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ADIE**, KATE: : Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2003.

ISBN 0340820594.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp. [Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. So 1st edn,2nd imp.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but author's neat,handwritten blue ink inscrptn+signature: 'To Eric Kate Adie' to half-title page,and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj (detail from recruiting posters held in the Imperial War Museum [I W M],of women in uniforms) with brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.White background slightly and minimally grubbed with a couple of light splashes.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear to be unread.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain dark green cloth boards with bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain tan endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,vi-ixpp+1-246pp [paginated] includes introduction,20 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w+colour illustrations+ photographs throughout the text and the book,source notes,bibliography+sources,an index and photograph acknowledgements.Plus [unpaginated] b/w photograph+colour illustration illustrated,author SIGNED half-title page,monochrome illustrated title page,and contents list/table. The 20thC was a period of tumultuous change for women - both in conflict and on the home front.Nowhere are these changes seen more obviously than in the uniforms they wore - from the tight corsets of the nurses in the early 1900's to the battle- ready camouflage of the present day. Kate Adie - as the BBC's Chief News Correspondent - has herself been dressed in camouflage and often wrestled with the practical problems of being a woman in a world of war. She has seen the power of uniform and become fascinated by the social attitudes it both provokes and reflects. In this vivid history,she celebrates the remarkable and often unacknowledged heroism of women whose wide range of roles - from nursing to land girl to fighter pilot - has been so essential to military and civilian life through two world wars and beyond.She uses contemporary newspaper reports to reveal the way the press and society at large have viewed uniformed women,and never-before-seen personal accounts and letters to illuminate the experiences and attitudes of women themselves. A revelation of our changing attitudes and times,this is also a compelling insight into the lives of ordinary women performing extraordinary deeds.In association with a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum,15 October,2003 - 18 April,2004. Please contact seller,because of the weight (just over 1Kg unpackaged) of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE.That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

,Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp.
'To Eric Kate Adie'

ADIE**, KATE: : Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2003.

ISBN 0340820594.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's neat,handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - towards the foot of half-title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj (detail from recruiting posters held in the Imperial War Museum [I W M],of women in uniforms) with brown lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.White background slighly and minimally grubbed.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear to be unread.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain tan endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,vi-ixpp+1-246pp [paginated] includes introduction,20 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w+colour illustrations+photographs throughout the text and the book,source notes,bibliography+ sources,an index and photograph acknowledgements.Plus [unpaginated] b/w photograph+colour illustration illustrated, author SIGNED half-title page,monochrome illustrated title page,and contents list/table. The 20thC was a period of tumultuous change for women - both in conflict and on the home front. Nowhere are these changes seen more obviously than in the uniforms they wore - from the tight corsets of the nurses in the early 1900's to the battle-ready camouflage of the present day. Kate Adie - as the BBC's Chief News Correspondent - has herself been dressed in camouflage and often wrestled with the practical problems of being a woman in a world of war.She has seen the power of uniform and become fascinated by the social attitudes it both provokes and reflects. In this vivid history,she celebrates the remarkable and often unacknowledged heroism of women whose wide range of roles - from nursing to land girl to fighter pilot - has been so essential to military and civilian life through two world wars and beyond.She uses contemporary newspaper reports to reveal the way the press and society at large have viewed uniformed women,and never-before-seen personal accounts and letters to illuminate the experiences and attitudes of women themselves. A revelation of our changing attitudes and times,this is also a compelling insight into the lives of ordinary women performing extraordinary deeds.In association with a major exhibition at the Imperial War Museum,15 October,2003 - 18 April,2004. Please contact seller,because of the weight (just over 1Kg unpackaged) of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE.That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
AUTHOR signed - without dedication.

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