Making Representative Planet by Lessing Doris (144 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good w/ Protective Cover. First American Edition. Very good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: New. From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the fourth instalment in the visionary novel cycle 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. The handsome, intelligent people of Planet 8 of the Canopean Empire know only an idyllic existence on their bountiful planet, its weather consistently nurturing, never harsh. They live long, purposeful, untroubled lives. Then one day The Ice begins, and ice and snow cover the planet's surface. Crops and animals die off, and the people must learn to live with this new desolation. Their only hope is that, as they have been promised, they will be taken from Planet 8 to a new world. But when the Canopean ambassador, Johor, finally arrives, he has devastating news: they will die along with their planet. Slowly they come to understand that their salvation may lie in the creation of one Representative who can save what is most essential to them. Lessing has written a frightening and, finally, hopeful book, a profound and thought-provoking contribution to the science-fiction genre the novel generally.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Mylar protector included. Binding is moderately loose. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

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.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First PB Edition, First Printing. First PB Edition, 1st Printing. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Near Fine w/ marked-out price front cover, creased covers, else Fine and unmarked. 179pp. Uncommon. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book is clean, square, unmarked, complete. .Jacket is unclipped, bright, with 1-inch closed tear on top front. ALL DUST JACKETS ARE PROTECTED IN PLASTIC SLEEVES.

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,.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Fourth book of the Canopus in Argos: Archives series. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-264. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 412. A fine copy in very good dust jacket with 12x20 v-chip from bottom edge of front panel and some general light dust soiling. (#131202).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good condition, with like dust jacket. First Edition. RB. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition hard cover, in very good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. From the collection of W.L. Webb, the Guardian's literary editor for many years. General shelf and handling wear, including tanning, creasing and wear to DJ cover, edges, corners and folds. Within, pages are tightly bound, and content is unmarked. CN. Used.

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. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the fourth in the Canopus in Argos: Archives Series. A couple of marks from the inside of the jacket slightly show through to the front, otherwise, Fine in a Fine d/w.

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: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 by Doris Lessing (First Edition) Firm copy with minor bumping to bottom corners. Bright dust jacket with minor edge wear. Not price-clipped. In clear protective cover. Stated First Edition. Fourth book in Lessing's "Canopus in Argos: Archives" series. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: FINE. F. A FINE bright tight copy in a FINE bright MYLAR covered dust jacket! , 1st Edition.

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".

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 144. [Canopus in Argos: archives. Fourth volume.] Top edge little spotted, remainder mark on bottom, o/w a VG tight copy in little scuffed and soiled dj. A novel.

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.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 145pp. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of the fourth volume in the "Canopus in Argus: Archives" series.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. 1 inch open tear at top of front gutter; 9.6 X 6.5 X 1.0 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American hardcover editions, with dust jackets, published by Knopf.Canopus in Argos: Archives, The Sirian Experiments, The Making of The Representative For Planet 8. Volumes 3 and 4 of the series. Science-Fiction series focused on accelerated evolution. Both volumes are first edition, first printings of the American hardcover editions. Volume 3 published 1980, Volume 4 published 1982. Dust jackets are not price clipped. Both jackets have edge wear, short closed tears along the edges, some fading to the spine panel, though all lettering is legible. Jacket for Volume 3 has chips on the back panel, one at the top right, one at the bottom left. Jacket for volume 4 has a chip at the top right corner of the front panel, about 1" X 1". Both volumes are 6-1/2" X 9-1/2". volume 3 is 288 pages, Volume 4 is 146 pages. Black cloth covered boards, sewn bindings. Some age foxing spots to the pastedown pages, top edges, and fore edges of the text block. Bindings are tight. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. These are not library discard copies. Attached photos are of the copies we have in our inventory.

8vo, orig. cloth gilt. A fine copy in fine dustwrapper. The fourth book in the Canopus in Argos Archives Series.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American edition. Volume four only. Large octavo. 147pp. Black cloth. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Fourth in the series of novels "Canopus in Argos: Archives." Doris Lessing (born in 1919), British novelist, playwright and poet, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007.

HB BLACK BOARDS NEAR FINE PP145 DW TAPE REPAIRS ON REVERSE VERY GOOD 8V0 The fourth novel in the authorÕs space fiction series.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Jonathan Cape Ltd 1982, first edition. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings. Unclipped Dust Jacket. AT THE MOMENT WE ARE UNABLE TO SHIP TO THE USA, PLEASE IF YOU WANT TO PLACE AN ORDER AND ARE LOCTATED IN THE USA. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.