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1962140941022London: Michael Joseph 1962. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Signed and dated by Doris Lessing on the title page. In publisher's original black cloth-affect boards with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. Near Fine with light sunning to cover former owner name to front paste down hinge at title page lightly exposed and sporadic marking throughout text and to rear free endpaper. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning edge wear and soiling. The Nobel Prize-winning author's best-known novel. Michael Joseph unknown books
196223319London: Michael Joseph 1962. First edition. Cloth. Very Good /very good . First UK edition of the author's best known work. A Burgess 99 title. An attractive very good to near fine copy in brown cloth binding. Gilt lettering bright and unflaked at spine. In a lightly worn dustwrapper with original 30s net price on the front flap. Small closed tear at bottom of the rear panel. SIGNED by Lessing and uncommon thus. A 20th century literary highspot of high caliber. Michael Joseph unknown books
1962110932London: Michael Joseph 1962. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's magnum opus. Octavo original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some small chips to the extremities. Jacket design by William Belcher. "The Golden Notebook is Doris Lessings most important work and has left its mark upon the ideas and feelings of a whole generation of women" Elizabeth Hardwick New York Times Book Review. Michael Joseph hardcover books
1952796London: Michael Joseph 1952-1969. First editions of the author's Children of Violence Series. Octavo 5 volumes. Original cloth. Each of the five volumes are signed by Doris Lessing. Near fine in very good to near fine dust jackets. Martha Quest the first book in the "Children of Violence" series follows a young girl coming of age in British colonial South Africa just before World War II. The following books chronicle her experience as she grows through marriage and then motherhood. In 2007 Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature. At 87 she was the oldest winner of the prize at the time. "Oh Christ!" She told reporters outside her home as she was returning from the grocery store "I've won all the prizes in Europe every bloody one so I'm delighted to win them all. It's a royal flush." Michael Joseph hardcover books
177833323Braunschweig: Waisenhausbuchhandlung 1778. Small 8vo 17.5 cm; 7". 11 numbers in one volume each 16 pp. <br><br>Lessing was one of the fathers of German Idealism during the Enlightenment and among other things is remembered for having provided the foundation of a modern philosophy of religion" Yasukata Lessing's Philosophy of Religion and the German Enlightenment p. 89. Johann Melchior Goeze 171786 a contemporary of Lessing was a spiritual leader of the Lutheran Church in Germany and familiar with literature; he took up writing histories and apologetics and because of their differing views on religion and ideals of the Enlightenment he and Lessing entered into a debate.<br>Â Â Â Â While the two are said to have remained cordial the debate was so "bitter" that the Duke of Brunswick Lessing's supporter "intervened silencing Lessing" Oxford Companion to German Literature 2nd ed. p. 554!<br>Â Â Â Â Printed here are Lessing's portions of the eleven exchanges in that debate. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Goedeke IV 447; Holzmann 2383. Recent boards covered in brown paper specked with black in the style of the era; age-toning and some dampstaining not beyond "typical." Overall a good copy of a complete set of Lessing's eleven arguments. [Waisenhausbuchhandlung] hardcover books
176642808Berlin: Voss 1766. <p>"Opened up a New Prospect in the Appreciation of Greek Literature" Printing and the Mind of Man</p> <p>Lessing Gotthold Ephraim 1729-81. Laokoon: Oder über die Grenzen der Mahlerey und Poesie. Erster Theil all published. 8vo. 8 298pp. Berlin: Christian Friedrich Voss 1766. 196 x 122 mm. Half sheep gilt spine ca. 1766 light rubbing and edgewear. Minor foxing and toning but very good. Former owners' signatures on front endpaper and title. </p> <p> First Edition. The German philosopher and critic Gotthold Lessing was one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era; "it was he more than any other who laid the foundations of the intellectual primacy of German writers and thinkers in the nineteenth century" Printing and the Mind of Man 213. His Laokoon probably his best-known work had an enormous influence on the development of art and literary criticism:</p> <p> "Laokoon takes its name from the famous statue discovered at Rome in the sixteenth century. It analyzes the differences between the sculptor's treatment of Laocoon wrestling with the serpents and Virgil's treatment of the same theme and from there does on to discuss the limits and limitations of all the arts. It contains the first clear statement of the truth which is now considered axiomatic that every art is subject to limitations and can achieve greatness only by a clear understanding of a self-restriction to its proper function. The most telling passages and those which have borne most fruit are those on poetry . . . Lessing's exposition of the themes of Homer and Sophocles is especially effective and he opened up a new prospect in the appreciation of Greek literature" Printing and the Mind of Man.</p> . Voss unknown books
1962114758New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. First American edition of the Nobel Prize winning author's magnum opus. Octavo original cloth. Signed by the author on the half-title page "I wish you good fortune- Doris Lessing 17.7.80 24 Gada Garden London." Also with postcard from the British Museum signed by Lessing on the same date. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. "I looked at her and thought: That's my child my flesh and blood. But I couldn't feel it. She said again: `Play mummy.' I moved wooden bricks for a house but like a machine. Making myself perform every movement. I could see myself sitting on the floor the picture of a `young mother playing with her little girl.' Like a film shot or a photograph." These words exemplify the themes Lessing struggled with in The Golden Notebook. They question the notion of identity. In the above quote the protagonist cannot reconcile who she needs to be to remain healthy and whole with what the ideologies of society require her to be. This obsession with constructing a comprehensive sense of identity leads to an infinite fictionalization of the protagonist's life. Lessing's work is not only a significant feminist polemic; it is a multilayered glance into the political climate of the 1960's. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1962140937803London: Michael Joseph 1962. First Edition. Very Good. Advance uncorrected proof copy of the first edition. Bound in publisher's beige printed wraps. Very Good. Creases to spine rubbing to joints wraps creased light streaking to front cover. Textblock edges dust-soiled and lightly foxed. One of Lessing's best-known works rare in this advance format. Michael Joseph unknown books
34328LESSING Julius. ORIENTALISCHE TEPPICHE. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth 1891. Portfolio 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches. 11 pages colored plates. First edition. A set of chromolithographs showing major examples of oriental carpets from th collections of the Berlin Museum. Three plates are very large 18 5/8 x 25 inch double-pages. The carpets are mainly Persian and Turkish from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. One of the double-page plates has been professionally reinforced from the rear else very good. unknown books
567794-1/2 x 6 inch photograph taken by Hayrightson ca 1952. The photo is signed by the photographer in pencil and by Lessing on the flap. Included also is the TLS from Lessing dated October 26 1952 to Mr. H. A. Rappaport thanking him for his kind letter and presenting the photograph. Wikipedia: "Doris May Lessing CH née Tayler; 22 October 1919 - 17 November 2013 was a British novelist poet playwright librettist biographer and short story writer. Her novels include The Grass is Singing 1950 the sequence of five novels collectively called Children of Violence 1952-69 The Golden Notebook 1962 The Good Terrorist 1985 and five novels collectively known as Canopus in Argos: Archives 1979-1983.Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize the Swedish 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 eleventh woman and the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.In 2001 Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008 The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 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
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
195223318London: Michael Joseph 1952. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. First UK edition of the South Rhodesian author's uncommon second book. The first novel featuring her rebel character Martha Quest. A handsome near fine copy in green cloth binding in a sharp unclipped dustwrapper. The wrapper is mildly age spotted on the verso and a very small portion of the rear flap This copy has been SIGNED by the author on the title page. A terrific collector's copy. <br/><br/> Michael Joseph hardcover books
17587653Berlin: Christian Friedrich Voss 1758. First edition. Boards. Very Good -. 8vo. 4 volumes. Engraved portraits in Volumes 1 & 3 as published. Each of the 4 title pages with an engraved illustration. Orig. drab boards somewhat soiled and extremities rubbed. Remnants of paper labels on spines. The first edition. The set is usually 4 volumes bound in 2. It is unusual to find the 4 individual volumes here in their original state as published. Christian Friedrich Voss hardcover books
1976403252Jenkintown PA: The Alverthorpe Gallery 1976. 8vo. 10 148 1pp. Original black quarter morocco cloth sides; slipcase. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION one of 250 copies designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed by The Stinehour Press. PRESENTATION COPY inscribed to "Tea" Richardson 1976. <br/><br/> The Alverthorpe Gallery hardcover books
197930305New York: Alfred Knopf 1979. First American edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. Cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. 365 pp. First American Edition stated. The first book in Lessing's series Re: Colonized Planet 5. A handsome very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by Lessing on the title page and quite uncommon thus. Alfred Knopf unknown books
19799027609London: Jonathan Cape 1979. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 1st UK edition. Signed by Lessing on the title page. <br/><br/> Jonathan Cape hardcover books
195216012London: Michael Joseph 1952. First edition of the author's first book in the Children of Violence series. Octavo original cloth. Signed by Doris Lessing on the title page. Name on the front pastedown near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chips and wear. Jacket design by Peter Rudland. Martha Quest the first book in the "Children of Violence" series follows a young girl coming of age in British colonial South Africa just before World War II. The following books chronicle her experience as she grows through marriage and then motherhood. In 2007 Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize in Literature. At 87 she was the oldest winner of the prize at the time. "Oh Christ!" She told reporters outside her home as she was returning from the grocery store "I've won all the prizes in Europe every bloody one so I'm delighted to win them all. It's a royal flush." Michael Joseph hardcover books
20041001396London and New York: Fourth Estate 2004. First edition of this collection of critical essays by Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing most dealing with the unpredictable aftershocks of reading: "I do not believe that one can be changed by a book or by a person unless there is already something present latent or in embryo ready to be changed." Lessing's subjects range from classic authors Richardson Stendhal Austen Tolstoy to contemporaries Anna Kavan Nirad Chaudhuri Christabel Bielenberg Niccolò Tucci. A fine copy signed by Lessing in the year of publication. Octavo original pale grey paper boards lettered in gilt pale blue endpapers original unclipped photographic dust jacket. Signed and dated on the title page: "Doris Lessing / 19th October 04 Fourth Estate unknown books
200821411NY: HarperCollins 2008. First US edition first prnt. Originally published by Fourth Estate in the same year. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Black & white photographs. Spine ends lightly pushed; otherwise in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Lessing's combination of novella and memoir of her parents' lives affected by WW I. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HarperCollins Hardcover books
1779176516Berlin: Voss 1779. Hardcover. VG pages tanned as expected with age but pages are readable. Original paper wraps are rebound in full green leather boards gilt lettering on spine with four raised bands untrimmed pages 253 pp. Written in German. Nathan The Wise a dramatic poem in five acts. Voss hardcover books
17876593Bern: in der Hallerschen Buchandlung 1787. Soft cover. Good. 8vo 152 x 95mm. 60pp. Modern wrappers margins trimmed close occasional spots lightly browned; front wrap loose but present. A satire on the Berlin academy written jointly by Lessing and Moses Mendelssohn criticizing the philosophical system of Alexander Popeís Essay on Man 1733-1734. Lessing German writer critic and dramatist was one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings often witty and ironic substantially influenced the development of German literature. In 1755 the collaborative work of Lessing and his friend philosopher Moses Mendelssohn anonymously appeared in the form of this provocative treatise Pope ein Metaphysiker! Pope as a Metaphysician. The controversial treatise dissected the subject of a contest at the Prussian Royal Academy. The two friends wrote it to confirm that there cannot be a true comparison between a poetic and a philosophic conception. <br/><br/> Bern: in der Hallerschen Buchandlung paperback books
192823399Berlin: Oesterheld & Co 1928. First edition. Original yellow printed boards slight wear; very good. With an inscribed picture postcard a portrait of the author tipped to the rear endpaper. <br/><br/> Oesterheld & Co hardcover books
197131119London: Jonathan Cape 1971. First edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Just-beginning page toning; dustjacket with very faint beginning toning on the flaps' topedges. Bright copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.Lessing's fourth novel. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jonathan Cape Hardcover books
1970456Philadelphia: Philobiblon Club 1970. cloth spine marbled paper over boards. Bird & Bull Press. 4to. cloth spine marbled paper over boards. 19 pages with a 16-page 8vo. facsimile of the original Fortsas Catalogue in a pocket in the inside rear cover. One of 250 numbered copies Taylor B2. This book was designed and printed by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press. The "Avis" and the text of M. Polain's newspaper account of the hoax are reproduced in facsimile and tipped-in. An important addition to the literature connected to this famous auction hoax. Fine condition. Philobiblon Club unknown books
