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Chronicle of Youth: The War Diary, 1913-1917
by Brittain, Vera (Edited by Alan Bishop)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0688015239
- ISBN 13
- 9780688015237
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow, 1982. Book. Good+. Hardcover. Stated First U.S. Edition.. First American Edition (so stated) in original unclipped dust jacket. Black boards with black cloth spine (slight fading to board edges); gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with photographs, map. Foreword by Clare Leighton. 382 pages with Index. Dust jacket is clean, not price clipped, chip at top spine edge, several short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The revealing journal upon whic hthe PBS production Testament of Youth was based. An intimate and moving record of a generation ravaged by World War I, beautifully written by a woman who served as a nurse and lost her husband, her brother, and many friends to the war..
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- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32857
- Title
- Chronicle of Youth: The War Diary, 1913-1917
- Author
- Brittain, Vera (Edited by Alan Bishop)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First U.S. Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0688015239
- ISBN 13
- 9780688015237
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY, WORLD WAR I DIARY, VERA BRITTAIN, FIRST EDITION, MEMOIR, HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War I;
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- Jacket
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