Cage-birds
1940, First Edition. Harmondsworth : Penguin Books. Very good copy bound in red cloth boards with a paper spine label, and now showing faint scuffs. Corners, joints and endbands slightly rubbed. The original wrappers (somewhat foxed) are bound in, with the spine cover (worn) mounted on the title page. The text block remains strong: tight and clean, with gently age-toned leaves. A well-preserved example overall. Notes; Signed and inscribed by the author. Provenance; Frieda Gumn's copy with her own notes and custom binding. Copious photographs, biographical and memorial content relating to the author also loosely inserted, and mounted to blanks. Half-title stamped "Patwa News Agency : Mombasa." Item #468268
Series; Penguin books ; 287. Physical description; 155 pages ; 19 cm. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918. Prisoners of war. Personal narratives. Germany. 20th century.
Price: €495.00