ISBN: 9780921870333 - blackouts to bright lights: canadian war bride stories (17 Ergebnisse)

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In this best-seller, thirty-six Canadian war brides recount their early lives, their involvement in wartime duties, the magical/funny moments when they met their Canadian husbands-to-be and their journeys from Britain to Canada. The stories convey courage and humour: qualities that carried the war brides through the difficult war years and that contribute to lively reading today. …

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In this best-seller, thirty-six Canadian war brides recount their early lives, their involvement in wartime duties, the magical/funny moments when they met their Canadian husbands-to-be and their journeys from Britain to Canada. The stories convey courage and humour: qualities that carried the war brides through the difficult war years and that contribute to lively reading today. …

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Good. xiii, 299pp., ill. Light wear, a few "dings" to page edges, not affecting the interior. "Thirty-six war brides recount their life-journeys from the blackouts of war-torn Britain to the bright lights of Canada. In a series of oral histories, the war brides tell of the impact of the declaration of war and the first bombing raids." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good ++. Trade paperback, third (1996) printing), xiii + 299 pages inclusing black-and-white photographs; tiny bumps corners, but no creases, very gently used, very clean and unmarked. See also our listing for Linda Granfield's Brass Buttons and Silver Horseshoes: Stories from Canada's British War Brides.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Good. xiii, 299pp., ill. Very light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/a. Book has blue background with reproduction of black and white photo of a woman on the cover. A bit of edgewear and prev owners signature ow vg. Fourth printing.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Soft Cover. Zustand: VG. Reprint. 299pp. with b/w illustrations, signed with a brief inscription by Spence (one of the editors) on the title page. Curl/creasing at corners, light creasing from page handling and light soil to outer edges. Wraps have edge/rub wear and light creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. 15.1 x 23 x 2.1cm, wt650g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 299 pp. Creased corners. Name penned to first 2 pages - interior o/w unmarked. Spine straight and uncreased.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good +. SUBTITLED : ` Canadian War Bride Stories '. The prologue to this 299 page volume notes that some of the war brides were as young as twelve or thirteen when the war began. But as their childhoods abruptly ended a new phase of their lives began. Read more about : Lux flakes, Edward the Confessor Church, Identity Card, Tinsely Green, sailing orders, Hove, Dubarrys, Aquitania, Johnny Walker whisky, and Queen's Gate. Text assisted by a small number of b/w photographs. Cond : Blue paper wrapper with light blue titling. Tight in binding. QUote (p. 157) : " I was an air-raid warden at night. In fact, sometimes I didn't go home, because we had an air-raid post under our office and I was on duty three nights a week. When the sirens went ._._._. . " Size: 8vo. B/W Photographs (illustrator).…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good with no dust jacket. 299 pp. Photos. Edgewear, corners rubbed. Thirty-six war brides recount their experiences as they went from a shattered Britain to the bright lights of Canada, following their hearts. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Zustand: Very Good. No Dj. 8vo pp. xiii 299. book.

Zustand: Very Good. No Dj. 8vo pp. xiii 299. book.

Zustand: New.