Re: Colonised planet 5 : Shikasta : personal, psychological, historical documents relating to visit by Johor (George Sherban) emissary (Grade 9) 87th of the period of the Last Days. [Canopus in Argos : Archive ; 5]
by Lessing, Doris May, 1919- [design, Paul Garamello; photo, Peter Lessing]
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1979., 1979. Very Good. 1st American ed., 3rd printing ; ISBN: 0394507320; 9780394507323 LCCN: 79-11295 ; OCLC: 4774671 ; black cloth in dustjacket ; bookstore stamp on ep ; nicks on dustjacket ; "This is the first volume in the series of novels Doris Lessing calls collectively Canopus in Argos: Archives. Presented as a compilation of documents, reports, letters, speeches and journal entries, this purports to be a general study of the planet Shikasta - clearly the planet Earth - to be used by history students of the higher planet Canopus and to be stored in the Canopian archives...A variety of narratives, including the report of Johor (George Sherban)--the Emissary sent by the Powers controlling our part of the universe--reveal what the planet Shikasta and its inhabitants have, in desperation, endured" ; the first book in the Canopus Series ; VG/VG
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- Re: Colonised planet 5 : Shikasta : personal, psychological, historical documents relating to visit by Johor (George Sherban) emissary (Grade 9) 87th of the period of the Last Days. [Canopus in Argos : Archive ; 5]
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- Lessing, Doris May, 1919- [design, Paul Garamello; photo, Peter Lessing]
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- Used - Very Good
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- Hardcover
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- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1979.
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- 1979
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- fiction science canopus canopean empire shammat shikastasisian experiments
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