Lessing, DorisABAA
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1986réf. 22215London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224024663 . A charming first Impression of the first edition in just about Fine condition with very slightly yellowed pages edges as is common with this title in like lightly rubbed dust-wrapper. Dedicated to fellow author Greg Gatenby and SIGNED by author and Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing directly on the title page. From Gatenby's library with his signature on the fly leaf. An attractive association; Nobel Prize Winner Doris Lessing's attempt to explain "why human beings continue to make the same mistakes. This original and important work of Lessing underlines the necessity to retain an independent frame of mind to fight received opinion and to resist the general drift into apathy". from the dustjacket ; 8vo; 95 1 pages; Signed by Author . Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1960réf. 629159New York: Partisan Review 1960. Softcover. Near Fine. Periodical. Octavo. 393-576pp. Perfectbound in wrappers. Spine toned near fine. Contributors include Mary McCarthy "The Fact in Fiction" Doris Lessing "Our Friend Judith" Philip Rahv "Dostoevsky in 'Crime and Punishment'" and poetry by Eugenio Montale W.D. Snodgrass I.A. Richards Lenore Marshall Daniel G. Hoffman Sylvia Plath and William Meredith. Partisan Review unknown books
1991réf. 594311New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1991. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof of the First American edition. Peach wrappers. Fading on the spine else near fine with publisher's material stapled to the verso of the front wrapper. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1991réf. 571100New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1991. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof of the First American edition. Orange wrappers. Fading on the spine else about near fine with publisher's material stapled to the verso of the front wrapper. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1991réf. 571046New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1991. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof of the First American edition. Orange wrappers. Fading on the spine else about near fine. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1991réf. 505202New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1991. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof with publisher's material stapled to interior cover. A couple of tiny creased corners on wrappers slightly sunned spine near fine. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1991réf. 705798NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1991. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf paperback books
1967réf. 104369NY:: Simon and Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Stated first printing. About fine in like dust jacket. An attractive well preserved copy.; 126 pages . Simon and Schuster, hardcover books
1967réf. 9014477New York: Simon & Schuster 1967. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition in a near fine dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor wear to the extremities. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1988réf. 209488Flushing NY: The Paris Review 1988. First edition. Softcover. 306 pages. The highlight of this issue is David Foster Wallace's short story "Little Expressionless Animals." Features interviews of Doris Lessing and Marguerite Yourcenar. Includes Fiction by Thomas Glynn and Charlie Smith contributions by J.P. Donleavy and John Irving William Styron William Carlos Williams poems by Tom Disch Thom Gunn John Updike and numerous others. A near fine copy in wrappers that feature an illustration by Donald Sultan. The Paris Review unknown books
1952réf. 100175London:: Hay Wrightson. 1952. Photograph. 4.25" x 6" original photograph SIGNED by Doris Lessing and by Hay Wrightson the photographer. Includes a typed note to the recipient dated 1952 and with her London address also SIGNED by Lessing and the original mailing envelope addressed in Lessing's hand. . Hay Wrightson, books
réf. 34328LESSING Julius. ORIENTALISCHE TEPPICHE. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth 1891. Portfolio 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. 11 pages 13 colored plates. First edition. A set of chromolithographs showing major examples of oriental carpets from the collections of the Berlin Museum. Three plates are very large 18 5/8 x 25 inch double-pages. The carpets are mainly Persian and Turkish from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. One of the double-page plates has been professionally reinforced from the rear else very good. unknown books
1964réf. 124489London: Michael Joseph 1964. hardcover. very good/very good-. 263pp. 8vo brown cloth d.w.; dust wrapper chipped. London: Michael Joseph 1964. A very good copy in a very good - dust wrapper. Michael Joseph unknown books
1911réf. 28908Chicago: Rossiter 1911. Sheet music. 4to pp. 4. Cover illustration in red and pale blue. VG. Rossiter unknown books
1881réf. 8283Leipzig: W. Druglin 1881. First. Hardcover. vg. Small folio. 354 pp. All edges gilt. Cream colored parchment paper richly decorated in gold on front and rear boards. Bevelled edges. Minor bumping to corners and rubbing to head and tail of spine. Slight foxing to pp. 97 and 97 rest of text clean. Decorative thick marbled enpapers. Text in German Gothic script. Following the third revised and corrected edition this edition was published in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the original printing. Overall very good. W. Druglin hardcover books
1779réf. 191197Berlin Germany: Christian Friedrich Voss 1779. Hardcover. VG rubbed leather to edges spine edges & corners. lower spine edges each have small tears. remains tightly bound. black leather boards w/ gilt trim & inlaid green marbled paper. leather & gilt spine w/ five raised bands & six gilt compartments. green marbled pastedowns & endpapers. all edges green. 240 pgs. A handsome edition. Foxing to opening and closing pages otherwise foxing appears fairly minimal throught with instances of specks and blotches. Pages remain bright with faint to light tanning text dark and detailed. Text in German. Christian Friedrich Voss hardcover books
1779réf. 176516Berlin: Voss 1779. Hardcover. VG pages tanned as expected with age but pages are readable. Original paper wraps are rebound in full green leather boards gilt lettering on spine with four raised bands untrimmed pages 253 pp. Written in German. Nathan The Wise a dramatic poem in five acts. Voss hardcover books
1882réf. 199116Berlin: Franz Lipperheide 1882. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Poor Covers are detached and heavily edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; rear cover has masking tape remnants; spine strip is chipped off at both ends and heavily worn; textblock edges are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged/foxed; interior is lightly toned with some smudging and foxing; bookblock appears solid. Three-quarter-bound green leather and marbled boards with gilt lettering and design; 3 volumes in 1; richly illustrated with plates. Text in German. Part one is dated "1882" 11 pages and 25 plates. Part two is dated "1881" 8 pages and 26 plates; Part three is dated "1881" with 32 pages and 23 plates. Franz Lipperheide hardcover books
1972réf. 401298Chicago: The University of Chicago Press 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Introduction and translation by Kenneth J. Northcott. Fine in a very good dust jacket with chips and tears. Poetry. The University of Chicago Press hardcover books
1920réf. 30889Leipzig: Insel Verlag 1920. Limited edition. Hardcover. g. 1/2000. 12mo. 3 189 1pp. Original three-quarter calf with finely gold-tooled spine over marbled boards. Black title-label with gold lettering. Minna von Barnhelm oder das Soldatenglück is a play by Lessing in five acts. Illustrated with copper-engravings by German graphic artist and engraver Daniel Chodowiecki who was one of the most popular German engravers and illustrators of the 18th century. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1729-1781 is considered by many the true founder of modern German literature and was the main representative of the Enlightenment in Germany. His most famous works are Nathan the Wise 1779 Minna von Barnhelm 1755 and Miss Sara Sampson 1755. Text in German gothic script. Some age wear and sunning on binding. Tight copy with binding in overall good interior in very good condition. Insel Verlag hardcover books
1973réf. 215009Germany: Rowohlt 1973. Softcover. Good. Good in wrappers a paperback. Pages browned. Corners flared. In German. Rowohlt unknown books
1975réf. 65574Don Mills:: General Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0773600388 . A novel. First Canadian edition. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . General Publishing, hardcover books
1965réf. 193457Not Identified: Not Identified 1965. Paperback. Good Wraps are sunned and show shelf/edgewear; pages are clean; binding is solid. Tan wraps with illustration; 30 unnumbered pages; richly illustrated. "An Exhibition Selected by Lessing J. Rosenwald for display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts from February 5 to March 21 1965." Not Identified paperback books
1966réf. 564801New York: Signet/New American Library 1966. Softcover. Very Good. First Signet edition. Mass market paperback. Small dampstain on top corner of text block creases and moderate edgewear on wraps very good. Lessing's third book second novel and first installment in her six volume semi-autobiographical "Children of Violence" series. Signet/New American Library unknown books
1999réf. ULESMAR00HMRHarperPerennial 1999. Very Good. Lessing Doris. Mara and Dann: An Adventure. New York: HarperPerennial 1999. 407pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with lightly soiled cover and subtly bumped edges. HarperPerennial paperback books
