By John Pudney
London   John Lane The Bodley Head
7.5" by 5" 159pp
The first edition of John Pudney's autobiographical account of a war-time journey in the scarce dust wrapper.
By John Pudney

1943 Who Only England Know

London   John Lane The Bodley Head
7.5" by 5" 159pp
The first edition of John Pudney's autobiographical account of a war-time journey in the scarce dust wrapper.
£40.00
: 0.5kgs / : 853W70

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Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Uncommon, With Dustwrapper

First edition of Who Only England Know by John Pudney in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper.

Scarce to be found in the dust wrapper. 

A log of war-time journey of unintentional discovery of fellow-countrymen. 

A memoir of Pudney's time in the RAF during the Second World War and exploring Malta. 

Illustrated with thirteen out of the fifteen monochrome plates listed, with the plates facing pages 72 and 73 missing. Collated.

Prior owner's ink inscription to the front free endpaper.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. To the dust wrapper, there are some small closed tears all over with some loss to the tail of the spine. The top of the dust wrapper has been repaired. It is also slightly age toned. Prior owner's ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean.

Very Good Indeed

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