BRITTAIN, VERA.

England's Hour. (Signed).

London: Macmillan & Co.Ltd, 1941. 1st edition. A vivid impression by the author of "Testament of Youth" of civilian life under fire. Pp.xviii/301, frontispiece + 7 further black & white photo plates, inscribed by the author "Inscribed for Edith Freeman with greetings & best wishes. Vera Brittain. February 17th 1941" to front free endpaper, slight toning to front free endpaper. Red cloth, bleached to top of spine affecting title and also to base of spine. Dustwrapper darkened and worn with edge losses to top and tail of spine corresponding to bleached areas of boards. G+/Fair.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 45030

Catalogue: History: : British

Keywords: Vera Brittain Signed Englands Hour World War II Ww2 British Social History Wartime Bombing Evacuation Children Air Raids 46513 History: : British

VERA BRITTAIN

England's Hour

MACMILLAN. 1941, First edition. Hardcover. Book, Now scarce and very sought after volume. Slightly faded red cloth, which has slightly marked extremities of boards, of no detriment. Delightfully, this also is accompanied by the original biographical section, with photo, from the dust wrapper. Wonderful!. Good.

Green MeadowProfessional seller

Book number: 027340

BRITTAIN, Vera

England's hour

London, Macmillan, 1941. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket 1st.ed.. Free end papers slightly browned; dust jacket worn at edges with browned spine. Photo:.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS061895I

Brittain, Vera

England's Hour

Toronto, The Macmillan Company of Canada Ltd, 1941. Hardcover. pp. 301. 8vo. Bound in pumpkin cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Black & white illustrations. Sunning to spine with dampstain to rear board. Both hinges loose. Contents clear and unmarked with exception of ffep; good+. .

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 065692

Catalogue: Biography

Brittain, Vera,

ENGLAND'S HOUR - An Autobiography 1939-1941.

Futura, London, 1981, 1st in imprint, paperback, xi, 226pp, [i] ads., pictorial panel upper wrapper, a personal account of the early years of WW2 in and around London, when she was interviewing potential escorts to evacuate children overseas, and visiting London and various other parts of the UK where she relates the effects of the German blitz, faint creasing lower wrapper, edges tanned, very good plus,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 29152

Catalogue: WW2 - Home Front

Keywords: autobiography vera brittain writer campaigner pacifist war ww2 bob blitz

Vera Brittain

England&Apos;S Hour

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1941. First edition. Cloth. 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 . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 879T50

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: England's Hour World War II Brittain Hour Not Stated

VERA BRITTAIN

In the Steps of John Bunyan. An Excursion into Puritan England. With fifty-six illustrations by Cyril Hargreaves and Others. (SIGNED)

Rich & Cowan, London [1950]. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Very Good /Poor.

Clearwater BooksProfessional seller

Book number: ARC92619