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MOOREHEAD, CAROLINE: : Village Secrets: DEFYING THE NAZIS IN VICHY FRANCE

LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS,2014.

ISBN 9780701186418.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp. [Complete number line 4 6 8 10 9 7 5.] No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with glossy brown-lettered part-title and capitalised,glossy,black-lettered sub-title and author name; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as the front's and publisher’s black illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with internment camp's sepia photograph. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright, crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked off-white lettering to spine/backstrip,and immaculate repeated, panoramic mountain scene,b/w illustrated  endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-374pp [paginated] includes list of Principal Characters,a Chronology,a Foreword,Pts 1+2 comprising 4 and 13 chapters,an Afterword, profuse contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,an Illustrations list/table,a 7pp Bibliography, Source Notes,Acknowledgements and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,2 epigrams [Herbert Butterfield and Mordecai Paldiel],b/w regional maps to either side of page insert between verso of last page of Chronology and recto of facing page of Foreword,a Contents list/table and individual Pts separator pages.                              Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 10 year-old age. It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                          High up in the mountains of the southern Massif Central in France lie tiny,remote villages united by a long and particular history.During the Second World War,the inhabitants of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and its parishes saved thousands wanted by the Gestapo: resisters, Freemasons,communists,and above all Jews,many of them orphans whose parents had been deported to concentration camps.                             Just why and how Le Chambon and its outlying villages came to save so many people has never been fully told. With unprecedented access to newly opened archives in France,Britain,and Germany,along with interviews documenting the testimony of surviving villagers, Caroline Moorehead paints an inspiring portrait of courage and determination: of what was accomplished when a small group of people banded together to oppose tyranny.                                          A major contribution to the history of the Second World War, illustrated with black-and-white photos, 'Village of Secrets' sets the record straight about the events in Chambon and pays tribute to a group of heroic individuals for whom saving others became more important than their own lives.                           Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!                                            N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp.
Not SIGNED.

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