Lessing Doris Jane Somers (39 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. PHOTO AND VIDEO OF PAGES TAKEN TO SHOW CONDITION PRIOR TO SHIPPING; PHOTOS EMAILED WHEN ASKEDPHOTOS EMAILED FOR MORE SPECIFICS WHEN REQUESTED. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st American edition. First American edition. Cloth/boards. NF in VG DJ.

Condition: As New. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. 1st American edition. In protective mylar cover.

Condition: Used: Like New. Fine book/near fine jacket. 1st ptg. Unclipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. First American edition, stated. Lessing used the Jane Somers pseudonym for this and "The Diary of a Good Neighbour," to make a point about the difficulties faced by new writers. The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, tail of spine bumped; faint foxing to top page edges. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $13.95); edgewear at spine ends and corners; Brodart protected. …

Condition: As New. near fine. Hbk, 249pp, stated 1st American edition, dj very faintly rubbed at extremities, otherwise fine, unclipped ($13.95) and now in protective sleeve, internally an excellent, clean, tight and unmarked text, as new.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 253 pages. A novel. First edition (first printing). A copy with browning to the page block thus near fine; in a dust jacket with light scuff marks and minor shelf wear thus near fine.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Advance Review Copy. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. F. NY: Knopf, 1984. First American edition. New in dust jacket, with just a touch of wear to the extremeties of the jacket. A difficult copy to find in excellent condition due to the delicate dust jacket. Lessing wrote the book and sent it to pubslihers under a false name and stumped them all except for the editors at Knopf, who recognized the wrok as hers. A nice tight unread copy. 0.0.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 250 p. 23 cm. Black cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Pages browning a little.

250pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, a little sunned with title written down spine. A near fine copy. Proof copy.

Condition: Fine. First Edition. First American Edition. Close to fine in a fine dj. (Faint foxing at top edge. A few spots of foxing at rear dj. flap. No remainder marks) Nobel Prize laureate.

Hard Cover. First American Edition. Very fine in price-clipped else VF dustjacket. |.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 253 p. 23 cm. Black cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. US hardback first edition, SIGNED at title page as Doris Lessing and Jane Somers with no further inscriptions. VG in Good jacket with some rubbing and spine fade. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (£8.95). The second book written by Doris Lessing under the pseudonym Jane Somers. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, a little patchy browning to back, the odd small mark, odd small crease/rub to edges, minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners, a few small scratches (mainly to front), a little patchy browning/odd small mark/spots of foxing to reverse (white side) and browning/odd small marks/minor foxing to front/back inner flaps. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are tanned (due to quality of paper used). Inside boards/end-papers tanned with the odd small mark/spots of foxing. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (£7.95). First book written by Doris Lessing under the pseudonym Jane Somers. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, the odd very small mark, odd small cease/rub to edges, minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners, a little patchy browning/odd small mark/spots of foxing to reverse (white side) and a little browning/ceasing/minor foxing to front/back inner flaps. Boards care very good with a hint of pushing to corners, the odd small bump to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are tanned (due to quality of paper used). Very occasional small mark to pages. End-papers are tanned with the odd small mark/minor foxing. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First American edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with edgewear.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 250 pages. A novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author, published under a pseudonym as a stunt, to show the treatment of books by unknown authors. ''I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success,' '' she said in a recent telephone conversation from London. ''If the books had come out in my name, they would have sold a lot of copies and reviewers would have said, 'Oh, Doris Lessing, how wonderful.' As it is, there were almost no reviews, and the books sold about 1,500 copies here and scarcely 3,000 copies each in the United States.''--Lessing, in the New York Times, September 23, 1984. Lessing's long-time British publisher declined to publish either of the two 'Jane Somers' novels before they knew the author was Lessing. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with some wear at the corners. Signed by the author as Doris Lessing. Signed By Author.…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 253 pages. A novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author, published under a pseudonym as a stunt, to show the treatment of books by unknown authors. ''I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success,' '' she said in a recent telephone conversation from London. ''If the books had come out in my name, they would have sold a lot of copies and reviewers would have said, 'Oh, Doris Lessing, how wonderful.' As it is, there were almost no reviews, and the books sold about 1,500 copies here and scarcely 3,000 copies each in the United States.''--Lessing, in the New York Times, September 23, 1984. Lessing's long-time British publisher declined to publish either of the two 'Jane Somers' novels before they knew the author was Lessing. First American edition (first printing). Near fine in a dust jacket with minor scuffing to covers and light fading to spine, thus near fine. Signed by the author as Doris Lessing on the title page. Signed By Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Edges are lightly foxed. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Front and rear endpapers are very slightly foxed, front and rear free endpapers have stains. Pages are lightly discoloured towards edges. Else this book is in very good condition. Dust wrapper is slightly creased towards some edges, with some discolouration and staining. Otherwise in very good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Very Good +. First American edition. SIGNED. 253pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. 1/4 black cloth over matching boards boards, with a silver stamped title on the spine. Spine a touch rolled. Cloth mildly rubbed at spine ends. In a lightly rubbed dust jacket. Signed by the author, with both names, on the title page. Dated "17th June, 1984." Doris Lessing was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature.…

Hardcover. dj. 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. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 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 - Downstairs. Signed.…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First American Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Near fine in plain green printed wrappers. (Publicity info stapled to inside of front cover) Nobel Prize laureate. (B).