9780394519067 - The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Canopus in Argos--Archives) de Lessing, Doris May (42 resultados)

hardcover. Condición: Fair.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Edge wear, including small tears to edge of dust jacket. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books.

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Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: 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!

Hardcover. Condición: 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!

Condición: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

hardcover. Condición: 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!

Hard Cover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good w/ Protective Cover. First American Edition. Very good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: USED Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. [First edition stated] VG, unmarked HB; DJ-Good, small chips, tears.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good, Not Price Clipped. American First. First Edition stated on verso of title page; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; previous owner's book plate erroneously applied to rear end paper; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Protected by mylar wrapping, faint coffee ring on back DJ, shelf wear along top and bottom DJ spine, tight binding, clean unmarked interior. BP/Fiction.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf/edgewear, tear to bottom of front panel and tear to top of spine.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First American Edition. Black cloth with gold lettering, 144 pp. A little edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart, a little edge wear, minor chipping at corners. A nice copy. "This is the story of Planet 8 of the Canopean Empire, a prosperous and contented little planet inhabited by handsome, vibrant, intelligent people, as told to us by one of the planet's fifty Representatives. Planet 8 is verdant and peaceful, its well-being secure, its weather consistently nurturing, never harsh. The people live long, fruitful lives, each one assuming a role essential to the continuity of the race. There is no crime, no strife, and no doubt . . . "Until: the time of The Ice begins, the alignments of the planet shift, ice and snow come to cover its surface, and the people are forced to alter their lives in previously unthinkable ways. What keeps them going is the promise made by Canopus that, in time, they will be taken off Planet 8 to Rohanda, the favored planet of the Empire. But when the Canopean ambassador, Johor, finally arrives, the people are hardly surprised that he brings only devastating news. Rohanda is no longer fit to receive them, and they are destined to perish with their planet . . ."; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good Plus. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Printing. Clean internally, slight stain on top front tip of text block, boards straight, spine tight and stiff with pointed tips. Dust jacket has minor pushing along some edges and slight tears and loss at some edges and spine tips. Original price present on dust jacket front flap. Now looks shiny and new in an archival mylar cover.

Hard Cover. Condición: Nearly Like New. First Edit. 144pp. First Edition. Canopus in Argos: Archives. Vol. 4 An excellent like-new copy in a like-new dust jacket.

Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. 1st. 1st ed. 1st printing. Hardcover in DJ. Good condition, DJ price clipped. DJ shows signs of a sticker that used to be on the front and a slight tear towards the top. Part of the Canopus in Argos Archives. Fourth book in Dorris Lessing's science fiction visionary novels. 145 pg. Colophon. Book in Good condition but black boards have staining. Tight binding clear bright pages, deckled edges.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. First Printing as stated First Edition with no subsequent printings noted, per Knopf's first printing notations. Inside is clean and unmarked. Deckle-edged. Several tears on dust jacket. Blue stain on bottom of book block (see photo 5) and staining on inside of dust jacket (see photo 6). See photos.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. The book is near fine with very slight edge wear in a very good dust jacket with light edge wear and some small closed tears at edges.

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. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition stated. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 Book; binding tight with minor lean to top spine, mild bump to top rear corner else boards straight and clean; modest pencil erasure to top front free end page else text free of marks, appears barely read. Dust jacket ($11.95) has mild chipping to mostly spine and flap fold ends with pea sized paper loss to bottom rear flap fold end, mild fading to spine with five closed tears 1/4" to 1" to edges and mild soiling to rear cover. Color sharp to covers. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. This is an A new (Appears Unread) copy of the first edition (1st Printing). Canopus in Archives: Archives. In a new dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: 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. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 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". Lessing stated in the Afterword to this novel that it and The Sirian Experiments, the previous novel in the series, were inspired in part by her fascination with Scott's ill-fated Antarctic Expedition. The entire five volume Canopus in Argos series, of which this is the fourth novel, was also inspired by her interest in Sufi philosophy. ISBN 10: 039451906X / ISBN 13: 9780394519067.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. 145 pages. 24 cm. Black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Price-clipped dust jacket. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Jacket with tears and chips at edges. Else the book is bright, tight and as new in a poor jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition ; 144 p. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 039451906X :; 9780394519067 LCCN: 80-29073 ; OCLC: 7174318 ; black cloth in black, red and tan dustjacket ; fourth book in the Canopus Series ; "Planet 8, a prosperous world with intelligent, vital inhabitants, is transformed by an Ice Age, a change that causes a critical variation in lifestyle and a drastic reappraisal of the meaning and value of life" ; small rubbed spot on spine, else VG/VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1982.FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. As new. Unread. First Edition, First Printing. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.