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19819780394749778-2025Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 1981. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Doris Lessing</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780394749778</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 1981</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 384</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> The first volume in the Canopus in Argos: Archives series is presented as a compilation of documents reports letters speeches and journal entries and purports to be a general study of the planet Shikasta–clearly the planet Earth–to be used by history students of the higher planet Canopus and to be stored in the Canopian archives. For eons galactic empires have struggled against one another and Shikasta is one of the main battlegrounds. Johar an emissary from Canopus and the primary contributor to the archives visits Shikasta over the millennia from the time of the giants and the biblical great flood up to the present. With every visit he tries to distract Shikastans from the evil influences of the planet Shammat but notes with dismay the ever-growing chaos and destruction of Shikasta as its people hurl themselves towards World War III and annihilation.</p> Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group hardcover
19819780394749778-2025Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 1981. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Doris Lessing</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780394749778</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 1981</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 384</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> The first volume in the Canopus in Argos: Archives series is presented as a compilation of documents reports letters speeches and journal entries and purports to be a general study of the planet Shikasta–clearly the planet Earth–to be used by history students of the higher planet Canopus and to be stored in the Canopian archives. For eons galactic empires have struggled against one another and Shikasta is one of the main battlegrounds. Johar an emissary from Canopus and the primary contributor to the archives visits Shikasta over the millennia from the time of the giants and the biblical great flood up to the present. With every visit he tries to distract Shikastans from the evil influences of the planet Shammat but notes with dismay the ever-growing chaos and destruction of Shikasta as its people hurl themselves towards World War III and annihilation.</p> Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group hardcover
1979212927New York: Knopf 1979. First Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Small chip at spine crown. Knopf hardcover
1979146301New York: Knopf 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner imprint on FEP. Rubbing along panel edges. Scarce.; 9.2 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 364 pages. Knopf hardcover
1979mon0000103677Jonathan Cape 1979T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.4173 in x 8.4252 in x 5.7480 in. Hardcover.rnMinor wear to the dust jacket.rnNo cover wear.rnClean unmarked text. rnTight binding. Jonathan Cape hardcover
1979Q-0224017675Jonathan Cape 1979-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Jonathan Cape hardcover
1978186997New York: Knopf 1978. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Knopf hardcover
1978315490New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1978. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Small open tears on spine crown. Small closed tear on bottom rear gutter. Sunning on spine.; 625 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1978323971New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1978. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket.; 625 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
197892413New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1978. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Closed tear to upper left corner of dust jacket. ; 8.60 X 6 X 1.70 inches; 625 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1988015838Alfred A. Knopf 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine copy In Like Jacket Without Wear .First Edition.$16.95 On Flap. Signed On the Title-Page. Beautiful Copy. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
1988172975New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light foxing on top text blcok edge. Stated First Edition with the price intact on the front flap.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Alfred A Knopf Inc hardcover
198886417New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Stated First Edition with the price intact on the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
1969966T76London: Macgibbon & Kee; Jonathan Cape 1969-1988. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5"; 8" by 5.5". None. Three smart first edition novels from British writer Doris May Lessing. Three volumes. First edition. Written by Doris May Lessing a British novelist who was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding the prize the 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 oldest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature at age 87. This set contains: The Four-Gated City 1969. The concluding novel in Lessing's semi-autobiographical series The Children of Violence. Moving to London Martha "is integrally part of the social history of the time - the Cold War the Aldermaston Marches Swinging London the deepening of poverty and social anarchy." The novel extends into science fiction depicting a dystopian future following the destruction of Britain. Briefing for a Descent into Hell 1971. A psychological novel. A well-dressed but disheveled man is found wandering alone at night on London's Embankment. Unable to remember anything he is escorted to a psychiatric hospital where he is identified as Charles Watkins a professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge. The Fifth Child 1988. A short novel describing the changes in the happy life of a married couple Harriet and David Lovatt as a consequence of the birth of Ben their fifth child. In the original full cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are very smart with light wear to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and panel edges of The Four-Gated City. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Macgibbon & Kee; Jonathan Cape hardcover
1995Q-0060976675Harper Perennial 1995-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper Perennial paperback
1969Q-0261618407MacGibbon & Kee 1969-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! MacGibbon & Kee hardcover
19690927H719386MacGibbon & Kee 1969-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1969 Macgibbon & Kee 1st edition 1st printing - double sided dust jacket - different graphics for each side - slight staining to page edge - otherwise dust jacket fine cover fine binding strong contents clean - a fine copy MacGibbon & Kee hardcover
1962314359New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Small open tear on spine heel. Small closed tears on spine crown and top rear panel. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1962131132601London: Michael Joseph 1962. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. First UK edition first printing. Black cloth spine lettered in gilt. Fine lacking dust jacket. Michael Joseph hardcover
1962104131Simon and Schuster 1962 Presumably a book club edition with no indication of price on jacket flap but not with explicit BCE designation. Red publisher's top stain to top edge of text block. Yellow boards. Tight square binding. Very faint foxing to jacket at edge of jacket flaps and to fore edge; otherwise as new book. 568 pages. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Simon and Schuster hardcover
1981Q-0553262106Bantam 1981-11-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bantam paperback
1999Q-006093140XHarper Perennial Modern Classics 1999-02-03. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper Perennial Modern Classics paperback
1962016021Simon & Schuster 1962. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In a Near Fine Jacket.First Printing Stated. $5.95 On Flap. Author's Masterpiece Excellent Copy. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
196226761New York: Simon and Schuster 1962. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster 1962. First U.S. Edition stated First Printing. Octavo. 568 pp. Printed dust jacket with $5.95 price present. Yellow boards stamped in black. Red topstain and endpapers.<br /> <br /> Dust jacket chipped along edges with general rubbing and toning. Slight lean to boards shelfwear corners bumped and a few minor patches of white discoloration along bottom edge. Binding is sound. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper but pages otherwise unmarked. Simon and Schuster unknown
1985318463New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Remainder mark on top text block edge.; 375 pages. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
