Buy this book on-line SHIPTON, ELISABETH: : Female TOMMIES: THE FRONTLINE WOMEN OF THE FIRST WORLD WARUK.STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.THE HISTORY PRESS,2014. ISBN 9780752491431.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.Neat handwritten ink owner name to top right-hand corner of front free endpaper and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,contemporary part hand-coloured sepia photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with brown, grey+black lettering,rear panel with a contemporary sepia photograph and grey text; with negligible shelf-wear,creasing or bumping to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Majority of the light creasing to top edges of dw/dj.Top edges lightly toned,fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers - owner name excepted.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-256pp [paginated] includes reverse of acknowledgements,10 chapters each with notes at end,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp128/9,b/w regional maps(5),a bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table with a foreword by Hilary Roberts (Research Curator of Photography, Imperial War Museum),and facing page of acknowledgements.
The First World War saw one of the biggest ever changes in the demographics of warfare,as thousands of women donned uniforms and took an active part in conflict for the first time in history.'Female TOMMIES' looks at the military role of women worldwide during the Great War and reveals the extraordinary women who served on the frontline.
Through their diaries,letters and memoirs,meet the women who defied convention and followed thier convictions to defend the less fortunate and fight for their country.Follow British Flora Sandes as she joins the Serbian Army and takes up a place in the rearguard of the Iron Regiment as they retreat from the Bulgarian advance.Stow away with Dorothy Lawrence as she smuggles herself to Paris,steals a uniform and heads to the front.Enlist in Russia's all-female 'Battalion of Death' alongside peasant women and princesses alike.
The personal accounts of these women,who were members of organisations such as the US Army Signal Corps,the Canadian Army Medical Corps,the FANY,WRAF,WRNS,WAAC and many others,provide a valuable insight into what life was like for women in a male-dominated environment.
Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
N.B. ALL buyers note,p/backs' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded after order receipt and before order's despatch,especially if p/back is offered P/p included/FREE.
** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR 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. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **
Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of SHIPTON, ELISABETH: : Female TOMMIES: THE FRONTLINE WOMEN OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, out-of-print books, atlases, collectables and livres d'occasion. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |