Britain's Homage to 28,000 American Dead. [With a Message from Winston Churchill]. THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY
Britain's Homage to 28,000 American Dead. [With a Message from Winston Churchill]. THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY | Rare and modern books | Morpurgo] [J.E.
Britain's Homage to 28,000 American Dead. [With a Message from Winston Churchill]. THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY
Britain's Homage to 28,000 American Dead. [With a Message from Winston Churchill]. THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY | Rare and modern books | Morpurgo] [J.E.
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- Year of publication
- 1952
- Author
- Morpurgo] [J.E.
- Publishers
- The Times
- Keyword
- military, ww2, united states, war memorial, st. pauls cathedral, winston chirchill, jack morpurgo, j.e. morpurgo, military, wwii, general, britain's, homage, 28, 000, american, dead
- Languages
- English
Description
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 3 fine coloured plates (one double-page), a fine full-page portrait of HM King George VI, 32 monochrome plates on 20 and pictorial endpapers; original blue buckram, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. THE AUTHOR'S OWN COPY WITH HIS SIGNATURE ON HALF-TITLE. A LABEL STATING THAT THE TEXT WAS COMMISSIONED OF MORPURGO BY 'THE TIMES' IS MOUNTED ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN. With two original coloured photographic prints of the American Memorial Chapel in St. Paul's Cathedral loosely inserted. Professor Jack Morpurgo (1918-2000) was Director-General of the National Book League and later Professor of American Literature at Leeds University. His many works include several on Anglo-American military history and an acclaimed biography of fellow Old Blue Barnes Wallis. Cohen B132; not recorded by Woods.
