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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. SUB-TITLE: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939. CONTENTS: Authors' Note; Note to Second Edition 1. Armistice, 1918 2. Revolution Averted, 1919 3. Women 4. Reading Matter 5. Post-War Politics 6. Various Conquests 7. Sex 8. Amusements 9. Screen and Stage 10. Revolution Again Averted, 1926 11. Domestic Life 12. Art, Literature, and Religion 13. Education and Ethics 14. Sport and Controversy 15. The Depression, 1930 16. Pacifism, Nudism, Hiking 17. The Days of the Loch Ness Monster 18. Recovery, 1935 19. The Days of Non-Intervention 20. "The Deepening Twilight of Barbarism" 21. Three Kings in One Year 22. Keeping Fit and Doing the Lambeth Walk 23. Social Consciences 24. "Markets Close Firmer" 25. Still at Peace 26. Rain Stops Play, 1939; Index. SYNOPSIS: This brilliant survey of the inter-war period not only includes every imaginable surface aspect of the era, from current plays and novels being seen and read in London, to the latest dance fads and fashions imported from America, but also discusses the germinal and international influences at work in politics, business, science, and the church. Short hair and shorter skirts arrived during the twenties; "New Education"-what was called "Progressive Education" in America-became a going concern; the British Labour Party became respectable at last, and as the thirties wore on, public acknowledgement of the possibility of another world war was feverishly avoided in an ever-increasing whirl of activities. A near-breathless narrative, its vast scope is contained deftly within a few hundred pages through artful selection and arrangement of facts, and it is constantly enriched by the wit of its famous authors. Robert Graves was born in 1895 and educated at Charterhouse and St. John's College, Oxford. He came of age on the eve of World War I, and served in France with the Royal Welch Fusiliers. His autobiography, Goodbye to All That, which he wrote in 1929 and revised in 1957, stands as a monument to the overwhelming disillusionment that the war brought to his generation. Graves has gained a distinguished reputation as a poet, as a novelist, and as a translator. His novel I, Claudius won the Hawthornden and James Tait Black Memorial Prizes for 1934. Among his outstanding translations is The Golden Ass of Apuleius. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the National Poetry Society of America in 1960, and was appointed Professor of Poetry at Oxford in 1961. Alan Hodge was born in 1915 and educated at the Liverpool Collegiate School and Oriel College, Oxford. He was Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Information from 1941 to 1945 and then entered the publishing concern of Hamish Hamilton as editor of "The Novel Library." Since 1951 he has been joint editor with Peter Quennell of the magazine History Today. Besides The Long Week-end, Alan Hodge has written The Reader Over Your Shoulder and The Past We Share (with Peter Quennell).
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Very Good. First Four Square printing. First published in London by Faber and Faber in 1940. Mass market paperback. 448pp. Pages age-toned, pen marginalia in first 70 pages, edges lightly rubbed, very good.