15.99. Blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound clean internally. Lessing's sequel to her novel Mara and Dann a cautionary tale of environmental change. Fourth Estate hardcover
