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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
1983158570London: Jonathan Cape 1983. Octavo boards. First British edition. Fifth book of the Canopus in Argos: Archives series. Anatomy of Wonder 1995 4-264. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 418. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A lovely copy printed price of £7.95 net present on front flap. #158570 Jonathan Cape unknown books
198825079New York: Alfred Knopf 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First American edition. A 133 pp novel by the author of the Children of Violence series of books. Quarter cloth over boards. A very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by Lessing on the title page. Alfred Knopf hardcover books
1985121116Leningrad: Iskusstvo 1985. Hardcover. VG but with some rubbing to covers; museum ex-lib. copy. Navy blue cloth with gold Cyrillic lettering; 407 pp. with occasional bw illustrations. Text in Russian. The authoritative history of the acquisitions of Catherine the Great. Iskusstvo hardcover books
19886145NY: Knopf 1988. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Beginning foxing on foreedge and topedge; dustjacket with interior edge toning not apparent on the outside and minimal rubbing on rear panel. Tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Lessing's ninth novel; her seventh without a pseudonym. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
199240857NY: HarperCollins 1992. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on a tipped-in endpage. One of an unspecified number as such issued by the publisher for promotional purposes. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HarperCollins Hardcover 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
1975D16697New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1975. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Original cloth; dust jacket. Nice copy with only minor wear. Signed by the Nobel Prize winning author. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
004394New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First US edition of the author's second book a collection of stories. A clean very good hardcover book in red boards in good priceclipped dustwrapper with some tape stain remnants to rear panel. Uncommon book. <br/><br/> Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover books
19941336645New Yoek: HarperCollins 1994. First US. Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition; Octavo; G/VG- Hardcover w/ Dustjacket; Purple and White spine with Black text; Dustjacket has slight edgewear slight shelfwear; Boards strong slight edgewear slight shelfwear slight rubbing to corners; Texrblock has slight warping to some pages markings in pen on some pages brown stain along head edge writing in pen on second to last page and reverse of rear endpaper; 419 pp; signed by Doris Lessing on title page<br /> <br /> <p>NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office in bookcases next to Ephemera section. 1336645. FP New Rockville Stock. HarperCollins hardcover books
1992278793New York. : HarperCollins Publishers. 1992. . 1st Edition. hardcover quarter black cloth over white boards copper foil spine title. . A very good copy in a slightly edgeworn dustjacket. . 8vo. Signed by the author on the half-title page. HarperCollins Publishers. hardcover books
19941329507New York: Harper Collins 1994. First US Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 419 pages; VG/VG; grey and white spine with black lettering; price "$25.00"; volume 1 only; minimal shelfwear pages clean; signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page; shelved Lit Bio. 1329507. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Harper Collins hardcover books
1971WN3904London: Jonathan Cape 1971. Prior owner signature and date on ffep. Top edge stained lavender other edges trimmed. Ever so slightly canted otherwise near fine. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Jonathan Cape Hardcover 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
1968D16696New York: Ballantine Books 1968. First American Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Published year's earlier in the UK the first American edition is this paperback original. Ballantine U7088. With drawings by Paul Hogarth. Paper browned as expected. Signed by the Nobel Prize winning author. <br/><br/> Ballantine Books paperback books
2002RLESPOM00RJBThe Easton Press 2002. Fine. Lessing Erich . Pompeii. Varone Antonio. Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 2002. 205pp. Illustrated. Bibliography. Glossary. 4to. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed corners and subtle scratch on front cover near upper fore edge corner. Moire satin endsheets and all edges gilt. The Easton Press unknown books
19203959Leipzig: Insel-Verlag 1920. Hardcover. Fine. One of 1200 copies printed. Text nach der Ausgabe von 1770 Vignette und Tafeln nach dem Genealogischen Kalender 1770 von Daniel Chodowiecki. An attractive book. <br/><br/> Insel-Verlag hardcover books
1977WRCLIT63684Washington D.C.: Library of Congress 1977. Linen over boards stamped in gilt. Large quarto. Numerous tipped-in plates. Minor dustiness to cloth spine a bit rubbed else very good. Library of Congress hardcover books
195752298London: Macgibbon & Kee. Very Good. 1957. Hardcover. London: MacGibbon & Kee 1957. First Edition. Black boards have gilt stamping to spine a Fine copy in a Near Fine DJ. . Macgibbon & Kee hardcover books
1973WN3905London: Jonathan Cape 1973. Paper covered buckram like gray boards top edge gray stain. Red jacket with gilt and white lettering. Some flecking and loss of color at tail of spine. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Jonathan Cape Hardcover books
1994290640London. : Harper Collins. 1994. 1st Edition. Black cloth gilt spine title. . Fine in fine dust jacket. . 24x16 cm. . Signed by the author on the title page. weight: 2.2 lb. Harper Collins. hardcover books
2016181263Waterville Maine: Colby College Museum of Art 2016. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG. dustjacket has creasing & light rubbing to corners; wear to back cover spine edges; back cover scratched. red cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. book vii 163 w/ color & bw illustrations. illustrated & red dustjacket w/ white & red printing. Produced and circulated outside the elite sphere of fine art folk art appealed to the middle-class Americans who were eager to express their identities interests and social ambitions through these decorative vernacular objects. This catalogue presents new research on the Colby College Museum of Art's important collection of paintings sculptures needleworks and works on paper by self-trained artists working primarily in the eastern part of the United States during the long nineteenth century. Essays by Seth A. Thayer Jr. and Elizabeth Finch investigate the formation evolving interpretation and intended uses of the American Heritage Collection of Edith Kemper Jetté and Ellerton Marcel Jetté - one of the earliest gifts to enter the Colby Museum and the basis of its folk art collection. A third essay by Tanya Sheehan explores the complex relationship between folk art fine art and American visual culture. More than sixty catalogue entries by scholars curators and Colby students identify previously unknown makers and subjects uncover new information about the construction and original contexts of works in the collection and enlarge our understanding of what these artworks meant for the people who made and displayed them.--FirstSearch. Colby College Museum of Art hardcover 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
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
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
