The nine days wonder : (the Operation Dynamo) / by John Masefield.
John Edward Masefield OM (1878-1967)
Category
Books
Date
1941
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3259286
Summary
Bibliographic description
xv, [1], 57, [7] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., map (fold.) ; 20 cm. Imperfect: wanting folded map. Pencil number on front free endpaper: "34117". Pencil price on front free endpaper: "3/6". Ephemera: loosely inserted holograph letter, 27 Mar. 1944, from "Margo" to "Huttleston", sending the book with original (misprinted) dust wrapper and replacement [i.e. from Margery Greenwood, Viscountess Greenwood (1886-1968) to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full publisher's blue cloth; single blind fillet to form an outer border on upper board; blind stamped lettering on upper board; gilt lettering on spine; two printed paper dust wrappers (original with author's name misprinted and replacement).
Makers and roles
John Edward Masefield OM (1878-1967), author