Canopus Argos Archives Making Representative by Lessing (59 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. [First edition stated] VG, unmarked HB; DJ-Good, small chips, tears.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket.

First Printing as stated First Edition with no subsequent printings noted, per Knopf's first printing notations. Inside is clean and unmarked. Deckle-edged. Several tears on dust jacket. Blue stain on bottom of book block (see photo 5) and staining on inside of dust jacket (see photo 6). See photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Protected by mylar wrapping, faint coffee ring on back DJ, shelf wear along top and bottom DJ spine, tight binding, clean unmarked interior. BP/Fiction.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 192 pages. 7.68x5.12x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: FIRST / VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Black cloth with gold lettering, 144 pp. A little edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart, a little edge wear, minor chipping at corners. A nice copy. "This is the story of Planet 8 of the Canopean Empire, a prosperous and contented little planet inhabited by handsome, vibrant, intelligent people, as told to us by one of the planet's fifty Representatives. Planet 8 is verdant and peaceful, its well-being secure, its weather consistently nurturing, never harsh. The people live long, fruitful lives, each one assuming a role essential to the continuity of the race. There is no crime, no strife, and no doubt . . . "Until: the time of The Ice begins, the alignments of the planet shift, ice and snow come to cover its surface, and the people are forced to alter their lives in previously unthinkable ways. What keeps them going is the promise made by Canopus that, in time, they will be taken off Planet 8 to Rohanda, the favored planet of the Empire. But when the Canopean ambassador, Johor, finally arrives, the people are hardly surprised that he brings only devastating news. Rohanda is no longer fit to receive them, and they are destined to perish with their planet . . ."; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Printing. Clean internally, slight stain on top front tip of text block, boards straight, spine tight and stiff with pointed tips. Dust jacket has minor pushing along some edges and slight tears and loss at some edges and spine tips. Original price present on dust jacket front flap. Now looks shiny and new in an archival mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. 1st. 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,.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 3 working days.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket (6.50 price). Otherwise a tight, unmarked book. 145 pp + prelims.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Black covers in a tan & black dust jacket. 8vo, 145 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition stated. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 Book; binding tight with minor lean to top spine, mild bump to top rear corner else boards straight and clean; modest pencil erasure to top front free end page else text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($11.95) has mild chipping to mostly spine and flap fold ends with pea sized paper loss to bottom rear flap fold end, mild fading to spine with five closed tears 1/4" to 1" to edges and mild soiling to rear cover. Color sharp to covers. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

First Edition. First Edition. large octavo, black cloth in dust jacket. Knopf, The fourth volume in the novel-sequence Canopus in Argos: Archives. The American edition precedes the London, English edition. An very fine copy in a very fine dust jacket which is not price clipped. large octavo, black cloth in dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Full black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Publisher's original price intact on jacket flap ($11.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight clean copy. Octavo, 146 pages. The fourth novel in Lessing's "Canopus in Argos: Archives" series, a cycle of speculative fiction exploring civilization, evolution, and interstellar influence across time and space. The five books in the series are: "Shikasta" (1979), "The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five" (1980), "The Sirian Experiments" (1981), "The Making of the Representative for Planet 8" (1982), and "The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire" (1983). Initially divisive for its departure from realism, the series was later recognized for its visionary scope and philosophical depth. Lessing was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007 and received other major honors including the Somerset Maugham Award, the Prix Médicis étranger, and the David Cohen Prize for Literature.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Alfred A. Knopf Inc., a Borzoi Book, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1982. First (1st) Printing (no others stated, per publisher's policy) of the "First Edition" (stated). This is the true first edition, published in the USA in January,1982, and preceding the UK publication by Jonathan Cape in March, 1982. As New in a Fine Dust Jacket. Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with deckled fore-edges and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full black cloth (color uniform throughout) with the title blind-stamped to the front board, bright gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The Dust Jacket is bright, colors uniform throughout, and intact, with a tiny tear to the bottom of the front panel discreetly closed from behind with archival materials, light wear at top, and with the original price ($11.95) intact on the front flap (and an inked in price below it). See photos. 145 + i pages, which includes a 22 page Afterword by the author. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Lessing stated in the Afterword to this novel that it and The Sirian Experiments, the previous novel in the series, were inspired in part by her fascination with Scott's ill-fated Antarctic Expedition. The entire five volume Canopus in Argos series, of which this is the fourth novel, was also inspired by her interest in Sufi philosophy. ISBN 10: 039451906X / ISBN 13: 9780394519067.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 145 pages. 24 cm. Black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Price-clipped dust jacket. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Jacket with tears and chips at edges. Else the book is bright, tight and as new in a poor jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A near fine copy, in a near fine dust jacket, of the stated first US edition. The black cloth binding is clean and unworn, with solid gilt lettering to the spine. Everything is tight and square, with unbumped corners. The contents are clean and bright with no ownership inscriptions or other markings of any kind. The unclipped dust jacket ($11.95) is clean and complete, with just the slightest of edgewear and rubbing. It is now protected in a removable mylar cover. From the blurb: "In this volume of the Canopus series, Doris Lessing gives us a microcosm of our emotional - our metaphysical - universe. Hers is a frightening, yet, finally, a consummately hopeful vision, a profound novelist's contribution to the questions that are being asked so frequently and restlessly by scientists in that recently discovered area where the new physics meets traditional mysticism".

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1982.FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. As new. Unread. First Edition, First Printing. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First U.S.Edition. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Apparently unread, spine still crackles. Black cloth over boards, sharp and distinct lettering to spine. First American edition. Big, tall, Imperial octavo hardcover format. 147 pp. This is the fourth in the lengthy series of novels that comprise the Canopus in Argos: Archives series. The author was born 1919 and in 2007 won the Nobel Prize for Literature.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.