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Lessing Doris
BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Good. 1971. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 0394421981 . First US edition. Advance copy: Uncorrected Page Proof in red decorated wrappers basically a trade sized paperback format except the spine is the exposed glue block as issued instead of being covered with the same red paper used for the front and rear covers of the hardcover edition. 308 pages. Good or better copy spine cocked cover and some corner creasing with Crane Duplicating Service Inc the printer/binder inkstamp inside the rear cover and the publication month/year and price hand printed on the front cover. This proof version is scarce even more so than the proof version of the Jonathan Cape first edition. . Alfred A. Knopf paperback
Bookseller reference : 34482 ISBN : 0394421981 9780394421988
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LESSING DORIS
Briefing For A Descent Into Hell
Bantam Books New York: 1972. Softcover. Fair condition. We are inside the mind of Professor Charles Watkins . . . He is doomed to spin endlessly on a raft in the currents of the Atlantic. He makes a landfall on a tropical shore. He discovers a ruined stone city participates moon-dazed in bloody rituals in the paradisal forest is caught in the swirling savage war of the Rat-dogs is borne on the back of the lordly White Bird across the sea of the dead . . . Charles Warkins is having a mental breakdown. Or is he An extraordinary voyage into inner space "Moving from freak-out to a status almost mythic and enriching the mental life of the reader to an almost incalculable extent! -- Washington Post Bantam Books, New York: 1972 paperback
Bookseller reference : 82870X1
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LESSING Doris.
Briefing for a Descent into Hell.
Jonathan Cape London. 1971. First edition. Octavo. 251 pages. A novel described by its author as ''inner space fiction''. Two ownership signatures one of which is in red ink on front free endpaper. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Jonathan Cape, London. unknown
Bookseller reference : LESSINGD021043
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
New York: Knopf. Hardcover. 0394421981 handsome copy of this book shortlisted for the booker prize. and considered by many as the best novel by this acclaimed british writer. . Fine. 1971. First Edition. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017873 ISBN : 0394421981 9780394421988
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Lessing Doris May
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
Westminister Maryland U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc 1971. Very good first edition hardcover very good dust jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Alfred a Knopf Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 140204-D24 ISBN : 0394421981 9780394421988
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Lessing Doris
BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394421981 . Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Two tears to spine crown. Stated First Printing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 67584 ISBN : 0394421981 9780394421988
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Lessing Doris
BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394421981 . Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. ; 9.50 X 6.50 X 1.20 inches; 308 pages; Original dust jacket protected by archival Brodart cover. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 65684 ISBN : 0394421981 9780394421988
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a descent into hell
Panther. 1972 Panther first overseas edition thus paperback; Very Good clean copy lightly aged appears unread name inside front cover else near as new; UK dealer immediate dispatch . Very Good. Paperback. 1st Edition Thus. 1972. Panther paperback
Bookseller reference : 4816t ISBN : 0586038175 9780586038178
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1971. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket later printing thus 308 pages; book gently used clean and unmarked; DJ chipped along top edge. Hard Cover. Very Good /Very Good -. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035311 ISBN : 0394421981 9780394421988
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Lessing Doris May
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
Jonathan Cape Ltd. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Jonathan Cape Ltd unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP8614312 ISBN : 0224005073 9780224005074
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LESSING Doris
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt lettering and decorations pictorial dust jacket. 308pp. Near fine/near fine. Tight superb first edition of the Nobel Prize winner's best known novel. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 35882 ISBN : 0394421981 9780394421988
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
NY: A.A. Knopf 1971. 308pp. Review slip laid-in. Slight wear to dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. First Edition so stated. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A.A. Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 060364
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Lessing Doris May
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
Bantam Books. PAPERBACK. 0553143980 CLEAN COPU WITH VERY GOOD COVER HAS POCKET IN FRONT FROM LIBRARY. HAS TWO READ LINES IN SPINE. NICE CONDITION. 05 19 2009 PB-276 15 . Good. Bantam Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 05 19 2009 PB-276 15 ISBN : 0553143980 9780553143980
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LESSING Doris
BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL.
New York: Knopf 1971. Octavo 308 pp cream cloth gilt. Yellowing to outer and lower page edges else fine. Black jacket has a short creased tear to upper rear panel minute rubbing at spine ends rubbing to surface gloss else fine flap price intact. Lessing won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature. First US printing. Hardcover. Knopf
Bookseller reference : 39268 ISBN : 0394421981 9780394421988
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LESSING DORIS
Briefing For a Descent Into Hell
panther. paperback; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost panther paperback
Bookseller reference : 84551
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
London: Grafton Books / Collins 1986. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Very light shelf/ reading wear crease to the front cover top corner. Text is clean. 251 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall <br/> <br/> Grafton Books / Collins paperback
Bookseller reference : 019050 ISBN : 0586038175 9780586038178
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Lessing Doris
Briefing For A Descent Into Hell
Panther UK 1973. Paperback. Book Condition: Good. Moderate reading wear. Very clean interior. paperback
Bookseller reference : 0236198 ISBN : 0586038175 9780586038178
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
London: Cape 1971. Very good in wrappers. Uncorrected proof. First Edition. London: Cape, 1971. unknown
Bookseller reference : 6060
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Lessing Doris
BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL.
London: Cape 1971. Advance uncorrected proof. 251 5 pp sewn in yellow card covers. Light tanning to spine and margins of front cover soft corner creases to rear cover and late leaves VG otherwise. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "For___. with love from Doris October 1991". The inscribee was a Canadian author and impresario who brought her to Toronto for a reading. His tidy ink name and 1991 date is at the front. Lessing has won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature. Her best novel it made the Booker short list. . Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Softcover. Cape Paperback
Bookseller reference : 37406
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Lessing Doris May
Briefing for a descent into hell
Cape 1971-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 251pp. A lovely copy of this first edition. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Light bump to the tail of the spine under the wrapper. Fresh clean and tight. Well preserved dust wrapper not price clipped. Slight curling up of the wrapper at the head and tail but nonetheless a super copy free from tears. a very good copy. Cape hardcover
Bookseller reference : 214596 ISBN : 0224005073 9780224005074
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LESSING Doris
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dustwrapper. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 339768 ISBN : 0394421981 9780394421988
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LESSING Doris
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Covers are soiled else near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with two tears at the top rear edge light scuffing. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 310508 ISBN : 0394421981 9780394421988
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
Vintage. Paperback. 0394746627 Very good. Clean text. Email for further information. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1981. Vintage paperback
Bookseller reference : GRYPBX211946 ISBN : 0394746627 9780394746623
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
New York: Knopf February 12 1971. 2nd pr. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 308 pages. Black top edge. Very good. Record # 452722 Knopf hardcover
Bookseller reference : 452722 ISBN : 0394421981 9780394421988
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LESSING Doris.
Briefing for a Descent into Hell.
Hardback. 1971. 251pp Jonathan Cape London 1971. 1st edition. VG in VG DW . hardcover
Bookseller reference : HALL502072 ISBN : 0224005073 9780224005074
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Lessing Doris May
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
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. Alfred A Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 07922 ISBN : 0394421981 9780394421988
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
New York: Vintage Books: Vintage. Mass Market Paperback. 0394746627 Used book. Very good. books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1981. Vintage paperback
Bookseller reference : BING7336539 ISBN : 0394746627 9780394746623
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
Vintage. Mass Market Paperback. 0394746627 used book very good books carefully packed and shipped promptly . Very Good. 1981. Vintage paperback
Bookseller reference : BING6760216 ISBN : 0394746627 9780394746623
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
London: Cape 1971. 1st edition. hardback with dust jacket. Near Fine. small octavo. 251pp. Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy in like price-clipped dust jacket Cape hardcover
Bookseller reference : A113665
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Lessing Doris
Briefing For a Descent Into Hell
London England: Panther 1977. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Light rubbing to the corners; the spine is creased; previous name to the inside front cover. 6th printing. 251 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall <br/> <br/> Panther paperback
Bookseller reference : 014000 ISBN : 0586038175 9780586038178
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LESSING DORIS
BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL
LONDON: JONATHAN CAPE. NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD D.J. PUB 1971. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. ARGUABLY THE 2007 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER'S FINEST BOOK AND # 49 OF DAVID PRINGLE'S "MODERN FANTASY: THE HUNDRED BEST NOVELS" . BOOK IS ABOUT FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT BUT WITH A TRACE OF FOXING TO THE ENDPAPERS OFFSET TO FLAPS. D.J. HAS A COUPLE OF SHORT TEARS AROUNT THE TOP OF THE SPINE PANEL SOME MODEST RUB TO CORNERS LIGHT WEAR AT TOP EDGE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN BRIGHT UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. . JONATHAN CAPE hardcover
Bookseller reference : COLLECTI011642I
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
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. Jonathan Cape hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6007 ISBN : 0224005073 9780224005074
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
London: Granada Publishing Ltd. Panther Books # 03817 1st Printing 1975 ----------paperback. Minor shelfwear a near fine copy. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books. London: Granada Publishing Ltd. Panther Books # 03817 1st Printing paperback
Bookseller reference : 007098 ISBN : 0586038175 9780586038178
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
London: Jonathan Cape 1971 DJ unclipped no internal marks or imprints. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Jonathan Cape hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004161 ISBN : 0224005075 9780224005074
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
London: Jonathan Cape 1971 VG/VG. 1st Edition. 'Inner space fiction'. Jacket by Alan Tunbridge. BOOK: All corners bumped. JACKET: Mild edgewear irregular tear on bottom front panel. Scan on request. London: Jonathan Cape, 1971 unknown
Bookseller reference : 005262
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Lessing Doris
BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL
New York: Knopf 1971. Printed wrappers pad bound. Uncorrected page proofs of the first American edition. Wraps slightly used and soiled. Very good. Knopf paperback
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT19623
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Lessing Doris
Briefing For A Descent Into Hell
London: Jonathan Cape 1971. Prior owner signature and date on ffep. Top edge stained lavender other edges trimmed. Ever so slightly canted otherwise near fine. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Trade. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
Bookseller reference : WN3904 ISBN : 0224005073 9780224005074
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
Jonathan Cape 1st 1971 . 8vo VG/VG 385 gms. Jonathan Cape 1st 1971 unknown
Bookseller reference : 8885
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
London: Panther 1975. Reprint . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. To view other titles by this author enter the keywords; XDCX XJGX Lessing. Minor wear o/w tight clean square book. She mixes fantasy and realism in one of the most important novels of our age. <br/> <br/> Panther paperback
Bookseller reference : 008114
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Lessing Doris
Briefing For A Descent Into Hell
<p>New York: Vintage Books 1981. Fiction. 1st Vintage Books Edition May 1981 so stated. paperback. Vintage V-662. ISBN 0394746627. Hinge crease on front panel at joint. Light edge and corner wear. Very Good.</p> Vintage Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 4729 ISBN : 0394746627 9780394746623
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1971. 1st Edition. 308p. dj. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
Bookseller reference : 008462
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Lessing Doris
BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL
London: Cape 1971. Lessing calls this "inner space fiction"--back and forth from this mental patient's inner experience of a fantastic world to his interaction with the medical staff. Near fine soil mark on side page edges very slightly cocked in near fine dust jacket small closed tear minor edgewear. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Cape hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001629
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
Panther Books 1973. Please email us if you would like further information or if you would like us to send you a picture of the book. Thanks for looking!. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Panther Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 008520
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
Bantam Books 1972. Later Printing 4th. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Bantam Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 01025332
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell
London: Panther 1973. 1st Thus . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. To view other titles by this author enter the keywords; XDCX XJGX Lessing. Minor wear o/w tight clean square book. She mixes fantasy and realism in one of the most important novels of our age. <br/> <br/> Panther paperback
Bookseller reference : 002726
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Lessing Doris
Briefing for a Descent into Hell
New York NY U.S.A.: Vintage Books 1981. First Paperback Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Brief summary of content available upon request by e-mail. Vintage Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 083879 ISBN : 0394746627 9780394746623
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LESSING DORIS
Briefing for a Descent into Hell.
8vo; pp. 308; dustjacket. New York Alfred A. Knopf Inc 1971. unknown
Bookseller reference : 13644
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Lessing Doris May; Parini Jay; Kilvert Ian Scott
British Writers : Supplement 1
Cengage Gale 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Cengage Gale hardcover
Bookseller reference : G0684186128I4N00 ISBN : 0684186128 9780684186122
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LESSING Doris
Broadside: Patterns
Berkeley: Black Oaks Books / Okeanos Press 1992. Unbound. Fine. Broadside. Measuring 6.5" x 13.25". Fine. An excerpt from Lessing's African Laughter: Four Visits to Zimbabwe given out at a reading at the Black Oak Books in Berkeley. OCLC locates one copy. Black Oaks Books / Okeanos Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 363315
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LESSING DORIS
Canopous in Argos: Archives: Re: Colonised Planet 5: Shikasta: Personal Psychological Historical Documents Relating to Visit by JOHOR George Shannon: Emissary Grade 9: 87th of the Period of the Last Days
Granada 1981. Paperback VG; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost. Granada 1981 paperback
Bookseller reference : 202590
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