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1980rif. 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
1981rif. Q-0224018914Jonathan Cape 1981-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Jonathan Cape hardcover
1980rif. Q-0394512316Alfred A. Knopf Inc 1980-12-12. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alfred A. Knopf, Inc hardcover
1994rif. Q-0006547214Harpercollins Pub Ltd 1994-04-30. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harpercollins Pub Ltd paperback
1981rif. 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
1981rif. 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
1981rif. 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
1981rif. 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
1981rif. 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
1981rif. 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
1980rif. 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
1981rif. 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
1981rif. 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
1981rif. 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
1981rif. 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
1981rif. 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
1975rif. BOOKS110698IVienna: Fritz Molder. Fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1975. 1st. hardcover. 4to pp. Gift inscription on the half-title page. . Fritz Molder hardcover
rif. 0140040005.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2005rif. 824W43London and New York: Fourth Estate 2005. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9" by 6". None. A scarce signed first edition and first printing of Doris Lessing's dystopian sequel. First Edition and first printing signed copy of The Story of General Dann by one of Britain's greatest novelists. In the original publisher's binding and dust wrapper.The Story of General Dann is the sequel to Lessing's earlier work Mara and Dann 1999 a novel about a brother and sister surviving in a new future climate. This sequel shows the characters all grown up one with a dog and the other a child and their fight for survival continues.Doris Lessing was ranked fifth by The Times in 2008 on the list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. She was also awarded the David Cohen Prize for achievement in British literature and the 2007 Novel Prize in Literature. This is a scarce signed edition of one of her later written dystopian fiction novels. Includes the original unclipped dust wrapper. In original publisher's cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent. Dust wrapper has signs of previous use but is in fine condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine Fourth Estate hardcover
2005rif. 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
2005rif. 1396082New York New York: HarperCollins 2005. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Octavo 282 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is white with black lettering. Wraps have mild shelving wear along extremities and moderate foxing. Text block edges mildly scuffed head edge moderately foxed and has a faint gray liquid stain along fore edge pp.197-282. Shelved in Room Z. 1396082. Special Collections - Upstairs. HarperCollins unknown
rif. 0224007696.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2006rif. Q-006053012XHarper 2006-01-03. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper hardcover
2006rif. 18427New York: Harper Collins 2006. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET NEAR FINE. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN COPY WITH A BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Harper Collins hardcover
2005rif. 60814London: Fourth Estate 2005. First edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sequel to Mara and Dann. Fourth Estate hardcover
