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HAWKINS, MAC: : SOMERSET AT WAR 1939-1945. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.WIMBORNE,DORSET.THE DOVECOTE PRESS,1990.

ISBN 0946159548.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,reprint.[Originally and first published 1988 and this is the first reprint since then.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's neat,handwritten, black ink dedication,signature and date: 'To Peter,With best wishes,Mac Hawkins 25th October 1990' to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork, by Paul Bale,illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white and orange lettering,rear panel illustrated with contemporary b/w photograph; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st reprint,7-216pp [paginated] includes foreword by Field Marshal The Lord Harding of Petherton,GCB,CBE,DSO,MC., author introduction,acknowledgements, glossary,Pts 1-4,profuse b/w illus,b/w maps and contemporary b/w wartime photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,appendices(6).Plus [unpaginated] half-title with b/w photographic frntis to it's recto, Signed,dedicated+dated title page,and contents list/table with a b/w photograph (Churchill inspecting troops of the 4th Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry) to it's recto. This is the first book to document the history of Somerset during WW2,and is thus one of the most important books on the county to have been published,for the story it tells is as dramatic as any in Somerset's past. The outbreak of war in 1939 left its mark on every parish in the county,and over the next five years was to bring the black-out,bombing raids,airfields,evacuees, American troops,nights on Home Guard duty or days in the Land Army,sons and daughters away in the Services,tales of heroism and hardship that even today have lost none of their impact. Yet despite the suffering,an indomitable sense of humour shines through on every page.For in telling the story of Somerset at war.Mac Hawkins has left no stone unturned,evoking a period that will bring back a whole host of memories to those who lived through the war and yet is still relevant today.Two years of detailed research have gone into a text that is both accurate and readable,whilst the 200 illustrations,most of which have never been published before,superbly document what the realities of war meant to the people of Somerset between 1939 and 1945. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and n this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its weight allowances, dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,reprint.
'To Peter, With best wishes,Mac Hawkins 25th October 1990'.

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