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CONGDON, PETER: : a Bomb in a Basket

UK.DARLINGTON,DURHAM.SERENDIPITY [PUBLISHER],2005.

ISBN 184394166X.

UK,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj as issued,1st edn.FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip removal from rer cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glossy,montage'd b/w photographic illustrated boards,front board with pale blue-lettered title and orange-lettered author name; spine/ backstrip with capitalised black-lettered title, author's reddish-brown lettered name and capitalised,black-lettered publisher name to foot of same,rear panel with monochrome photographic background with black-lettered synopsis.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present - immaculate plain white endpapers.Top+ fore-edges clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj as issued,1st edn,vi-xiipp+1-153pp [paginated] includes author's Acknowledgements,separate Contents+ Illustrations lists/tables,author's Introduction,8 chapters,b/w contemporary photographs and b/w illustrations throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,and an About the Author page.        Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its near 20-year-old age.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness and brightness and lack of detracting faults.                               'A Bomb in a Basket' recounts the six years of the Second World War,as seen through the author's eyes when he was a young boy.The author details his impression not only of the specific life in Plymouth (Devon,England),a city affected quite considerably both by the German bombing and by the incvolvement of the whole community, through its sailors and dockyard,with the war, but also the general life of that time.          The first part of the book covers the atmosphere in Plymouth during the so called 'phoney war' period and the effects such as the sinking of the battleship Royal Oak and the aircraft carriers Courageous and Glorious had on the local community.                             Following the conquest of France by Hitler,the Germans were able to use French air bases as a springboard for action and so Plymouth,being one of the south coast ports,found itself in the front line.The author graphically describes the blitz on the city and the bombing of his home as well as the school he was attending at the time and fleeing across the river to to waterside hamlet of Southdown.The author and his sister were later evacuated tot he country where they savoured rustic life to the full.However,their supposedly safe haven in Cornwall was bombed and the two children were moved once again to Wales.  Returning to Plymouth in April 1942 where many of the schools had been bombed the author enjoyed a period without formal education.The closing chapters of the book are concerned with the flooding of Plymouth with American servicmen,the D-Day landings Servicemen,the D-Day landings in which the author's father nearly loses his life and the celebrations of VE and VJ days. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,that 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 any inexpensive 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,slim 8vo HB,no dw/dj as issued,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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