The Company We Kept : Elkin Mathews Booksellers 1938-1945. Signed by the author.
London: Werner Shaw, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition / Very Good Condition. Item #376080
ISBN: 0907961045
Kaye's memoir of the Elkin Mathews bookshop during the fraught years 1938-1945 offers an intimate, sharply observed portrait of the trade under pressure. She recalls customers, colleagues, shortages, small triumphs, and the daily improvisations required to keep a literary outpost alive through blackout and bombardment. Signed by the author, this edition captures her partnership with Percy Muir and preserves a bookseller's eye record of resilience, humour, and professional devotion in wartime London. 9 pages, 224 pages, 17 illustrations. Original gilt lettered cloth, with a dustwrapper. Size: 14.5 x 23 cms. Category: Varied Books; Books on Books; New Arrivals; ISBN: 0907961045. ISBN/EAN: 9780907961048. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost.
Keywords: BZDB395 Varied Books; Books on Books; New Arrivals; Unbranded ISBN: 0907961045 EAN: 9780907961048 Barbara Kaye (Mrs Percy Muir) The Company We Kept : Elkin Mathews Booksellers 1938-1945. Signed by the author.
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