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Briefing for a Descent into Hell
by Lessing, Doris May
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394421981
- ISBN 13
- 9780394421988
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1971. Book. Fine. Cloth. First American Edition. Octavo, sand colored cloth covered boards witth decorative title in brown. Top edge stained dark blue. 308 pp. First American Edition. A very tight, clean, unmarked volume with a very dark solid top stain and fresh unblemished cloth in a very tight, crisp, sharp, clean dust jacket with two tiny spots of rubbing at very top edge. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. An excellent collector's copy..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 07922
- Title
- Briefing for a Descent into Hell
- Author
- Lessing, Doris May
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394421981
- ISBN 13
- 9780394421988
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- BRITISH IRISH FICTION FICTIONAL WORKS, LESSING, NOVEL, LITERATURE, AWARD, WINNING, WINNER,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...