Susan Woolfitt (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Some browning to text, otherwise a good example.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. White d/j, pages heavily tanned; price clipped; b/w illustrations; blue title to spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 223 pp., illustrated. The bookplate on pasetdown of Hammersmith resident the Hon. Mark Hugh Wyndham, MC winner, and long time canal enthusiast. Map endpapers and edges are spotted, cloth marked and faded. Their is an overall 'wear and tear' to this scarce book, but the text is clean. Susan Woolfitt descibes her life working on barges as part of the war effort. 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Orange boards, gilt title to spine; frontispiece; maps to eps; a couple of stains to front board; spine faded, light edgewear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A smart first edition of this scarce study of the challenges and dangers inexperienced trainee boatwomen faced during the war effort. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with a frontispiece and mapped endpapers. A celebration of the British countryside and a description of the challenges and dangers inexperienced trainee boatwomen faced during the war effort of the Second World War. Depicting everyday life on "the cut" and the struggles of working in a predominantly male environment. Written by Susan Woolfitt, a British writer who was among the women who operated cargo-carrying narrowboats on the Midlands" canals, striving to match the skills of working boat families. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Small marks to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light spotting to the fore-edge and the odd small handling mark. Scattered spotting to the endpapers. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. Good Plus. First Edition. Book measures 20x13.5.cm. 246pp, illustrated frontis. Bound in original publishers red cloth, with black title lettering. Lean on spine, letter in white on spine, [ probably previous owners shelf mark? ]. Binding in good clean firm condition. Dust jacket rubbed, worn, with loss in several places, shelf letter no? Jacket in good condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. Generally a good clean copy. Size: 8vo.…