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ASLET**, CLIVE: : WAR MEMORIAL: THE STORY OF ONE VILLAGE'S SACRIFICE FROM 1914 TO 2003.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.VIKING PENGUIN,2012.

ISBN 9780670921539.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 001.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn but an unused brown+white illustrated bookplate,by John Sutcliffe - exclusively for the National Trust - pasted to top,right-hand corner of ffe,and author's black ink felt tip signature - without dedication - to the title page just below his own printed name and price-clipped dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj with red and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edge towards head of spine/ backstrip has a few tiny,tiny spots,else bright and clean,fore-edges bright and clean without any spots; contents bright, tight,clean - near 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 red cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a red+white striped headband and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED, 1st edn,xii-xxxiiipp [part paginated]+2- 342pp [paginated] includes list of illustrations,a preface,13 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp104/5 and pp216/7 respectively,Roll-call of Names on the Lydford War Memorial,acknowledgements, notes and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED title page,a dedication, epigram,contents list/table,b/w Lydford village map (circa 1922),b/w map Western Front 1915-17,b/w map Thiepval,Battle of the Somme,1916 with another b/w map Normandy and Operation Market Garden (WW2) to it's recto and 2pp blanks at the rear. Who were the men and women whose names are immortalized on war memorials around the country? Where did they live,how and why did they die? Such questions usually go unanswered.This book unravels the story of one war memorial,in the Dartmoor village of Lydford,tracing the lives of twenty-two men and one woman who made the supreme sacrifice.The result is an intimate portrait of one corner of the countryside in the twentieth century,and an extraordinary tale of the endurance and bravery of otherwise ordinary people - farmers,masons,railway workers,landowners, schoolchildren - who,but for the war memorial,would be forgotten. For the first time,their experiences of war are recounted in vivid detail through original documents: from the battles of the First and Second World Wars to more recent times in the Falklands and Iraq. 'War Memorial' is about the people who laid down their lives for us,and who shall not be forgotten. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in 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,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

ASLET**, CLIVE: : WAR MEMORIAL: THE STORY OF ONE VILLAGE'S SACRIFICE FROM 1914 TO 2003.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.VIKING/PENGUIN,2012.

ISBN 9780670921539.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 001.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's,handwritten,black ink felt-tip pen signature - without dedication - to title page and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj with superimposed glossy red poppies border to lower edges,with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.B/w circular adhesive Waterstone's 'Signed by the author' label to front lower corner of dw/dj.Top edges lsightly aged/toned but with the fore- edges,generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near 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 maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,xii-xxiiipp [part-paginated] +2-342pp,plus [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,a preface,13 chapters and Roll Call of names on the Lydford War memorial, 16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp104/5 and pp216/7 respectively, acknowledgements,notes and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title page,Author SIGNED title page,a dedication,an epigram, contents list/table,b/w Lydford village map with an inset,5 b/w battle maps and 2pp blanks at the rear. Who were the men and women whose names are immortalized on war memorials around the country? Where did they live,how and why did they die? Such questions usually go unanswered.This book unravels the story of one war memorial,in the Dartmoor village of Lydford,tracing the lives of the twenty- two men and one woman who made the supreme sacrifice.The result is an intimate portrait of one corner of the countryside in the twentieth century,and an extraordinary tale of the endurance and bravery of otherwise ordinary people - farmers,masons,railway workers,landowners, schoolchildren - who,but for the war memorial,would be forgotten. For the first time,their experiences of war are recounted in vivid detail through original documents: from the battles of the First and Second World Wars to more recent times in the Falklands and Iraq. 'War Memorial' is about the people who laid down their lives for us,and who shall not be forgotten. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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