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Briefing for a Descent into Hell
by Lessing, Doris
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394421981
- ISBN 13
- 9780394421988
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Fine. Sturdy book, quality light rose cloth, gilt circle with initials and gilt oval line design, a gilt circle and lettering bright on spine, black color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 308 lightly browned pages. Neat ink note on second front end paper. DJ price-clipped, beneath mylar, black spine and front, very colorful lettering, a photo of Lessing on all of back. Near Very Fine DJ/Near Very Fine book.
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
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56215
- Title
- Briefing for a Descent into Hell
- Author
- Lessing, Doris
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394421981
- ISBN 13
- 9780394421988
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Fiction Engish Literature
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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