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2007réf. 1409288Norwalk; Paris: Easton Press; Terrail/Edigroup 2007. Easton Press Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 223 pages. In Very Good plus condition. Bound in maroon genuine leather with gilt decoration and titling; spine paneled with gilt titling; text block edges gilt with silk moiré endpapers and bound-in ribbon bookmark. Very light shelf wear to boards with some mild rubbing along the bottom board edges. Text block edges show light scuffing and wear. Interior clean. Shelved in Room F elephamt . This Easton Press Edition bears the typical Easton Press fine binding but uses the text block/contents of the Terrail/Edigroup First Edition First Printing. 1409288. Special Collections. Easton Press; Terrail/Edigroup hardcover books
2003réf. 2309037Paris: Telleri 2003. Large Softcover. Near Fine. 11x9x0. Minimal wear to corners. 2003 Large Softcover. 223 pp. "Celebrates Florence's glorious feast of artistic architectural and sculptural creativity during this period of enlightened patronage. Telleri paperback books
1967réf. 33604Washington DC: National Gallery of Art 1967. Softcover. VG light wear to cover. Pale blue ill. wraps. 261 pp. 261 bw plates. Comprised of essay descriptively annotated catalog entries and illustrations. Catalog of the 2d exhibition Dec. 3 1967-Jan. 7 1968 of engravings chiefly from the Lessing J. Rosenwald collection./ Bibliography: p. 14-15. Bibliographical footnotes. National Gallery of Art paperback books
1962réf. 353016New York: Print Council of America 1962. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Illustrated exhibition catalog with works by Ben Shahn and other leading printmakers. Foreword by Lessing Rosenwald. Very good. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn with an estate label designed by their son Jonathan Shahn. (Print Council of America unknown books
réf. B15996-AMinolta . Collectible - Acceptable. ex technical library sticker taped to bottom front no other library marks interior is clean and sound signed and inscribed to all the friends at TLI books Erich Lessing 1994 b/w photos throughout text in German. Soft Cover. No Jacket Minolta paperback books
1963réf. 2331141London: British Publications Inc 1963. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Light general wear. 1963 Soft Cover. 95 pp. Includes: Editorial Note by M.J.L.; The Gaullist Republic by Raymond Aron; Hebrew Myths and Legends II by Robert Graves and Raphael Patai; Remembering Stalin by Walter Laqueur; A Woman on a Roof Story by Doris Lessing; Exploring the History of Africa by Roland Oliver; Walter Bagehot by R.H.S. Crossman; Fun with Fission by Nigel Dennis; In Defence of Cinema Art by Francis Wyndham; The Card-trick by Jorge Luis Borges; Conger by Ted Walker; Alone by Rod Stuart Pterandodon by Douglas Livingstone; To a Pomegranate Tree by T. Carmi; The End of the Affair by Sebastian Haffner; Going Into Europe IV; G.M. Young and His England by John Gross; Valery as Social Thinker by J.G. Weightman; Novels by Kathleen Nott; Letters; Authors. British Publications Inc paperback books
1983réf. 50181New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Good /very good. SIGNED. 178pp. Octavo 24.5 cm Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine and an embossed title on the front cover. The extremities are moderately bumped and rubbed and the boards are splayed. In a dust jacket with mild edge wear and a thin 1/2" deep tear in the paper at the head of the jacket's spine. A science fiction novel and the fifth book in Doris Lessing's cycle Canopus in Argos: Archives. Signed by Doris Lessing with the date "17th June 1984" on the second half title page. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1983réf. 22062London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224021303 . First edition/first printing in seemingly unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; In her Canopus in Argos series Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual cultural and social issues. With debased language propaganda and political rhetoric as its theme Vol. V uses social satire to document the disintegration of a weaker empire as agents from the more powerful Canopus Sirius and Shammat compete to manipulate Volyen's citizens; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 5; 8vo ; viii 178 6 pages . Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1983réf. 17310London: Jonathan Cape. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0224021303 . First edition/first printing in Fine condition in price-clipped else Fine dust-jacket; In her Canopus in Argos series Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual cultural and social issues. With debased language propaganda and political rhetoric as its theme Vol. V uses social satire to document the disintegration of a weaker empire as agents from the more powerful Canopus Sirius and Shammat compete to manipulate Volyen's citizens; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 5; 8vo; viii 178 6 pages . Jonathan Cape hardcover books
1929réf. 1404386Berlin: Soncino-Gesellschaft 1929. Limited edition 600 copies. Hardcover. Octavo 57 pages. In Good minus condition. Spine is tan with black print. Boards quarter bound with tan cloth to spine and brown paper to boards; stray pencil mark on front panel. Text block has cracked front hinge. Text in German fraktur/gothic font. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Section. 1404386. FP New Rockville Stock. Soncino-Gesellschaft hardcover books
1905réf. 43857Berlin: Kommissions-Verlag bei Ernst Wasmuth 1905. First edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Folio 16 1/2 x 12 1/2". 6 86pp Text liv 54 tissue-guarded leaves Plates as issued. Original gilt-stamped cloth with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Large vignette to title page. Dedication to Kaiser Wilhelm II. Decorative initial. Illustrated with 54 mounted plates in photogravure including one in full color this remarkable work is devoted to the Pomeranian art cabinet a historic piece of furniture that the Augsburg art dealer and diplomat Philipp Hainhofer had built for the Pomeranian Duke Philip II at the beginning of the 17th century. The cabinet was a luxurious artfully crafted desk that looked like a miniaturized Wunderkammer wonder chamber a place where a collection of curiosities and rarities is exhibited. The art cabinet itself was destroyed in 1945 during World War II but many of the beautiful objects kept inside its numerous drawers remained intact and are still on display at the Berlin's Kunstgewerbemuseum Museum of Decorative Arts. Some of the objects displayed are: metal playing cards carved ivory chess pieces small paintings apothecary bottles small to large jars that fit into one another like Russian dolls a heart-shaped silver place setting toiletries such as an ivory comb razor shaving brush etc. Head and tail of spine frayed. Some soiling to both covers and spine. A 3" closed tear at lower front joint. Slight age-toning along paper margin. Text in German. Binding in overall fair to good- interior in very good condition. Kommissions-Verlag bei Ernst Wasmuth hardcover books
1973réf. 616769Madison Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin 1973. Softcover. Fine. Periodical. Octavo. 413-605 pp. Perfectbound in wrappers. Fine. A special number dedicated to the work of Doris Lessing. University of Wisconsin unknown books
1990réf. 201656Denver: P.R. Lessing 1990. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Numerous photographic color plates. Slim 4to blue cloth d.w. Denver: P. R. Lessing 1990. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper. Lengthy inscription from the author to a well-known collector. P.R. Lessing unknown books
1966réf. 611155New York: Simon and Schuster 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Two novels in one book. Lessing won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1966réf. 517144New York: Simon and Schuster 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing faint toning and mild edgewear. Two novels in one book. Lessing won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1964réf. 596847New York: Simon and Schuster 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Two volumes bound as one. 605pp. Spine ends lightly age-toned and rubbed near fine in a very good dust jacket with thin tideline on spine tail internally tape-repaired tears on spine head. Two novels in one book. Lessing won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1964réf. 1391285New York: Simon and Schuster 1964 1966. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo two books containing vols. 1-4 of a five-volume series. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jackets. Spines grey and red with white and black lettering. Dust jackets protected with mylar coverings prices uncut: "$7.50" and "$6.95." Spine of red dust jacket lightly sunned. Rears of both jackets with light plus marking; light shelf wear to head and tail of jackets spine and to jacket corners; a few instances of minor chipping to jacket edges. Creasing to rear flap of dust jacket on first book. Jackets lightly age toned. General shelf wear to head and tail of book spine and to edges and corners of boards. Age toning throughout text blocks. Both volumes signed by Lessing. CONTENTS: I: MARTHA QUEST and A PROPER MARRIAGE 605 pages signed by Lessing on "Publisher's Note" page. II: A RIPPLE FROM THE STORM and LANDLOCKED 544 pages signed by Lessing on title page. DL Consignment. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391285. Special Collections - Downstairs. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1966réf. 1394857New York NY: Simon and Schuster 1966. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 544 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Red spine aged pink with black and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$6.95" has mild shelving wear light chipping along the front fore edge a small closed tear along the spine head edge a small open tear along the front tail fore corner and moderate age-toning throughout. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges light bumping along the joint head corners and mild age-toning along the extremities. Textblock has stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges light foxing along the head edges and moderate age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. Shelved in Room Z. Contains volumes 3 and 4 of the "Children of Violence" series "A Ripple from the Storm" and "Landlocked" respectively. 1394857. Special Collections - Upstairs. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
1964réf. 33311New York: Simon and Schuster 1964. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster 1964 1966. First Printings stated. Four volumes in two; octavos 22cm.; publisher's boards in unclipped dust jackets; 605 544pp. Light wear to board and jacket margins brief tape repair to verso of spine ends of Vol. 1/2 corners bumped else a Very Good bright and sound set. Bookplate signed by the author laid into the earlier volume. Omnibus editions of the first four Children of Violence novels: Martha Quest 1952 A Proper Marriage 1954 A Ripple from the Storm 1958 and Landlocked 1965. The final entry The Four-Gated City would appear in 1969. Simon and Schuster unknown books
1900réf. 198879New York: The Grolier Club 1900. Hardcover. Good Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock edges are toned/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean with occasional smudging; binding is solid. Red cloth boards wih gilt lettering. 49pgs 1 pages frontispiece portrait. One of an edition of 310 copies on hand-made pape. The Grolier Club hardcover books
1900réf. 192088New York: The Grolier Club 1900. Hardcover. Good Cover has general wear some sticker residue. bookplate ifc. textblock cracked. textblock edges darkened. interior clean. Red cloth boards wih gilt lettering. 49pgs 1 pages frontispiece portrait. One of an edition of 310 copies on hand-made pape. The Grolier Club 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
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
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
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
