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1994107650New York: Cambridge University Press 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 1067 pages. Cambridge University Press hardcover
197434949New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good price clipped dust jacket. First Edition stated. ; 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.9 Inches; 171 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
197552949New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Light foxing to page edges. First Edition stated. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
199765790Mankato MN: Creative Education 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. ; Creative Short Stories; 8.60 X 6.40 X 0.40 inches; 32 pages. Creative Education hardcover
1955050958New York: Scientific American Inc. 1955. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Near Fine <br/> <br/> Scientific American, Inc. paperback
1991nf31091991 Library of Congress Washington D. C. 1991.hardback speckled green cloth edition. xxxv 427 pp. Sm. 4to. Cloth. Illus. with 98 color & b/w plates. One hundred essays about The Rosenwald Collection which "constitutes the largest single gathering of rare books at the Library of Congress and . represents one of the finest collections of books formed by any individual." Essays cover Manuscripts Early Printing Typography & Writing Books Illustrated Books Eighteenth-Century French Illustrated Books William Blake Modern Illustrated Books Architecture Bindings Geography Herbals and Science.A BRAND NEW BOOK UNUSED. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing a scan of the actual book is available on request. Hardcover. New. hardcover
199120957Washington: Library of Congress 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Faint blemish to front cover cloth seems to be in the weave of the fabric else fine. xxxv 427 pp. illustrated small 4to dark green raw silk over boads printed paper spine label. A collection of 100 essays each on a specific book from the Rosenwald Collections. Library of Congress hardcover
1994346268Easton Press 1994. FIRST THUS. Hardcover. Like New/No Jacket. First Edition Thus. Published by Easton Press 1994. Octavo. Hardcover. Deluxe genuine fine red leather binding with extra gilt decoration on inside edges. The Harvard Classics Eliot Edition/Millennium Edition. Book is like new very fine. No writing names or ownership markings or bookplates. Binding tight and pages crisp. Gilt staining has no scratches. A wonderful crisp and clean copy of this deluxe edition of this Harvard Classics volume. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. Easton Press hardcover
1995034040Alfred A. Knopf 1995. Reprint 1995. Hardcover without dust jacket as issued. 8vo with 529 pages. The book is in very good condition. Interior is clean and tight. "The Man Who Loved Children an acclaimed twentieth-century classic is an unforgettable portrait of a magnificently dysfunctional family.Christina Steads masterpiece stems from its power to convey out of such extremes an utterly convincing depiction of the central relationships of human experience." Blue cloth spine/Silver text. . Repint. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ Issued. 8vo. Literature / Fiction / Family. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
1991116Library of Congress 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 427 pp. Near Fine. No Jacket. Hardcovers are green fabric shows no wear or marks. Library of Congress hardcover
1992355HarperCollinsPublishers 1992. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the half title 8vo black quarter cloth over white boares Mylar-protected dust jacket xiii 442 pages. Doris Lessing became the 2007 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. HarperCollinsPublishers hardcover
1971COLLECTI011642ILONDON: JONATHAN CAPE. NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD D.J. PUB 1971. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ARGUABLY THE 2007 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER'S FINEST BOOK AND # 49 OF DAVID PRINGLE'S "MODERN FANTASY: THE HUNDRED BEST NOVELS" . BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT BUT WITH A TRACE OF FOXING TO THE ENDPAPERS OFFSET TO FLAPS. D.J. HAS A COUPLE OF SHORT TEARS AROUNT THE TOP OF THE SPINE PANEL SOME MODEST RUB TO CORNERS LIGHT WEAR AT TOP EDGE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN BRIGHT UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. . JONATHAN CAPE hardcover
1966611155New 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
1952awgcMichael Joseph London 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 320 pages complete. First edition of Lessing's third novel and the first in the 'The Children of Violence' sequence. In very good general condition. The dustjacket designed by Peter Rudland is enclosed in a clear cellophane protective cover. The dustjacket has some wear to the edges. It is intact and assured. The price is not snipped. The cover is tidy with light shelf wear to the edges. Inside the contents are fresh and very certain. The pages are clean clear neat - as if new throughout. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Michael Joseph, London hardcover
1956320681London: Michael Joseph 1956. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 334pp. Nice copy in like price-clipped dust jacket Michael Joseph hardcover
1962053576Simon and Schuster 1962. A tight clean Book Club hardcover in a jacket. Prior owner's embossed stamp on first two pages. 553pp. Jacket is rubbed at corners; offered now in a new mylar cover. Book Club Edition BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Simon and Schuster Hardcover
1984E6-2DBY-Y6P0Simon & Schuster 1984-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good. original 1962 Michael Joseph UK hard cover - 1st edition 4th printing - ex-library whose only evidence is stamp inside front and back cover - envelop inside back cover and minor label on dust jacket spine - 2 inch tear on dust jacket at spine - slight general wear to dust jacket now in mylar cover some staining to page edge - minor tape residue to cover - 1 inch patch of cover surface off due to tape removal - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy Simon & Schuster hardcover
1950018441New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1950. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 245pp. Solid First Edition of the celebrated author's first book. Bound in yellow cloth with lettering in green on the spine. Square tight and clean throughout with just a touch of page toning. Very mild wear to extremities. Cloth a bit soiled. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket $3.00 has a couple of tiny chips and closed edge-tears. Some rubbing to folds. Some soiling. Not perfect but still bright complete and presents very well. An attractive collectable copy at a great price. Thomas Y. Crowell unknown
1980Fiction-Lessing-3Knopf New York 1980 New York: Random House 1980. First edition. First printing. Full black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Publisher's original price intact on front jacket flap $10.00. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Octavo 245 pages. The second novel in Doris Lessing's visionary "Canopus in Argos: Archives" series a cycle blending myth science fiction and political allegory to explore human evolution and cosmic civilization. Doris Lessing 1919-2013 won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007. The "Canopus in Argos: Archives" series consists of: "Shikasta" 1979; "The Marriages Between Zones Three Four and Five" 1980; "The Sirian Experiments" 1981; "The Making of the Representative for Planet 8" 1982; and "The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire" 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Knopf, New York hardcover
197219506London: Jonathan Cape Ltd 1972. First Edition First Printing. British. Very Good/Good. <br /> <br /> Signed with an inscription by Doris Lessing with the date of 18 February 1988 on the title page.<br /> <br /> Dark purple boards with gilt spine titles; 8 inches tall; 11-318 pages. The bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light even age-toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. Discard stamp from Library of Congress. The dust jacket with the price of 1.95 pounds has edge and corner wear.<br /> <br /> Uncommon to find signed. A collection of short stories that explores a wide range of themes from social and political issues to deeply personal and psychological insights. <br /> <br /> While each story stands on its own they collectively offer a rich exploration of human nature relationships and the societal constructs that shape individual lives.<br /> <br /> This book fits within Lessing's larger body of work contributing to her reputation as one of the most insightful and challenging writers of the 20th century. Adapted from Reviews<br /> <br /> Themes: Challenging Societal Norms; Gender Roles and Freedom; Power Dynamics; Individual Happiness vs. Social Expectations; Satire and Irony. Jonathan Cape Ltd unknown
199486930New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1994 1997. First American Editions. First Printings. Two octavo volumes 24.25cm; grey and dark blue paper-covered boards with burgundy and navy blue cloth backstrips with titles stamped in silver and gilt on spines; dustjackets; xii4191; x2-4042pp; illus. Pictorial bookplates of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 mounted to front pastedowns of each volume. About Fine in Fine unclipped dustjackets. Sharp set of the Nobel Prize-winning author's autobiography. 86930. HarperCollins Publishers unknown
1968136The Hague and Paris: Mouton 1968. 8vo pp. 382 2; parallel text in transliterated Tibetan and English; full red cloth; fine in fine priceclipped jacket. "The first work by a Tibetan proficient in the Tantras surveying the whole field of Buddhist Tantra - both in bibliography and in basic ideas - to be translated into a European language. Mkhas grub rje 1385-1438 AD was the chief Tantric disciple of Tson kha pa founder of the Tibetan Gelugpa sect." Mouton hardcover
1960288Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1960. 11.25 x 8.75 in. pp. xv 1 1217 1; text in double column; Mongolian terms in Latin Cryllic and Bichig scripts with English definition and agglutinations; full tan cloth; upper hinge cracked text clean and sound near fine. University of California Press hardcover
192030889Leipzig: 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
1968388077Mouton 1968. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Published by Mouton 1968. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edgewear. Great copy of this engaging philosophical title. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. Mouton hardcover
