Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
by Lessing, Doris
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0224005073
- ISBN 13
- 9780224005074
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape Ltd. Very Good-. 1991. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 0224005073 . Card cover lightly age-toned, proof copy mark on front panel, more significantly at edges and on spine, spine creased, minutely bumped on edges; Edges lightly age-toned, rough-cut edges toward front of text block, pages otherwise clean with no ownership marks; Binding tight. Overall a sturdy proof copy with signs of age. ; 5.4 x 7.6"; 251 pages .
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
- Seller
- Walden Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 50356
- Title
- Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
- Author
- Lessing, Doris
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- ISBN 10
- 0224005073
- ISBN 13
- 9780224005074
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- 0224005073
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Walden Books
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About Walden Books
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- Uncorrected Proof
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- Spine
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