Sirian Experiments Canopus Argos by Lessing Doris (47 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1749279031. 6/7/2025 6:50:31 AM.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Booker Prize Shortlisted title in 1981. 288 pages + prelims. Dark blue boards in jacket. The jacket is complete and unclipped. A publisher's updated price label has been applied over the original price. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box. Size: 22.5 cm x 14.5 Cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.

Hardcover. Condition: Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. First printing. 'Fine in near fine dustjacket, slightly creased at the head of the spine, protected by an archival quality, removable, transparent, inert jacket protector.Overseas buyers please read shipping terms and estimated transit times prior to ordering.' 'We are established reputable First Edition sellers and understand collectors needs in terms of accurate grading and proper packaging'.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: N-Fine. 1st Edition. A square solid tight cleancarefully read copy. The priced jacket has some light soil, light edgewear, a really short closed tear. Book.

Decorated hard cover. Stated first edition. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine (very light edge wear) dust jacket (in mylar). 290 pps.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. A few small tears to jacket. ; 1.1 x 9.4 x 6.5 Inches; 288 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Small scuffs and closed tears to jacket. This is a first edition novel from Lessing's science fiction series.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. All first edition, first impressions. A superior set with only sl. flaws. All have Unclipped Jackets. 1. Shikasta. Fine in a Fine unclipped d/w (very sl browning to edges and spine lettering)) 2. The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five. Fine in a Fine d/w 3. The Sirian Experiments. Fine in a Fine d/w. (A couple of marks from the inside of the jacket slightly show through to the front) 4. The Making of the Representative for Planet 8. Fine in a Fine d/w. 5. The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire. Fine in a Fine d/w. (A couple of marks from the inside of the jacket slightly show through to the front).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Volume three only. Large octavo. 291pp. Black cloth. A fine copy in very good dust jacket; jacket has two one-inch tears on front panel, with faint sticker mark, rear panel has two small tears, else crisp and bright. Third in a 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Five book set. 1979-1983. Shikasta is a 3rd printing, the rest are first editions. "Planet 8" dust jacket is price-clipped. All books dated on ffep. Wear, handling to dust jackets. Top exterior pages have dotting stains? Some corner's bumped. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. All copies are in near fine condition with only light wear. Uncorrected proofs.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Five Volumes 8vo., 148pp. Beautiful Stated First American Editions of Lessing's Magnus Opus, published between 1979 and 1983. Uniformly bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. All volumes are square, tight, and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jackets , ($15.95), have a hint of edge-wear and Volume 1 has a 1" closed tear on the rear panel. All are fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, or toning. A gorgeous collectable set at a great price.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American edition. Volume three only. Large Octavo. 291pp. Black cloth. A fine copy in fine, bright dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed slip laid into book. Third in a 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. publisher's complimentary copy. Large octavo, black cloth, 291 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Two books from Lessing's series, Canopus in Argos: Archives - The Sentimental Agents and The Sirian Experiments. Both are first edition, both unread. Jackets in fine shape, no edge wear, not price-clipped, Agents does have a tear on top edge. Lovely books. M00456.

1st edition / 1st printing hardback with dust jacket As New octavo 288pp., Fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The Sirian Experiments: Alfred A. Knopf Inc., a Borzoi Book, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1981. 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 December,1980, and preceding the UK publication by Jonathan Cape in March, 1981. 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 cream-colored 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 rear panel discreetly closed from behind with archival materials, light wear at the head and heel of the spine, and with the original price ($11.95) intact on the front flap. See photos. ix + 288 + i pages. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Short-listed for the 1981 Booker Prize. ISBN 10: 0394512316 / ISBN 13: 9780394512310. ****************************** The Making of the Representative for Planet 8: 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". ISBN 10: 039451906X / ISBN 13: 9780394519067. ******************** The Sentimental Agents: Alfred A. Knopf Inc., a Borzoi Book, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1983. 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 March,1983, and preceding the UK publication by Jonathan Cape in May, 1983. Very Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with deckled fore-edges and no markings of any kind other than 4 small spots to the top-edge. The Binding is full black cloth (color uniform throughout) with the title blind-stamped to the front board, 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 1" tear to the top of the rear panel discreetly closed from behind with archival materials, light wear at top and folds, some soiling, and with the original price ($12.95) intact on the front flap. See photos. 179 + i pages. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". ISBN 10: 0394529685 / ISBN 13: 9780394529684. These books are heavy and will require extra postage for international shipment or expedited delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Doris Lessings epic five volume science fiction series mixing Sufi mysticism with advanced civilizations. All five in lovely condition with just the very slightest tanning to the white on a couple of the jacket spines. All are first printings. Size: Octavo . 5-volume set (complete). Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; For further information on this title or for further photographs, please click on the "Ask Seller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We aim to reply within three working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.

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.

Cloth with dust wrapper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition - First Printing. All first printings - 364 + 244 + 288 + 178 + 144 pag. not price-clipped.

Hardcover. - 1981 five first editions hardcover. fine books fine jackets some spine bumping, one store stamp inside, one bookplates, one review slip,

5 vols. 8vo, publisher's black cloth in dust jackets. Vol. I states First American Edition; Vols. II-V state First Edition. A fine set in fine dust jackets. Canopus in Argos: Archives, 1-5.

Octavo, five volumes, cloth. First editions. Complete set of Canopus in Argos: Archives comprising RE: COLONISED PLANET 5 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 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE SENTIMENTAL AGENTS IN THE VOLYEN EMPIRE (1983). An epic tale of the major galactic empires: Canopus, Sirius and Puttiora, and their rivalries and interactions. "Shikasta is Earth, whose history -- extended over millions of years -- is here put into the cosmic perspective, observed by Canopeans who seem to be in charge of galactic history although responsible to some higher, impersonal authority. The sequels follow the exploits of various human cultures whose affairs are subtly influenced by the Canopeans; all share the remotely detached perspective the transforms the way in which individual endeavors are seen. Thoughtful and painstaking." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-664. "Lessing is a major novelist, and her first full-blown foray into SF caused some consternation and controversy. It also elicited much praise. The philosophical tale of galactic empires in conflict, the opening volume concerns the visit of an emissary from benign Canopus to the colonized (but fallen) planet Earth, now renamed 'Shikasta.' Here and in the following volumes, our planet's affairs are put into a very wide context indeed." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 325. "Lessing's primary cosmological and ethical source is the Old Testament, though she blends in stuff from Blake, Gilgamest, Celtic and Arabic traditions; and of course von Daniken." - Colin Greenwood, Foundation. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, pp. 394; 401; 412; 418. A fine set in fine dust jackets. (#169571).

First U.K. Editions. First Impressions. Five octavo volumes (22.5cm); blue paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; pale gray/blue topstain; dustjackets; 365; 245; 288; 145; 179pp. All are Near Fine or better with topstain faded on most volumes. The dustjackets are uniform, designed by David Prout; unclipped (priced £5.95 - £7.95 net), the third volume has a publisher's price sticker over the original price; Near Fine or better. Solid set of the author's only work of science fiction. "Places the crisis of human self-striving into a metaphysically conceived interstellar frame.tinged with Sufi mysticism." CLUTE & NICHOLLS, p.714. BARRON 4-333.