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1984E6-2DBY-Y6P0Simon & Schuster 1984-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good. original 1962 Michael Joseph UK hard cover - 1st edition 4th printing - ex-library whose only evidence is stamp inside front and back cover - envelop inside back cover and minor label on dust jacket spine - 2 inch tear on dust jacket at spine - slight general wear to dust jacket now in mylar cover some staining to page edge - minor tape residue to cover - 1 inch patch of cover surface off due to tape removal - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy Simon & Schuster hardcover
196219447New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK NEAR FINE/JACKET VERY GOOD. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. Just signed -- no inscription. Bookplate is attached to the book. A VERY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST U.S. PRINTING. HANDSOME COLLECTIBLE COPY. Simon & Schuster hardcover
196218074New York: Michael Joseph 1962. 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 VERY CLEAN ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET IN NEW GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 1ST U.K. PRINTING. HANDSOME COPY. Michael Joseph hardcover
1982002925London: Michael Joseph 1982. 2nd Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. July 1982. Later edition same powerful story! With preface by the author dated June 1971. 638 pp. Black cloth covered boards have gilt text on spine only. Tail of spine is slightly rubbed very slight top edge dust soiling ow book is as new. Price clipped DJ has 1/4" surface abrasion on front for edge rubbing at tail of spine. Book is from the collection of Toronto author/poet and Harbourfront Literary Events' host Greg Gatenby. The date of his acquisition of the book together with his signature is on ffep. Lessing's dedication is to him. " For Greg - Sincerely Doris Lessing 28th March 1984." Digital images available on SIGNED by AUTHOR. Bookseller's Inventory # 122925. <br/> <br/> Michael Joseph hardcover
196277914New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Several tears to jacket. Rubbing. Stated First Printing. The author's masterpiece. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1971772New York: Simon and Schuster 1971. Reissue with Author's Introduction. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Presentation SIGNED by the Author 8vo beige cloth with an Introduction by the author Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket designed by Janet Halverson xxiv 566 pages. SIGNED Presentation Copy in excellent condition internally and externally of the author's important 1962 novel now reissued WITH HER INTRODUCTION a near-decade later. <br/><br/>From my experience Lessing didn't like to sign copies of her works and signed copies of this her most noteworthy work are Scarce. The persona I knew tended to be hardheaded diffident and a bit crusty though she made the rounds on behalf of her publisher a few years before her death when I was fortunately able and very pleased to speak with her briefly and to obtain her signature.<br/><br/>According to Elizabeth Hardwick "The Golden Notebook is Doris Lessing's most important work and has left its mark upon the ideas and feelings of a whole generation of women"--The New York Times Book Review.<br/><br/>A tight bright clean copy. Dust jacket has a bit of rubbing at extremities; Random House remainder stamp on bottom of pages. Simon and Schuster hardcover
1962HALL505085Hardback. 1962. The book is very good except for slight tape marks on the endpapers. The dust jacket is near fine apart from 2 very small marks on the front flap. . hardcover
1984SK-T6RP-F3GHSimon & Schuster 1984-09-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1962 Simon & Schuster hard cover - BCE - some stain and wear to edge of dust jacket now in mylar cover - staining on page edge - owner's name whited out - otherwise cover and binding fine contents clean - enjoy Simon & Schuster hardcover
1963013074New York: McGraw Hill 1963 First edition in paperback. 8vo. Trade paperback 568 pp. Short tear to front cover soiling to page edges fold to rear cover wear top and bottom of spine. Appears little read. Good. Scarce. McGraw Hill paperback
1998132182New York: George Braziller Publisher 1998. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. Text by Pascal Vernus translated from the French by Jane Marie Todd. Illustrated throughout with color photographs by Erich Lessing. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. George Braziller Publisher unknown books
1990320078Easton Press 1990. Full-Leather -- As New in original shrinkwrap -- SHIPPING ONLY IN U.S. AND BY MEDIA RATE ONLY -- Dark brown leather with gilt embossing to cover spine and gilt to all edgres. Full-Leather. As New. Easton Press Hardcover
19951207Terrail 1995. Paperback. Near Fine. 207 pp. Near Fine condition Terrail paperback
1976UTHE01LWPlume 1976. Very Good. Lessing Doris. The Four-Gated City: A Complete Novel from Doris Lessing's Masterwork Children of Violence. New York: Plume 1976. 614pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with creased spine and bumped corners. Plume paperback books
1969Embry 155053Alfred A. Knopf 1969. First edition first printing. Fine in near fine lightly toned dust jacket in mylar cover. Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First edition, first printing. unknown books
196924500New York: Alfred Knopf 1969. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. First American edition. Part of the author's celebrated Children of Violence series of novels. 614 pp plus author note at rear of volume. A very good copy in black cloth binding in very good price-intact dustwrapper. Small stain to verso of wrapper and light crease to front flap. This copy has been SIGNED by Lessing and is uncommon thus. Alfred Knopf unknown books
1969D16691New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1969. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Original cloth; dust-jacket. A nice copy lightly worn. Signed by the Nobel Prize winning author. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1969283135New York: Knopf 1969. hardcover. fine/very good. 614pp. cloth d.w.New York: Knopf 1969. First Edition.<br/><br/> Autographed by Lessing. The white dust wrapper is slightly toned and minimally chipped at the top edge.<br/><br/> Knopf unknown books
19692144NY: Knopf 1969. First US edition first prnt. Signed by Lessing on the title page. Cloth spine ends pushed two small stains on foreedge and a faint small dampstain on the topedge; dustjacket with edgewear mostly at spine ends few small closed edge tears and faint beginning edge toning mostly on the interior edges. Very Good condition in a Good dustjacket with an archival cover. The final volume in Lessing's "Children of Violence" novels. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
196929658NY: Knopf 1969. First Edition. 8vo pp. 614. VG in chipped and soiled dj. Knopf unknown books
1977RO60120165Panther. 1977. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 671 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
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
19691391291New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1969. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 614 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine blue with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Price uncut: "$7.50". Jacket with light age toning and very light marking. Light shelf wear to head and tail of jacket spine and to jacket corners. One small closed tear to front of jacket near spine. Light bumping to head and tail of book spine and to edges and corners of boards. Age toning throughout text block. Signed flat by Lessing on title page. Volume V of Lessing's five-volume CHILDREN OF VIOLENCE series. Shelved in Room C. 1391291. Special Collections. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
