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BROWN, BECKY - Compiled by: : BLITZ SPIRIT - Voices of Britain Living Through Crisis,1939-1945

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2020.

ISBN 9781529347050.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,4 colour scheme (b/w and blue+beige) design with scattered wartime occupations silhouetted male+ female figures to same,illustration to front panel of dw/dj with black,blue and brown lettering,white capitalised white lettering and a land-girl's white silhouette to navy blue spine/backstrip,rear panel with white overlaid white panel to colour illustration with brown lettered review and black lettered Mass-Observation diary extracts from years 1939 to 1945 respectively.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners,foot of spine/ backstrip with minimal bumping and reciprocal creasing to same – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges whilst bright are very minimally toned,and without foxing/spotting or other blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners – near pristine,possibly unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain mauved cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked fluorescent silver gilt lettering to spine/ backstrip and immaculate/clean palain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viiipp+1-311pp [paginated] includes verso of contents list/ table,an introduction with a note on diarists,12 chapters each with contemporary b/w facsimile handwritten or typewritten diary extracts as headpieces and an unpaginated contemporary b/w photographic separator frntis to same chapter, and an Epilogue,a Further Reading list: anthologies of diarists and a selection of standalone diaries/diarists and acknowledgements as last [paginated] page.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,recto of contents list/table,aforementioned individual contemporary b/w photographic chapters' frntis separator pages - each with blank verso,and picture credits to verso of acknowledgements page. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It is really is an exceptional copy for brightness and cleanliness. Mass-Observation is a UK social research project; originally the name of an organisation which ran from 1937 to the mid-1960s,and was revived in 1981 at the University of Sussex. Originally aimed to record everyday life in Britain through a panel of about 500 untrained volunteer observers who either maintained diaries or replied to open-ended questionnaires (known as directives).The organisation also paid investigators to anonymously record people's conversations,their behaviour in workplaces,and on the street and also at various public occasions,amongst them and including public meetings,sporting and religious events too. During the period of WW2,Mass-Observation research was occasionally influential in shaping British public policy.In 1939 Mass-Observation publicly criticised the Ministry of Information's posters,which in turn,led to their being replaced with more appropriate ones.In addition,their study of saving habits was successfully used by John Maynard Keynes to argue for tax policy changes.Also,during the war,there were also a few cases of Mass Observation (MO) doing research on commission for government authorities trying to shape recruiting and war propaganda. Throughout WW2,hundreds of people kept diaries of their private daily lives as part of a groundbreaking nationa experiment.They were warehousemen and WRENS,soldiers and farmhands, housewives and journalists,united only by a desire to record the history they were living through.For decades their words have been held in the Mass-Observation Archive,a time capsule of ordinary voices that might otherwise have been forgotten.These voices tell the human story behind the iconic events of those six years,of the individuals grappling with a world turned upside down.From panic-buying and cpmpetitively digging for victory to extraordinary acts of bravery.'BLITZ SOIRIT' is a remarkable collection of real wartime experiences that represent the best and worst of human nature in the face of adversity. Resonant,darkly funny and deeply moving,this new collection will reveal what it was like to live through a crisis of unprecedented proportions.'BLITZ SPIRIT' celebrates ordinary lives - however small - and shines a light on the people we were,and the people we are now. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL 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/FREE. ** 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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