Face powder and gunpowder. Illustrated by Jack Hambleton.
by [WOMEN -- WORLD WAR II]. ELLIS, Jean M. & DINGMAN, Isabel
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About This Item
Toronto: S.J. Reginald Saunders & Co., Ltd., [1947]. 8vo. 229, [1] pp. Illust. title page, numerous illustrations. Red cloth, gilt lettering front cover & spine (minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by Hambleton (minor rubbing, edgewear), still NF/VG copy, inscribed by the author to her husband Kenneth Osborne Wright (1911-2002), noted Canadian astrophysicist. First Canadian edition, stated & inscribed, of this memoir of serving with the Canadian Red Cross Corps during World War II. The writes about “dodging bombs in London, or shells in Normandy; writing letters for wounded men, or learning to bathe in a basin,” all while caring for wounded soldiers in hospital wards, and maintaining morale.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57876
- Title
- Face powder and gunpowder. Illustrated by Jack Hambleton.
- Author
- [WOMEN -- WORLD WAR II]. ELLIS, Jean M. & DINGMAN, Isabel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- S.J. Reginald Saunders & Co., Ltd.,
- Place of Publication
- Toronto:
- Date Published
- [1947].
- Keywords
- Nurses, Nursing, World War II, Canadian Red Cross Corps, Canadiana, Canada, Jean MacLachlan Ellis Wright, Signed, Inscribed, Women, Women’s History, Memoirs, Memoir, Normandy, Military History
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