BACKWATER, oflag IX A/H Lower Camp
by D Guy Adams, editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Uncut fore and tail edges. Sun-fading to spine cloth. Stamped 1/6 on ffep. An unusual number. Small bump to top boards. Book in
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Frederick Muller Ltd, London - first edition 1944 hardcover, 8.75" x 5.5" Uncut fore and tail edges. Sun-fading to spine cloth. Stamped 1/6 on ffep. An unusual number. Small bump to top boards. Book in GOOD condition Blue cloth-bound boards with dark-blue type to spine & front cover design, 6 watercolour plates, bios of 13 contributors. Anthology of verse, prose, and paintings by Prisoners-of-War (all officers) whilst held in captivity in a Hessian village during WW2.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27234
- Title
- BACKWATER, oflag IX A/H Lower Camp
- Author
- D Guy Adams, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 8.75" x 5.5"
- Book Condition
- Used - Uncut fore and tail edges. Sun-fading to spine cloth. Stamped 1/6 on ffep. An unusual number. Small bump to top boards. Book in
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Muller Ltd, London - first edition
- Date Published
- 1944
- Pages
- 30 pages
- Keywords
- painting sonnets poems articles prisons POWs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pegasus Book Orphanage
Biblio member since 2016
McCrae, Victoria
About Pegasus Book Orphanage
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