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Comments and Notes: First U.S. Edition - Very Good+ to near Fine hardcover/Good dust jacket (in mylar) - NY: St. Martin's Press, 1962 - 8vo/8.5" tall - red & blue lettered spine on light cloth, blue tinted top edge - b&w ills from media & publications of the period - dust jacket has edgewear, closed, taped edge tears, 2 small chips, otherwise bright - index - 311pp. "A none-too-reverent account of Britain's Home Front - 1939-1940" up to the outbreak of the Battle of Britain: detailing the miseries & humor of evacuation, billeting, government commandeering of business structures, vehicles, farm crop decisions, private homes, radios, pigeons, gasoline, food, etc. © Copyright Periplus Line LLC | Updated: 1/28/2012 |
