Briefing for a Descent into Hell
by Lessing, Doris
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0224005073
- ISBN 13
- 9780224005074
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. 12mo. A novel. Corner of front free endpaper clipped, otherwise Fine. Light edgewear to jacket.
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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- Bookseller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6007
- Title
- Briefing for a Descent into Hell
- Author
- Lessing, Doris
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0224005073
- ISBN 13
- 9780224005074
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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