Baggage to the Enemy Signed first edition
by Ardizzone, Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1941. First edition. Signed by Edward Ardizzone to front free endpaper. Hardback. 121pp. No jacket. Amusing reminiscences from the time when Ardizzone was one of a small number of Official War Artists during WW2. The book begins in Arras when he and Edward Bawden were billeted in a local hotel. Illustrated throughout by the author. Book in very good condition. Slight lean to spine and a little fade to blue cloth. Small printed ownership to foot of front pastedown which also has a neat ink inscription by a different owner. Mild toning to paper, mainly around edges. Small mark to foot of p79 which shows through adjacent couple of pages before and after.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1308420
- Title
- Baggage to the Enemy Signed first edition
- Author
- Ardizzone, Edward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Edward Ardizzone, Edward Bawden, World War II
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography, Diaries & Memoirs;
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About the Seller
Ariadne Books
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire
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