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
