England's Hour
by Vera Brittain
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1941. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. A smart first edition of this illustrated account of England during the Second World War. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and seven plates. Collated complete. A series of brief but graphic vignettes of life in London for the civilians living there during the Second World War. Exposing the true daily life for the country of England, as it has been so dramatically changed by a year of war. Written by Vera Brittain, an English Voluntary Aid Detachment Nurse (VAD), writer, socialist, pacifist, and feminist who wrote of her experiences in war. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor fading to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light shelf wear and chipping resulting in loss to the extremities, particularly the head and tail of the spine. Sunning to the spine and the odd small closed tear. Ageing to the panels and the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 879T50
- Title
- England's Hour
- Author
- Vera Brittain
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- England's Hour World War II Brittain Hour
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....