Briefing for a descent into hell
by Lessing, Doris (1919-2013)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0224005073
- ISBN 13
- 9780224005074
- Seller
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About This Item
Briefing for a descent into hell, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 251 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Science fiction ; English. Amnesia ; Fiction.
Synopsis
Doris Lessing was born of British parents in Persia, in 1919, and moved with her family to Southern Rhodesia when she was five years old. She went to England in 1949 and has lived there ever since. She is the author of more than thirty books—novels, stories, reportage, poems, and plays. In 2007, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 282666
- Title
- Briefing for a descent into hell
- Author
- Lessing, Doris (1919-2013)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224005073
- ISBN 13
- 9780224005074
- Publisher
- Briefing for a descent into hell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
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