Five by Doris Lessing, Signed (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. pp 244. Signed presentation from the author on the dedication page to Lessing's daughter, Jenny Diski, "Jenny and Roger, love from, Doris 1980." Original publishers black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Very good in somewhat tanned and used, very good minus dust jacket with some chipping at spine ends. First U.S. edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression, SIGNED at title page with name only. VG+ in Fine unclipped jacket. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Doris Lessing and dated January 1981. Dust jacket is cuffed slightly but clean; the pages are well bound and clean throughout inside. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No external library markings; library marking on verso of title page; faint evidence of label on front free endpaper; tail of spine gently bumped; dust wrapper lightly edge-rubbed; 288p. Signed by author on title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcovers. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First US edition, first prnt. Full-cloth with gilt spine lettering. Signed by Lessing on the half-title page. Spine bottom edge cloth minimally rubbed and pushed; dustjacket with beginning toning on flaps' topedges and minimal wear at spine ends. Tight copy in Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Third volume in Lessing's Canapos in Argos: Archives series. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-wrapper with publisher's price-sticker of £6.95. Signed and inscribed by Lessing in April 1981 to Ingmar [Bjorksten] - a Swedish writer who has been connected to the Nobel Prize committee - 26 years before Lessing received the award. An attractive and scarce association copy; In her Canopus in Argos series, Nobel laureate Lessing creates a "space" fiction universe to metaphorically explore spiritual, cultural and social issues. Volume III returns to the planet Shikasta of Vol. I, this time telling the story of human history and evolution from the Sirian perspective, a more bureaucratic and less advanced civilization. Booker Prize shortlisted in 1981; Canopus in Argos: Archives; Vol. 3; 8vo ; [xii], 288, [4] pages; Note: Last two leaves blank ; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Uncorrected Proof. " A tale of love, and of ancient war, between men and women, that beguiles and charms like a true fable." ( Publisher's blurb) 189 handnumbered pp.! Yellow card covers have black text and author's name taped at bottom of front cover on a 5 1/4" X 7/8" white paper. Also , added below the title in blue ball point, " April 4th 1980 $ 10.00 " author's name is slightly torn, staple holes near fore edge of front panel. Publisher's note laid in. From the collection of Greg Gatenby, Toronto author/poet and Harbourfront Literary events' host. His signature and the book's acquisition date ffep. Dedication copy: " for Greg Doris Lessing" SIGNED by AUTHOR. Near first state and collectible. Bookseller's Inventory # 122940. Inscribed by Author(s).

Softcover. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo, 189 pages. In Good condition. Yellow spine with black lettering. Covers have mild shelving wear, a small closed tear on the front head edge, stains throughout, a printed name pasted down by tape on the front cover, and a staple through the front cover. Textblock has mild wear along the edges and stains along the edges. Contains a typed letter about the novel stapled to the interior of the front cover. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. 1391306. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine first edition copy signed by Doris Lessing on the half-title page. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding square and tight. Near fine jacket. Slight wear to top of spine and top corners of flaps. Not price-clipped. No tears of any kind. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt stamped to spine. A beautiful first edition copy of the third volume of Lessing's novel sequence Canopus in Argos, signed by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine 1st impression in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the Author on the title page. Dustwrapper priced at £5.95 on front flap.Top edgestain of light blue has faded. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. SIGNED. 288pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and an embossed title on the front cover. With moderate bumping and rubbing to the extremities. In a dust jacket, with subtle edge wear. A science fiction novel, and the third book in Doris Lessing's cycle, Canopus in Argos: Archives. Signed by Doris Lessing, with the date "17th June 1984," on the half title page.

First edition, first impression, slip of paper signed & dated by the author loosely inserted; 8vo; original black cloth, spine lettered in silver, with the unclipped dustjacket; a very good copy in the slightly worn and chipped dustjacket. With a slip of paper signed and dated by the author.

Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK NEAR FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: JACKET VERY GOOD+. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a special, decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN COPY WITH A BRIGHT, ATTRACTIVE DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Second book in the series Canopies in Argos. 1ST PRINTING. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY. Signed by Author.