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198344388NY: Knopf 1983. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. Very good hardback in a slightly darkened jacket. <br/><br/> Knopf hardcover books
195721832London: MacGibbon & Kee 1957. First edition. Cloth very good in slightly faded dust jacket designed by Edward Paolozzi. <br/><br/> MacGibbon & Kee hardcover books
1787WRCLIT68095Paris: Chez Deterville 1787. Volumes one and two of six published. viii3893;44116pp. Octavo. Contemporary mottled calf spines gilt extra gilt labels. Seven plates plus large folding map of 42 in the full series. Lower joint of one volume a bit wormed but sound intermittent foxing crown of one spine worn; still a good representation of the set. A multi-disciplinary selection of essays and articles translated from German English Italian and Dutch including several critical essays in these two volumes by Gotthold Lessing. Chez Deterville unknown 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
196624136New York: Simon & Schuster 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Stated first printing. First edition thus. Two early books in Lessing's Children of Violence series of novels in one book. Includes the complete texts of Martha Quest and A Proper Marriage. 544 pp. A clean very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Prior owner name on the front endpaper. SIGNED by the author and uncommon thus. Simon & Schuster 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
19829021711New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1982. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt cover stamped in blind. Dust jacket is rubbed at the edges and extremities. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
19839021710New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/good. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine stamped in gilt cover stamped in blind. Dust jacket is rubbed at the edges and extremities three closed tears at top and bottom edges. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover 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
1980WRCLIT31031London: Jonathan Cape 1980. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first edition. One corner sharply bumped light edge wear else very good. Jonathan Cape unknown 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
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
1971WRCLIT19623New York: Knopf 1971. Printed wrappers pad bound. Uncorrected page proofs of the first American edition. Wraps slightly used and soiled. Very good. Knopf paperback books
1971008462New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1971. 1st Edition. 308p. dj. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
200030924NY: HarperCollins 2000. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Sequel to Lessing's The Fifth Child. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HarperCollins Hardcover books
2001ULESBEN00FPHarper Perennial 2001. Very Good. Lessing Doris. Ben in the World. New York NY: Harper Perennial 2001. 178pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to edges. Harper Perennial paperback books
2000ULESBEN00MWHarperCollins 2000. Fine. Lessing Doris. Ben in the World. NY: HarperCollins 2000. 178pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine with light bumping to spine ends. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with light rubbing to extremities and bumping to edges. HarperCollins hardcover books
2009132831Waterville Maine: Colby College museum of art 2009. Hardcover. VG/VG. Gray cloth on boards color illustrated dust jacket. 376 pp. 202 color and 8 B&W illustrations. Published for an exhibition held at Colby College Museum of Art July 11 2009-February 21 2010. Colby College museum of art 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
1962125805New York: Print Council of America 1962. Softbound. VG- color spine and top faded age spots on page edges. Blue glossy wraps with etching pattern 72 pp 55 BW images. Exhibition catalogue with 55 BW pieces by 48 artists. Includes brief artist bios at the rear of the book. From the foreward: "The many apporaches reflected in this exhibition are particularly worthy of note since the prints of only forty-eight artists are shown" with fairness to the geographical U.S. distribution of the represented artists. Print Council of America unknown books
195934834New York: Print Council of America 1959. Softcover. G Whole book has aged slightly; illus. are still nice. Black & cream & color illus. wraps. Unpaginated. 62 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a series of exhibitions of "62 etchings engravings woodcuts lithographs and serigraphs were executed by 55 American between January 1956 and December 1958. . These prints were selected from 2054 submitted by 639 artists by a jury of five members of the Print Council's Board of Directors. . This book is offered as a representative cross-section of the best work done in this field in these three years." foreword Includes brief bios of the artists at the rear of the book. Uncommon. Print Council of America unknown books
2008Embry 196447HarperCollins 2008. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. HarperCollins, 2008. First edition, first printing. 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
196517515New York: Simon and Schuster 1965. First American edition. Cloth. Faint bump to lower spine otherwise a near fine copy in a very good- dust jacket with rubbing edgewear and a few small abrasions but still quite intact and presentable. 636 pp. 8vo. "This book includes every story written by Doris Lessing about Africa: all of her first collection This Was The Old Chief's Country unavailable in America; the four long tales about Africa from Five also unavailable; the African stories from The Habit of Loving and A Man and Two Women; and four stories never before collected" from the front panel. Simon and Schuster 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
