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19651ivAf0033fNew York: Ballantine Books/ published by arrangement with Simon And Schuster Inc 1965. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. 1st Printing October 1965. 12mo or 12° Duodecimo: 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 286 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing around edges of pages. Small cut on bottom of front cover. Ballantine Books/ published by arrangement with Simon And Schuster, Inc Paperback
1963009470NY: Simon & Schuster 1963. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing. Inscribed by the author to noted Canadian writer and bibliophile Greg Gatenby who has also signed and dated. Near fine in a near fine priceclipped dustjacket with light wear. <br/> <br/> Simon & Schuster hardcover
1986RO60110718Grafton Books. 1986. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 288 pages. Tranche légèrement passée.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1963020369NY: Simon & Schuster. 1963. The first American edition of this collection of stories her first book published after the controversy and success of The Golden Notebook. A bit of discoloration to the rear board; near fine in a very good mildly sunned dust jacket with some staining to the rear panel. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1963Embry 172174Simon & Schuster 1963. First edition first printing. Name blacked out on front free endpaper slight sunning to spine tips near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with slight sunning to spine panel and minor edgewear in mylar cover. Simon & Schuster, 1963. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1954911T30London: Michael Joseph 1954. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A smart first edition of this second novel in the Children of Violence series from British novelist Doris Lessing. First edition. The second novel in the Children of Violence series. Continuing the semi-autobiographical story this novel reveals Martha's growing discontent with her marriage to Douglas and the arrival of her baby yet another threat to her freedom. We also see the lead up to and the outbreak of the Second World War and with it Douglas's departure to the army. Written by Doris May Lessing a British novelist who was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. In the original black cloth binding. Externally very smart with light shelf wear only. Front hinge just starting but firm. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities resulting in light loss to the head and tail of the spine. Minor sunning to the spine with the odd mark to the panels. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Michael Joseph hardcover
1995Q-0060976632Harper Perennial 1995-09-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper Perennial paperback
19956B-J0R1-BBROHarper Perennial 1995-09-01. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 1954 Michael Joseph UK hard cover - 1st edition 1st printing - minor wear to edge of dust jacket now in mylar cover minor staining to page edge - otherwise cover and binding fine contents clean - RARE - enjoy Harper Perennial paperback
1954011136London: Michael Joseph 1954. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing. Briefly inscribed With best wishes from and SIGNED by the author. Slight spine lean and spotting on top edge otherwise very good in a very good dustjacket. Not priceclipped and no markings. <br/> <br/> Michael Joseph hardcover
195418414London: Michael Joseph 1954. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK VERY GOOD/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. A CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Second novel in the acclaimed Martha Quest series. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COPY. Michael Joseph hardcover
1954biblio110<p>A First UK printing published by Michael Joseph in 1954.The BOOK is in near FINE condition.A little bit of pushing and creasing at the spine tips.Gilt titling remains bright.Very minor offsetting to the end papers and far less than commonly encountered.Book remains tightclean and free from inscriptions.The WRAPPER is complete and in near FINE condition.It is nicked in places and has a couple of minor closed tears. The spine colouring is good and in particular the red lettering has only slightly faded which is a common issue with this title.The Peter Rudland designed wrapper artwork looks very presentable in the removable Brodart archival protector.The book has been SIGNED by the Author to the first blank end-paper: 'I hope you like this book' Doris Lessing'. The Nobel Laureate's fifth book and increasingly scarce to find with such attributes.Accompanied by photocopies of the correspondence between Doris Lessing and the inscription dedicatee explaining the inscription.Ashtonrarebooks welcomes direct contact.</p> Michael Joseph hardcover
1954awfqMichael Joseph London 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. 438 pages complete. In general fair to good condition. This is the third novel in the 'Children of Violence' sequence that began with "Martha Quest". The dustjacket is assured and in good condition. It is enclosed in a clear cellophane protective cover. The dj has very mild wear sunning and rubbing to the back face. The black cover is neat. Inside the frontispage has scotch tape residue. The papertrims have some mild handling marks. The pages are clean clear genial assured comfortable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Michael Joseph, London hardcover
195451513London: Michael Joseph 1954. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19cm; black cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 89-4382pp. Spine ends gently nudged with a faint tiny splash mark to upper and lower edge of textblock; contents clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 12s 6d net gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn with a few tiny tears and two shallow nicks at crown; Very Good. The second volume in the Nobel Prize-winning author's Children of Violence series written between 1952-1969. Michael Joseph unknown books
1986RO60109580Grafton Books. 1986. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 379 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
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
1966RO60143943Granada publishing/Panther. 1966. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 379 pages. Pliures en plats. Texte en anglais. Nombreuses rousseurs.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1977RO60148748Panther. 1977. In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Coins frottés, Dos fané, Papier jauni. 379 pages. Texte en anglais. Quelques rousseurs.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1995Q-0060976640Harper Perennial 1995-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper Perennial paperback
1977756P53London: Hart-Davis MacGibbon 1977. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 5.5". None. Two volumes from Doris Lessing's autobiographical series 'Children of Violence' spanning the whole life of the protagonist Martha Quest. In the original unclipped dustwrappers.Two volumes from Lessing's popular 'Children of Violence' cycle a semi-autobiographical series of five novels following Martha Quest from her adolescence to old age.'A Ripple in the Storm' is the third novel in the series 'Landlocked' is the fourth.Part of the 1977 reprint series.Doris Lessing was a Nobel Prize winning novelist one of the greatest post-war writers of Britain. 'Landlocked' in the original publisher's cloth binding 'Ripple in the Storm' rebound in a leatherette binding in the original unclipped dustwrappers. Externally smart. A few light marks to the boards and spines. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Institutional stamps and remnants of labels to the recto to the front endpapers. Dustwrappers with minor edgewear. 'Ripple' dustwrapper with tidemarks to the head and tail. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Institutional stamp to the reverse of the title pages. Very Good Indeed Hart-Davis, MacGibbon hardcover
1970Q-0452256321Plume 1970-09-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Plume paperback
1958Product_181<p><strong>HARDCOVER 1958 FIRST EDITION. NO DUST JACKET. FOXING DUE TO AGE. NO TEARS OR INSCRIPTIONS-SOME SCUFFS ON BOOK EDGES-WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE</strong></p><p>Martha Quest the embodied heroine of the Children of Violence series has been acclaimed as one of the greatest Fictional creations in the English language. In a Ripple from the Storm Doris Lessing charts Martha Quest's personal and political adventures in race-torn British Africa following Martha through World War II a grotesque second marriage and an excursion into Communism. This wise and starling novel perceptively reveals the paradoxes passions and ironies rooted in the life of twentieth-century Anglo-Africa. A Ripple from the Storm is the third novel in Doris Lessing's classic Children of Violence sequence of novels each a masterpiece in its own right and taken together an incisive and all-encompassing vision of our world in the twentieth century.</p> <p>MICHAEL JOSEPH</p> hardcover
1965mon0000178969Macgibbon & Kee 1965-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback. Clean copy in good condition. Macgibbon & Kee unknown
19584925London: Michael Joseph 1958. Hardcover. VG-. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Very Good- in Near Fine dust jacket. VG- book showing some staining on the covers and dust staining on teh top edge. Staining from binding coming through in first few and last few pages with scattered foxing in same areas. Mostly fine and clean in rest of the book still nice and square. A very nice unclipped jacket NF due to some internal foxing. Some toning to back panel but with very little edgewear. Now with a brodart jacket for protection. Michael Joseph hardcover
195818415London: Michael Joseph 1958. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK VERY GOOD/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. Just signed by author with no inscription. Bookplate is attached to the book. A CLEAN COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Third novel in the acclaimed Martha Quest series. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME COPY. Michael Joseph hardcover
1980RO60069458Panther - Granada. 1980. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 281 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon