HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 2nd. Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1995* Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, no visible faults. FINE* Jacket condition: Photo-illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £14.99. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Fep removed. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to top & fore edge. VG* Illustrations: B/w photos throughout.* Pages: 193 pp. text. ix pp. Post script & index at rear.* Description: This book tells the story of the Women?s Auxiliary Air Force during the years of the Second World War through the eyes of those serving in it at the time. Reminiscences and anecdotes describe in vivid detail what their lives were like from recruiting to demobilisation, and a wealth of unpublished, contemporary photographs ? mostly taken by the women themselves ? provide a rare visual record.* A NEAR FINE copy with only minor faults & missing fep, reducing it to VG*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2442
Title: Our Wartime Days: WAAF in World War II
Author: Escott, Beryl E
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG+/VG+/VG+
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0750906383
ISBN 13: 9780750906388
Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Place of Publication: Stroud UK 192
This edition first published: 1995
Size: 25 x 17.2 x 2 cm

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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....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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Tail: The heel of the spine.
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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