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Country Notes in Wartime
by Sackville-West, V.[Vita]; Jullian, Philippe (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
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About This Item
London, England: Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc., 1941. First, Thus . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Jullian, Philippe. Reflections on a memorable year in an unchanging rural England,'' based on the author's personal diary that she kept from Autumn 1939-Autumn 1940, impacted by the war, but steeped in the quiet resilience of the countryside. 85 pp. Orig. published in the New Statesman & Nation magazines, then in book form in London by the Hogarth Press, this is the First American Edition, First Printing, from Doubleday Doran, 1941. Small octavo bound in soft green cloth over boards lettered in black to spine is in VG condition: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages modestly tanned but completely unmarked. Mild rubbing& a bit of sunning to extremities, lightly bumped corners. The semi-clipped at front flap corners DJ (orig. $1.00 price intact) is just Good, with heavier rubbing, a short unclosed to bottom edge of front cover, & chipping at all corners/spine tips; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023557
- Title
- Country Notes in Wartime
- Author
- Sackville-West, V.[Vita]; Jullian, Philippe (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Jullian, Philippe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First, Thus
- Publisher
- Doubleday Doran & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- gardens gardening rural country life England English World War Two WWII writers countryside farm
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature/Gardening/Environmentalism; Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Military Studies/War;
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