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1982ref. 002925London: Michael Joseph 1982. 2nd Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. July 1982. Later edition same powerful story! With preface by the author dated June 1971. 638 pp. Black cloth covered boards have gilt text on spine only. Tail of spine is slightly rubbed very slight top edge dust soiling ow book is as new. Price clipped DJ has 1/4" surface abrasion on front for edge rubbing at tail of spine. Book is from the collection of Toronto author/poet and Harbourfront Literary Events' host Greg Gatenby. The date of his acquisition of the book together with his signature is on ffep. Lessing's dedication is to him. " For Greg - Sincerely Doris Lessing 28th March 1984." Digital images available on SIGNED by AUTHOR. Bookseller's Inventory # 122925. Michael Joseph hardcover
ref. DADAX0671287702Brand: Simon n Schuster 0000-00-00. Reissue. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Simon n Schuster hardcover
1962ref. HALL505085Hardback. 1962. The book is very good except for slight tape marks on the endpapers. The dust jacket is near fine apart from 2 very small marks on the front flap. . hardcover
ref. SONG0671287702Brand: Simon n Schuster 0000-00-00. Reissue. hardcover. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Simon n Schuster hardcover
1984ref. SK-T6RP-F3GHSimon & Schuster 1984-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1962 Simon & Schuster hard cover - BCE - some stain and wear to edge of dust jacket now in mylar cover - staining on page edge - owner's name whited out - otherwise cover and binding fine contents clean - enjoy Simon & Schuster hardcover
1998ref. 132182New York: George Braziller Publisher 1998. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. Text by Pascal Vernus translated from the French by Jane Marie Todd. Illustrated throughout with color photographs by Erich Lessing. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. George Braziller Publisher unknown books
1990ref. 320078Easton Press 1990. Full-Leather -- As New in original shrinkwrap -- SHIPPING ONLY IN U.S. AND BY MEDIA RATE ONLY -- Dark brown leather with gilt embossing to cover spine and gilt to all edgres. Full-Leather. As New. Easton Press Hardcover
1995ref. 1207Terrail 1995. Paperback. Near Fine. 207 pp. Near Fine condition Terrail paperback
ref. 1146978286.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1147101906.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1355778255.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1358918716.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2003ref. Q-1843910284Hesperus Press 2003-04-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Hesperus Press paperback
1976ref. UTHE01LWPlume 1976. Very Good. Lessing Doris. The Four-Gated City: A Complete Novel from Doris Lessing's Masterwork Children of Violence. New York: Plume 1976. 614pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with creased spine and bumped corners. Plume paperback books
1969ref. 1394859New York NY: Alfred A. Knopf 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 613 3 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Blue spine with white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$7.50" has mild shelving wear small tears along the joint corners stains along the extremities bending wear along the front flap and mild age-toning throughout. Boards have mild bending wear along the fore corners mild wear along the extremities and mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild age-toning along the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges light foxing along the edges and mild age-toning along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. Shelved in Room Z. 1394859. Special Collections - Upstairs. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1969ref. 1391291New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1969. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 614 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine blue with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Price uncut: "$7.50". Jacket with light age toning and very light marking. Light shelf wear to head and tail of jacket spine and to jacket corners. One small closed tear to front of jacket near spine. Light bumping to head and tail of book spine and to edges and corners of boards. Age toning throughout text block. Signed flat by Lessing on title page. Volume V of Lessing's five-volume CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE series. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1391291. Special Collections - Downstairs. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1969ref. 17307New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A handsome first American edition/first printing in Fine condition with bright yellow top-stain ever so slightly toned in very Nearly Fine slightly rubbed dust-jacket with a 1/4" closed tear in the back; The Four-Gated City was praised as Nobel Prize laureate Lessing's most important work since the Golden Notebook. In the four previous novels set in Africa and looking back to the past Doris Lessing has explored the end of an epoch here she carries her protagonist Martha Quest to London and the world - into the present and the future ; 8vo . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1969ref. 610629New York: Alfred A Knopf 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in about fine dust jacket with a price inked on the upper flap and very light interior foxing. A sharp copy of the fifth and last volume in the author's semi-autobiographical The Children of Violence series. Alfred A Knopf hardcover books
1969ref. 517147New York: Alfred A Knopf 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Endpapers lightly toned at edges faint spotting on topedge near fine in a very good dust jacket with an interior dampstain along the bottom edge that mainly shows through on the cover. The fifth and last volume in the author's semi-autobiographical The Children of Violence series. Alfred A Knopf hardcover books
1969ref. 517158New York: Alfred A Knopf 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Endpapers lightly toned at edges tiny tear on bottom edge near fine in a very good dust jacket with light soiling and a couple small tears on the cover. The fifth and last volume in the author's semi-autobiographical The Children of Violence series. Alfred A Knopf hardcover books
1969ref. 151151New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good plus dustwrapper. Dustwrapper is price-clipped. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1969ref. 29658NY: Knopf 1969. First Edition. 8vo pp. 614. VG in chipped and soiled dj. Knopf unknown books
1976ref. 109870New York: Plume 1976. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Very good in wrappers with a small stain on back cover and remainder mark on bottom edge. A complete novel from Doris Lessing's masterwork "Children of Violence. Plume unknown books
1969ref. 1110New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1969. Very Good. First American edition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Margaret". A second likely previous owner's signature appears below the inscription. Original cloth in the original illustrated dust jacket. The dust jacket is unclipped retaining the original $7.50 price on the front flap. Condition is Very Good; the jacket shows light edge wear and minor surface toning but remains highly presentable. The final volume in Lessing's acclaimed "Children of Violence" series a monumental social and psychological chronicle of post-war Britain. N1. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1969ref. 966T76London: Macgibbon & Kee; Jonathan Cape 1969-1988. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5"; 8" by 5.5". None. Three smart first edition novels from British writer Doris May Lessing. Three volumes. First edition. Written by Doris May Lessing a British novelist who was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize the Academy described her as "that epicist of the female experience who with scepticism fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny". Lessing was the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature at age 87. This set contains: The Four-Gated City 1969. The concluding novel in Lessing's semi-autobiographical series The Children of Violence. Moving to London Martha "is integrally part of the social history of the time - the Cold War the Aldermaston Marches Swinging London the deepening of poverty and social anarchy." The novel extends into science fiction depicting a dystopian future following the destruction of Britain. Briefing for a Descent into Hell 1971. A psychological novel. A well-dressed but disheveled man is found wandering alone at night on London's Embankment. Unable to remember anything he is escorted to a psychiatric hospital where he is identified as Charles Watkins a professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge. The Fifth Child 1988. A short novel describing the changes in the happy life of a married couple Harriet and David Lovatt as a consequence of the birth of Ben their fifth child. In the original full cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with light wear to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and panel edges of The Four-Gated City. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Macgibbon & Kee; Jonathan Cape hardcover
