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1991173640Stanford: Stanford University Press 1991. Hardcover. VG/VG. Olive cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Cream and green illustrated dust jacket with green lettering and burgundy trim. xiv 308 pp. Illustrations. Stanford University Press hardcover books
199134249Stanford: Stanford University Press 1991. First Edition. Octavo 22.25cm.; publisher's cloth in cream pictorial dust jacket; xiv2308pp.; illus. Two tiny closed tears at top edge of rear jacket panel spine a hint sunned else Fine. Stanford University Press unknown books
196214163North Hills PA: Bird & Bull Press 1962. First Limited Edition. 12mo. Cloth boards; viii 62 iii pp. One of 310 copies. Presentation to Ben Shahn from Lessing Rosenwald on front endpaper: "To Ben Shahn / With Kindest Regards / Lessing" dated 1962. Fine copy. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn with estate label tipped on to front pastedown. The third title from Henry Morris's Bird & Bull Press. Scarce; this a particularly fresh copy with a compelling association. Bird & Bull Press unknown books
19402282990Lane Publishing Co./ Sunset Magazine 1940. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Ross Sinclair. Light stain along bottom edge of jacket front a few faint smudges on jacket sticker on front jacket flap. 1940 Hard Cover. 62 pp. Introduction by Bruno Lessing. The contributors are all famous people: John Steinbeck Sinclair Lewis Gertrude Stein Alfred Lunt Christopher Morley Ben Hecht Julian Street. Other contributors include: Walt Disney Lowell Thomas H.L. Mencken J. Edgar Hoover Upton Sinclair The Duke of Kent Louis Untermeyer Thornton Wilder Rube Goldberg etc. Lane Publishing, Co./ Sunset Magazine hardcover books
197027896North Hills PA: Printed for the Philobiblion Club Bird & Bull Press 1970. First Thus. Limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 50. Slim quarto 30.5cm.; original brown cloth-backed marbled boards spine lettered in black; 13pp.; 4 mounted facsimile plates; staplebound facsimile catalogue laid into chemise mounted inside rear cover. Fine. Facsimile of the hoax auction catalogue issued in 1840 organized by Belgian bibliophile Renier Chalon. Printed for the Philobiblion Club, Bird & Bull Press unknown books
2009132831Waterville Maine: Colby College museum of art 2009. Hardcover. VG/VG. Gray cloth on boards color illustrated dust jacket. 376 pp. 202 color and 8 B&W illustrations. Published for an exhibition held at Colby College Museum of Art July 11 2009-February 21 2010. Colby College museum of art hardcover books
1961007442Simon & Schuster 1961. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy in like jacket.First Edition.Excellent copy. Simon & Schuster Hardcover books
B27707-F-LESSimon and Shuster Inc. Collectible - Good. NY: Simon and Schuster 1962. Stated 1st printing. Hardcover. 568 pgs. Near very good in a near very good dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Spine ends bumped and toned. 1/4 inch tear and bump to cloth near hinge at bottom edge of rear cover. Contents fine. Jacket edgeworn and lightly rubbed. 5.95 price on flap. Inquire if you need further information. Simon and Shuster, Inc. hardcover books
1990201656Denver: 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.<br/><br/> Prevoius owner's inscription .<br/><br/> P.R. Lessing unknown books
192920399Berlin: Albert Frisch 1929. 57 pages; a facsimile of the notebook containing the original dramatic piece debut in 1772 by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1729 - 1781 influential German Age of Enlightenment writer philosopher dramatist; facsimile 6 1/4" x 9 1/2" approx. size; small previous owner bookplate-ticket of Paul Kempner on front endpaper; light beige plain paper wrap covers; some edge tips wear and soiling to binding; in very good condition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Albert Frisch paperback books
1900176594New York: The Grolier Club 1900. Hardcover. VG contains book plate of noted collector Beverly Chew; light staining/toning to end pages but otherwise pages are very clean portrait off-setting to title page. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt design and lettering on front cover bw portrait frontispiece 49 pp untrimmed. Ffep reads "The Publicatino Committee of the Grolier Club certifies that this copy of a Catalogue of Etchings and Dry Points by Rembrandt selected for Exhibition at the Grolier Club is one of an edition of 310 copies on hand-made paper printed in the month of April 1900." The bookplate inside the front cover is from noted collector Beverly Chew and engraved by Edwin Davis French. The Grolier Club hardcover books
20032309037Paris: Telleri 2003. Large Softcover. Near Fine. Pages very faintly toned. 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
191438732New York: Hearst's International Library Co 1914. 1st edition Smith L-212. Maroon cloth binding white stamped lettering to spine and cover. White pictorial DJ. Average wear to binding rubbed edges age-toning to endpapers. Previous owner's stamp to title leaf. DJ severely chipped and soiled now housed in mylar DJ protector. A VG copy in a Good DJ. 348 2 blank pp. B/w inserted plates of illustrations by Bracker. 7-5/8" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> Hearst's International Library Co hardcover books
1963020369NY: Simon & Schuster. 1963. The first American edition of this collection of stories her first book published after the controversy and success of The Golden Notebook. A bit of discoloration to the rear board; near fine in a very good mildly sunned dust jacket with some staining to the rear panel. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
195451513London: Michael Joseph 1954. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19cm; black cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 89-4382pp. Spine ends gently nudged with a faint tiny splash mark to upper and lower edge of textblock; contents clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 12s 6d net gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn with a few tiny tears and two shallow nicks at crown; Very Good. The second volume in the Nobel Prize-winning author's Children of Violence series written between 1952-1969. Michael Joseph unknown books
195423317London: Michael Joseph 1954. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. First UK edition of the South Rhodesian author's uncommon fifth book. A follow-up novel featuring Martha Quest. A truly handsome near fine copy in black cloth binding in a stunning unclipped dustwrapper which includes the rare belly band. The band promotes Lessing as the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award 1954. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on the title page. A collector's copy to be sure. <br/><br/> Michael Joseph hardcover books
1974WRCLIT48501New York: Knopf 1974. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first U.S. edition. Edited and Introduced by Paul Schlueter. Vestiges of filing label across bottom edge spine faintly sunned very good. Knopf unknown books
1974705787NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1974. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1974705789NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1974. Very Good in Very Good price-clipped DJ. Remainder stamp on bottom edge. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1974705788NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1974. Very Good in Very Good price-clipped DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
199251387New York: HarperCollins 1992. First American Edition. Limited Issue one of 125 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author. Octavo 24cm; burgundy cloth with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; publisher's decorative slipcase. Fine and unread still sealed in the publisher's original shrinkwrap with the original price stickers on rear cover. Handsome edition of this memoir by the Zimbabwean Nobel Laureate. HarperCollins unknown books
1993ULESAFR00DGHarper Perennial 1993. Very Good. Lessing Doris. African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe. New York NY: Harper Perennial 1993. xii 442pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with a remainder mark on the bottom edge. Harper Perennial paperback books
1993ULESAFR00FPHarper Perennial 1993. Very Good. Lessing Doris. African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe. New York NY: Harper Perennial 1993. xii 442pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Slight rubbing to edges. Harper Perennial paperback books
19922202694HarperCollins 1992. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First U.S. edition. Page ridges toned and foxed. HarperCollins hardcover books
1992002285New York: HarperCollins 1992. Copy Number 25 of 125 in a Specially Bound Slipcased First U.S. Edition. There were also 26 copies lettered A-Z. As New in As New decorative slipcase. SIGNED AND NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION. Limited Signed First Edition. Cloth. As New/No Jacket As Issued. HarperCollins Hardcover books
