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Morpurgo] [J.E.

Britain's Homage to 28,000 American Dead. [With a Message from Winston Churchill]. THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY

The Times, 1952

115,00 €

Island Books

(Devon, Regno Unito)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1952
Autore
Morpurgo] [J.E.
Editori
The Times
Soggetto
military, ww2, united states, war memorial, st. pauls cathedral, winston chirchill, jack morpurgo, j.e. morpurgo, military, wwii, general, britain's, homage, 28, 000, american, dead
Lingue
Inglese

Descrizione

Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 3 fine coloured plates (one double-page), a fine full-page portrait of HM King George VI, 32 monochrome plates on 20 and pictorial endpapers; original blue buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON HALF-TITLE. A LABEL STATING THAT THE TEXT WAS COMMISSIONED OF MORPURGO BY 'THE TIMES' IS MOUNTED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. With two original coloured photographic prints of the American Memorial Chapel in St. Paul's Cathedral loosely inserted. Professor Jack Morpurgo (1918-2000) was Director-General of the National Book League and later Professor of American Literature at Leeds University. His many works include several on Anglo-American military history and an acclaimed biography of fellow Old Blue Barnes Wallis. Cohen B132; not recorded by Woods.
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