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199246732HEYNE WILHELM 1992. 7. softcover. HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
1950355490714415London: Michael Joseph 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's brown cloth titled in yellow to spine. Lightly sunned to the spine panel foxing to the top edge and front and rear end-papers. Overall a VG copy. The former owner has blind-stamped his address to the front free end-paper. The D/W not clipped - 9s. 6d. has some foxing to the reverse and top and bottom edge of the D/W have been reinforced on the verso with acid-free archival tape Filmoplast not visible from the front. The D/W is now protected by a transparent archival removable sleeve. Scarce Michael Joseph hardcover
197978089New York:: Alfred A. Knopf 1979-1983. Vol. I states First American Edition; Vols. II-V state First Edition. publisher's black cloth in dust jackets. A fine set in fine dust jackets. 8vo. Canopus in Argos: Archives 1-5. Alfred A. Knopf, hardcover
1979012031NY: Knopf 1979. An absolutely stunning set of the first U.S. edition of the five books that comprise this "set": Shikasta The Marriages Between Zones Three Four and Five The Sirian Experiments The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 and The Sentimental Agents. All housed in bright matching dust jackets. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Knopf Hardcover
1985003539London: Jonathan Cape 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author " . . . superbly portrayed the tensions and ironies of a certain kind of militant left-wing living . . ." front flap 370 pp. Book has tiny blemish t front base of spine ow it is as new. Price-clipped DJ has very light top edge wear. Bookseller's Inventory # 213539. <br/> <br/> Jonathan Cape hardcover
196295459London: Michael Joseph. 1962. First impression of first edition. Original cloth boards dustjacket pp 568. D.j. is price clipped small closed tears very small chip to top edge of spine. Lightly bumped to top corners Times Library stamp rear endpaper few minor marks pencilled notation ffep paper separation at hinge next to title page but binding solid very good condition. Arguably Doris Lessing's most important book. Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. 1st edition. Boards. Michael Joseph hardcover
198418424London: Michael Joseph 1984. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN COPY WITH A BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Michael Joseph hardcover
196418416New York: Simon & Schuster 1964. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN COPY WITH A BRIGHT ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Fourth novel in the acclaimed Martha Quest series. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Simon & Schuster hardcover
199918426New York: Harper Flamingo 1999. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET NEAR FINE. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN COPY WITH A BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Harper Flamingo hardcover
197418423London: Octagon Press 1974. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN COPY WITH A BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Octagon Press hardcover
199418421London: Harper Collins 1994. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET NEAR FINE. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN COPY WITH A BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Harper Collins hardcover
198379176New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. The complete sequence of science fiction novels which portray a number of societies at different stages of development over a great period of time. The focus is on accelerated evolution guided by advanced species for less advanced species and societies. Lessing 1919-2013 was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. Octavo five volumes. Original black cloth bindings with gilt and blind-stamped titling. The dust jackets are lightly toned along the spines with some mild edgewear to the first volume. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
19651391287London: MacGibbon & Kee 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 317 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine red white and black with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Price cut. Spine with light plus age toning; jacket generally with lighter age toning. Rear of jacket with light plus marking; light shelf wear to head and tail of jacket spine and to jacket corners. One small closed tear to rear of jacket. General shelf wear 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 IV of Lessing's five-volume CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE series. DL Consignment. Shelved in Room C. 1391287. Special Collections. MacGibbon & Kee hardcover
197953268London: Jonathan Cape 1979-1983. First U.K. Editions. First Impressions. Five octavo volumes 22.5cm; blue paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; pale gray/blue topstain; dustjackets; 365; 245; 288; 145; 179pp. All are Near Fine or better with topstain faded on most volumes. The dustjackets are uniform designed by David Prout; unclipped priced £5.95 - £7.95 net the third volume has a publisher's price sticker over the original price; Near Fine or better. <br /> <br /> Solid set of the author's only work of science fiction. "Places the crisis of human self-striving into a metaphysically conceived interstellar frame.tinged with Sufi mysticism." CLUTE & NICHOLLS p.714. BARRON 4-333. Jonathan Cape unknown
1962009456New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Printing stated. Near Fine original yellow cloth with red topstain tiny bottom corner bump faint small mark fore edge of page block. In a Very Good dust jacket light edge wear at spine ends. A quite handsome copy and Scarce thus. In 2005 TIME magazine called The Golden Notebook one of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
19941391335New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1994 1997. First U.S. Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavos two volumes. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jackets. Spine two shades of grey with black lettering. Dust jackets protected with mylar coverings. Prices uncut: "$25.00" and "$27.50". Jackets with very light shelf wear to heads and tails; two instances of very minor marking to jacket of vol. 2. Light bumping to heads and tails of book spines; very slight discoloration to edges of boards. Top edge of vol. 2 text block moderately foxed; minor foxing to fore edge of same text block. Both volumes signed flat by Lessing on title page. <br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> CONTENTS: UNDER MY SKIN: VOLUME ONE OF MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY TO 1949 419 pages. -- WALKING IN THE SHADE: 1949-1962 404 pages. DL Consignment. Shelved in Room C. 1391335. Special Collections. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover
1926191211The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff 1926. Hardcover. Good shelfwear overall to portfolios pages are lightly age toned but otherwise clean and clear missing plates 49-66. Oversized portfolio 3/4 yellow cloth and black paper boards with yellow lettering; VII 39 pp plates I-XLVIII with number 38 unnumbered color and mounted. The Appendix by F. Lessing p. 35-39 includes the translation of the two songs reproduced on plates LXV and LXVI with extracts from the various commentaries. Those plates are missing as are all plates from 49-66. 17x13x1.5" Martinus Nijhoff hardcover
191850369Berlin: Brandus 1918. Limited edition 26 of 265 copies. 8vo. Publisher's full calf spine with raised bands gilt lettered to one panel gilt title and ring device to the upper board top edge gilt early bookplate of Fritz and Lotte Kirschner to the front pastedown original slipcase which is printed to one side. Illustrated title plus another two illustrations incorporating the aforementioned ring design plus two small vignettes to the rear. Light wear to the spine and edges of the boards rubbing to the extremities of the case an attractive copy overall. Berlin: Brandus unknown
198842443DEUTSCHER BÜCHERBUND 1988. 1. hardcover. DEUTSCHER BÜCHERBUND hardcover
19629028887New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with spine stamped in black on cover and black and gilt on spine. Unreadable name in ink on front free end paper. A first printing of a Nobel Prize winning author. In 2005 Time magazine included The Golden Notebook in its list of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923. <br/><br/> Simon & Schuster hardcover
197919551London: Jonathan Cape 1979. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN COPY WITH A BRIGHT ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. First book in the series Canopies in Argos. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Jonathan Cape hardcover
198018419London: Jonathan Cape 1980. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN COPY WITH A BRIGHT ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Second book in the series Canopies in Argos. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Jonathan Cape hardcover
196277914New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Several tears to jacket. Rubbing. Stated First Printing. The author's masterpiece. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1999signed-british-lndy-0002Flamingo London. 1999 First printing. Correct number sequence including the 1. Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. A tight clean copy new and unread. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Price intact on front jacket flap. Shipped in well padded box. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR on title page in month of publication April 1999--the author's name and date only with no other marks or writing. Purchased new and opened only for author signature. You cannot find a better copy. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New. Flamingo, London. hardcover
1962367876New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. First American edition stated first printing with $5.59 price on flap and "First Reviews from England" on dust jacket. 568 pp. 8vo. Yellow cloth with some sunning along top edge; dust jacket with two closed tears along top of front and rubbing to head and foot of spine. First American edition stated first printing with $5.59 price on flap and "First Reviews from England" on dust jacket. 568 pp. 8vo. The most famous novel by the Nobel prize winning author a review copy with a TLS to editor James Silberman from the publicity director of Simon & Schuster. Simon & Schuster unknown
