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LESSING, Doris ~ Briefing for a Descent into Hell. Signed by the author.

FIRST UK PRINTING. Jonathan Cape, London: 1971.

8vo., brown publisher's boards, lettered in gilt to spine with Cape device to foot; together in the unclipped pictorial dustwrapper (£1.60 net to front flap) featuring a design by Alan Tunbridge; upper edge stained purple; THE BOOK a near fine copy, a little bumped to spine tips, and some occasional spots to the outer edges of the text block; otherwise clean and bright; THE WRAPPER similarly near-fine, with a little marginal toning. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. FIRST UK EDITION, this copy signed by the author in blue ink to the title page.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Near Fine

£250

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