Growing Up in a London Village: Family Life Between the Wars
by WILLMOTT, Phyllis
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Peter Owen, [1979]. First Edition. Slim octavo (22cm.); original simulated cloth in green dust jacket lettered in red and white; 143pp. Light shelf wear, minor discoloration to upper jacket panel, else Very Good or better. Memoirs of growing up in the middle-class London suburb of Lee during the Depression.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32179
- Title
- Growing Up in a London Village: Family Life Between the Wars
- Author
- WILLMOTT, Phyllis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Peter Owen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1979]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women; Social History; Great Britain; Great Depression;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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