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This is the record of the Women's Land Army since its inception in September 1939, down to 1944. Following on from the success of The Hurricane Story by Paul Gallico, this is the second in the series of military reissues by great literary figures.
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Vita Sackville-West was an English author, poet and gardener. She won the Hawthornden Prize in 1927 and 1933. In 1947 Sackville-West was made a Companionof Honour for her services to literature. She is also the author of English Country Houses 9781910065112
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- PublisherImperial War Museum
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 187042333X
- ISBN 13 9781870423335
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages220
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THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY together with POEMS OF THE LAND ARMY (First facsimile edition - illustrated with contemporary photographs - published in a Limited Edition of only 300 copies)
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Imperial War Museum (Department of Printed Books), Lambeth Road, London
(1997)
ISBN 10: 187042333X
ISBN 13: 9781870423335
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Facsimile Edition. A first printing of the second Facsimile edition, published in a Limited Edition of only 300 copies by the Imperial War Museum - this edition includes re-publication of "Poems of the Land Army", edited by Vita Sackville-West, along with "The Women's Land Army". The original books were separately published in 1944.' ***Near fine in emerald-green cloth-covered boards with red titles to the spine, and red titles with a gilt Women's Land Army device to the front board. The gilt is still beautifully bright, having been protected by the dustwrapper. The boards are clean and unmarked. The spine is unfaded. No bumps and no creases - just slight creasing to the bottom corner tips. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions or marks. Pages clean and unmarked. No creases or tears. Printed on nice quality paper. With the publisher's statement at the bottom of the title page: 'Reprinted by kind permission of the estate of V. Sackville-West'. ***In a near fine illustrated dustwrapper, which is unpriced. The dustwrapper is complete with no discernible faults. No creases, tears or chips and no fading. ***190mm x 130mm. "The Women's Land Army" - 112 pages including ten appendices and 62 pages of photographic plates at the back of the book - followed by "Poems of the Land Army" - 56 pages and an Index of Authors. ***'This is the record of the Women's Land Army since its inception in September, 1939, down to 1944. Published under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, it is copiously illustrated with photographs depicting land-girls in nearly every branch of the work they undertake. The text by Miss Sackville-West is not over-burdened with dry facts, but aims at rather giving a "human" picture of the land-girl's life; but for those who demand also an informative work of reference, a number of tables of facts and statistics are included in a separate appendix. It is thus a comprehensive survey of an important branch of women's work in the war.' + 'Due to popular demand we have produced a second facsimile printing of this history together with a book of Poems originally issued about the same time. This edition is also limited to 300 copies.' (Quotes taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH (9 Mar 1892 - 2 Jun 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer. Vita Sackville-West was a successful novelist, poet, and journalist, as well as a prolific letter writer and diarist. She published more than a dozen collections of poetry and 13 novels during her lifetime. She was twice awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Imaginative Literature: in 1927 for her pastoral epic, "The Land", and in 1933 for her "Collected Poems". She was the inspiration for the protagonist of "Orlando: A Biography", by her famous friend and lover, Virginia Woolf. She had a longstanding column in The Observer (1946-1961) and is remembered for the celebrated garden at Sissinghurst created with her husband, Sir Harold Nicolson.' (Wiki) ***A beautifully preserved copy of the uncommon second facsimile edition of this book, which was published in a Limited Edition of just 300 copies, most of which have gone to specialist and university libraries. This augmented expanded edition is rarely found on the open market, and is in fact harder to find than the original 1944 first edition, which was published with a much higher print run. ***Of interest to collectors of the work of Vita Sackville-West and the Bloomsbury Group, as well as of the history of the Women's Land Army. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 8850
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