A Test to Destruction, Henry Williamson — 1st Edition

Verlag: Macdonald & Co

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Publication: London, Macdonald, 1960 Formatting: 8vo, pp. viii, 461, [3]. Condition Report: Very Good. The book is securely bound in its original vibrant red cloth, with the spine's gilt titling remaining bright and unoxidised. The binding is tight and square, showing only minimal shelf-wear to the extremities. The primary physical flaw is noticeable, localized foxing peppered across the fore-edge and top edge of the text block; however, the interior pages remain predominantly crisp, clean, and highly readable. The original dust jacket is unclipped, retaining the '18/- net' price on the front flap, and is free of major tears or paper loss. The jacket exhibits light edge-wear, minor rubbing to the corners, and a degree of typical age-toning, most evident on the spine and the lighter panels of the inner flaps, but remains a highly presentable and intact example. Catalogue Note: First edition, first impression of the eighth instalment in Henry Williamson's monumental fifteen-volume, semi-autobiographical sequence, A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight. The book retains its original, striking dust jacket, which is highly sought after by collectors of the series. The wraparound charcoal-style illustration, beautifully capturing the sombre reality of the trenches, is the work of James Broom Lynne, who provided the iconic jacket art for the entirety of the Chronicle cycle. Finding complete, unclipped first editions from the middle of this sequence in solid, collectable condition has become increasingly difficult on the open market, as they are essential to completing the full cycle of Phillip Maddison's saga. Set against the harrowing backdrop of 1918, A Test to Destruction is a powerful, immersive novel following the wartime experiences of Phillip Maddison. Serving as a transport officer with the Fifth Army in France, Maddison is thrust into the chaos and carnage of the devastating German Spring Offensive. Williamson brilliantly captures not only the visceral horror, exhaustion, and camaraderie of the Western Front, but also the profound, disorienting shock of survival in the immediate aftermath of peace. It is a masterful exploration of a young man tested to his absolute limits by the machinery of war, left to navigate the haunting transition back to a fractured civilian world. …

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Titel
A Test to Destruction, Henry Williamson — 1st Edition
Autor
Henry Williamson
Verlag
Macdonald & Co
Zustand
Very Good
Einband
Cloth
Illustrator
James Broom Lynne (Dust Jacket)
Auflage
1.

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Broadhursts of Southport Ltd is one of the oldest second-hand and antiquarian bookshops in the country,having been established in 1920 by Charles Kenyon Broadhurst who many years later became President of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association(ABA).The business has traded continuously since then on four floors of our listed mid-nineteenth century building in the centre of Southport.(homepage at www.ckbroadhurst.co.uk)The ground floor is occupied by our New Bookshop,and the other three floors comprise an extensive Childrens Department,eight second-hand book rooms containing upwards of 100.000 titles on most subjects,and two large Rare Book Rooms with a wide and interesting selection of material.Recently an annexe was added to house our considerable stock of Aviation and Military titles. In addition to books,we stock a varied selection of 18th-20th C.prints and maps and operate a bookbinding and restoration service. Our stock is added to constantly with new material coming in every week and we are always keen…

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