Lessing by Lessing Doris, Signed (26 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Doris Lessing on bookplate. Hardcover, no jacket, in slipcase. Pages have a very slight warp to them, but are clean and unmarked. Strong binding. Slipcase has some shelfwear. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! (Heavy books & sets may require extra shipping charges.). Signed.

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten and Signed Card by Nobel Prize Winning Writer Doris Lessing. Undated. Doris May Lessing 1919 - 2013 was a British novelist. Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. Size is 115mm x 75mm. Condition is good. From the collection of autograph collector Peter Bland. £44 Ref 19233. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed on half title. 1/4 inch bruises to board corners. Interior of book clean. Inscribed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. DORIS LESSING POSTER. "AN EVENING TO BENEFIT THE AFGHAN REFUGEE FUND / DORIS LESSING". The "Lecture and Conversation" event took place on April 9 (1984) in Berkeley, California. SIGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED by DORIS LESSING in Silver Ink: "With good wishes / Doris Lessing / 9th April 1984". The poster is 13 x 19.5 inches. It is in GOOD condition, with some creases from handling to the right margin, overall bright and lovely. The poster was stored rolled, and will be shipped in its natural rolled state. Would look great mounted and/or framed. This event took place a few years before the publication of her book "The Wind Blows Away Our Words". The book was about the horrors taking place in Afghanistan and how the West was doing little to help. An unusual Doris Lessing item. Inscribed by Author(s).

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Large 8vo in blue faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 515pp. This copy signed by the author on the title-page (no other marks or inscriptions) . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy still close to new in a faintly edge-creased but otherwise FINE complete Dust Jacket (looks almost as new in its removable transparent protector) ] . . . NOTE: Depending on destination this item may require an extra payment for insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost. . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo, 250 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine blue with black lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering. Price uncut: "$13.95". Light plus creasing at head of dust jacket spine. Jacket with light plus marking; light shelf wear to head and tail of jacket spine and to jacket corners. Top edge of text block foxed. Signed flat by Lessing on title page as both Lessing and Somers. Shelved in Room C. Doris Lessing published two works (this work and THE DIARY OF A GOOD NEIGHBOUR, 1983) under the pseudonym Jane Somers in order to highlight the publishing industry's bias in favor of authors who had already achieved significant financial success. As she expected, the works published pseudonymously sold far fewer copies and met with significantly less critical acclaim than the works published under her own name. 1391290. Special Collections.

Near Fine in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 1st edition, 1st issue. Signed boldly by Lessing on half - title with Hatchards wrap around band. ISBN 0002261952.

Softcover. Uncorrected Proof, First Printing. Octavo, xi, 633 pages. In Good plus condition. Pink-tan spine with black lettering. Covers have mild shelving wear, pen marks on the front cover, stains throughout, and moderate age-toning along the spine. Textblock has bending wear along the head fore corner of pages 461-474, stains on the rear end-page, mild wear along the edges, and stains along the edges. Signed flat by Doris Lessing on the title page. Shelved Room C. 1391296. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Signed by Doris Lessing to the title-page. A fine copy in navy cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. Thick 8vo. 515 pp. With a superb selection from Lessing's novels, essays, short stories, occasional pieces, particularly, My Father, excerpted from, A Small Personal Voice and foreshadowing her latest book, Alfred And Emily and the preface to her feminist classic,The Golden Notebook. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Signed by the author on the title-page. A fine copy in black cloth, silver titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 418 pp. With prefaces to the 1964 and 1973 editions included. Signed by Author(s).

DORIS LESSING (1919-2013) englische Schriftstellerin, Literatur-Nobelpreis 2007 DAS GOLDENE NOTIZBUCH Roman , Fischer-TB, Frankfurt a.M. 1982 800 SS. Pb. - eigenhändig signiert mit Empfehlung, Datum. October 2001 (zum gleichen Preis vorhanden : TB Rückkehr nach Afrika mit Unterschrift, Knaur, München 1994, 523 SS.).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. THE MAKING OF THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR PLANET 8 - AN OPERA IN THREE ACTS. By PHILIP GLASS and DORIS LESSING. A nice gathering of items related to the OPERA by Philip Glass and Doris Lessing: * LIBRETTO for the OPERA, by Glass and Lessing. SIGNED by PHILIP GLASS on the title page. Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers (Philip Glass' Music Publishing Company), New York, 1988. Softcovers, side stapled, 7x10.5 inches, 28 pages. First Edition. NEAR FINE condition, tight, bright and clean. * CANOPUS IN ARGOS ARCHIVES : THE MAKING OF THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR PLANET 8, by DORIS LESSING. Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover Book in Dustjacket. NEAR FINE book in NEAR FINE dustjacket, a solid, lovely copy. **SIGNED** by Doris Lessing on a bookplate on the front pastedown. * PROGRAM for the OPERA performed by the English National Opera at its U.K. Premier at the London Coliseum. Published by the English National Opera, 1988. Softcovers, side-stapled, 5x9 inches, 48 pages. NEAR FINE condition. * TWO ORIGINAL 8x10 GLOSSY PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS for the OPERA PREMIER at the HOUSTON GRAND OPERA in 1988. One photo is a mock-up of the stage set design, as designed by EIKO ISHIOKA and MINORU TERADA DOMBERGER. The 1988 Washington Post review said: "The most effective part of this opera's performance here was the staging by director Minoru Terada Domberger and designer Eiko Ishioka." GOOD condition, both press photographs have the expected marks, ink stamps, and notes, but remain bright and clear. Eiko's stage mock-up is a wonderful and rare item. About the OPERA The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (from Wikipedia): ******The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 is a full-scale opera by Philip Glass with a libretto by Doris Lessing based on her novel of the same name, first performed in 1988. Together with Glass's 1997 opera The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five, it is part of a planned trilogy of operas based on Lessing's Canopus in Argos novels. The opera was co-commissioned by English National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, and Theater Kiel, and co-produced with Artpark, Lewiston, New York State. The opera was first performed at Houston Grand Opera on 8 July 1988. The British premiere was 9 November 1988 by English National Opera at the London Coliseum. This production was broadcast live in the UK on BBC Radio 3 on 13 December 1988.******. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition of Lessing's first novel neatly Signed by her to the title-page. A very good copy in faded red cloth, (as is usual), yellow titles to the spine in a very good 2nd issue supplied dustwrapper which has been marginally trimmed about an 1/8". A vivid blend of Lessing's imaginative vision and her own memories of early childhood. An important book. Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 87. Signed by Author.

DORIS LESSING zum 65. Geburtstag Klett-Cotta Original-Broschur mit einigen Fotos der Autorin eigenhändig signiert m.D. 15 th January 1985.

Signed book: `Doris Lessing - Das goldene Notizbuch`, in German, published by Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1982, softcover book, 4,25 x 7 inch, 800 pages, signed and dated on the first page in blue ink "Doris Lessing - 2nd [illegible] 1984", with very mild signs of wear - in nearly very fine condition.

Signed card, 5,75 x 4 inch, January 1993, signed and dated in black ink "Doris Lessing - Januar 1993", in very fine condition.

NOTEBOOKS MEMOIRS ARCHIVES Reading and Rereading Doris Lessing, edited by Jenny Taylor Routledge & Kegan Paul, Boston, London, Melbourne and Henley 1982, 251 SS. Pb. 8°, gut erhalten - mit Bleistift eigenhändig signiert m.D. 7 th June 1986.

DIE KLUFT Roman Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 1. Auflage 2007, ERSTAUSGABE (EA), 239 SS. gebunden (Hardcover,8°) mit Schutzumschlag, schön erhalten - von der Verfasserin eigenhändig signiert.

KATZENBUCH (DORIS LESSINGS KATZENBUCH) Klett-Cotta Stuttgart 3. Auflage 1982, 144 SS. gebunden (Hardcover, gr. 8°) mit Schutzumschlag, schön erhalten - von Doris Lessing eigenhändig signiert.

THREE STORIES (To Room Nineteen, A Man and Two Women, Between Men) Eurographica Helsinki, März 1988, 117 SS. Pb. gr. 8° auf speziellen Michelangelo-Büttenpapier, schön erhalten - von Doris Lessing mit Jahr 1988 eigenhändig signiert, signierte, limitierte Ausgabe No. 10/350.

DORIS LESSING (1919-2013) englische Schriftstellerin, 2007 Literatur-Nobelpreis SCHRITTE IM SCHATTEN , Autobiographie 1949-1962, Büchergilde Gutenberg 1998, 478 SS. gebunden (Hardcover), mit Schutzumschlag, von der Verfasserin eigenhändig signiert (Bei ihrer Lesung in HAMBURG am 2.X.2007 im Thalia Theater selbst gesammelt.).

A first edition fifth impression, second edition, metric, second impression published by Maskew Miller. A very good book SIGNED on the title page without dedication by Doris Lessing and Nadine Gordimer. Some rubbing to the edges and some spotting here and there. Rare to find both signatures. In 2001 Lessing was awarded the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British literature. In 2008 The Times ranked her fifth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".

s/w-Fotoporträtpostkarte, eigenhändig signiert (dito : GROßFOTO (farbig,4°), eigenhändig signiert - Bei ihrer Lesung in HAMBURG am 2.X.2007 im Thalia Theater selbst gesammelt. Euro 125,-).

DAS DORIS LESSING BUCH Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 1. Auflage 1989, ERSTAUSGABE (EA), 557 SS., im unteren Schnitt M gestempelt - von der Verfasserin eigenhändig signiert (Bei ihrer Lesung in HAMBURG am 2.X.2007 im Thalia Theater selbst gesammelt.).

One-page TLS (24th March 1979) on thin, white paper: nine lines in black type, featuring Lessing's Kingscroft Road address, and signed in black biro, "Doris". Folded and heavily creased, a few nicks, unrelated note in black biro to reverse. Good- A brief, but significant, 1979 typed letter, in which Lessing turns down Mike Shaw of Curtis Brown, the literary agency which first represented her: "Well, I can only say and mean most sincerely that I am very sorry but I have decided not to". After a line about the handling of her foreign rights, she closes by noting that she has "started volume three," and once it "is well and truly under weigh" she will invite him for lunch. The "volume three" is likely The Sirian Experiments, the third volume of her five book sci-fi series, Canopus in Argos: Archives, which was published the following year, in 1980. The British agent Jonathan Clowes represented Lessing for most of her writing career.

The late Patrick Eddington was a Utah artist and former high school art teacher, who had as a goal the desire to create "The Cat Project," where literary and visual artists from around the world were asked to produce original works about cats, which would be included in a traveling exhibition and book (unfortunately never realized). Doris Lessing [1919-2013], born in what was then Persia (now Iran), spent her childhood years in southern Africa. The author of nearly 50 books, she received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming only the eleventh woman to receive literature's most prestigious award in its 106-year history. Her works are often viewed as in-depth studies of twentieth-century living conditions, behavioral patterns, and historical progressions. Her masterwork is considered to be The Golden Notebook, a postmodern feminist work published in 1962. Interestingly, Lessing, who was a devoted cat lover throughout her life, is also the author of a book which conjures up the subtleties of feline existence, On Cats. With regards to this small archive, it is significant that this rather busy Nobel-Prize winning author would provide Eddington, a high school art instructor and small press printer, with a piece of original prose regarding cats, supplied specifically for him at a relatively low cost. Included in the archive are the following: TLS. Letter [8" x 10"] from Doris Lessing to Patrick Eddington, sent from London, and dated 17th January 1986. A letter in which Lessing discusses her feelings with regards to one of her earlier works, "A Small Personal Voice." Eddington had recommended it to a friend, and Lessing claims, "The trouble is, I wrote some of it a long time ago and I no longer agree with a lot of it. I wonder if she would like to read something more recent? I wrote and read five lectures for C.B.C., under the title of Prisons We Choose to Live Inside. This represents what I think now, not what I used to think in the 'fifties.'" Signed "Yours, Doris L." at the foot. ALS. Letter on a sheet of paper [7" x 9"] written by Doris Lessing to Patrick Eddington. Not dated. In the brief letter, Lessing thanks Eddington for the book by Barbara Kingsolver, and writes, "I am glad u [sic] like Brian Aldiss. He is one of my favorite people." She closes the letter assuring Patrick that if she writes something suitable regarding the subject of cats, she will remember him. TLS. Brief letter [8 ¼" x 11 ¼"] from Doris Lessing, sent from London and dated January 6, 2000, addressed to Patrick. Lessing opens with, "OK I've done a short piece. It is not a question of being paid, but of time- am as usual in the middle of something. I don't need a thousand dollars Perhaps 500? I don't need a Navajo rug." Signed by Lessing. Typed letter [8 ¼" by 7 ¾"] from Lessing's literary agent, Jonathan Clowes, to Patrick Eddington, dated 10 January, 2000, written in reference to the piece written by Doris Lessing titled "About Cats." Clowes writes, "We are happy for you to use this piece for the sum of $500, and perhaps you could let us have further details of your publication so that we can send you a permission contract for non-exclusive rights in the work. In particular please let us know which territories the book will be published in and how many copies will be printed." Signed by the literary agent at the foot. Typed manuscript signed [8 ¼" x 11 ½"]. "About Cats" by Doris Lessing. The original piece that Lessing sent to Patrick Eddington, titled "About Cats," containing periodic manuscript corrections made by the author. Cat lovers will immediately recognize this as a keenly insightful, succinct piece regarding the precious feline's nature. Within the work, the author muses, "People who do not observe their cats, but only rely on 'received' wisdom, miss out. A cat gives back what you put into it, returning affection and attention, but withdrawing in dignified silence if ignored. No creature is more sensitive to slights and taunts and even t.