Gleichen helena (3 Ergebnisse)
Verlag: John Murray, 1940
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes KönigreichWorld of Rare Books
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EUR 19,34
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Zustand: Good. 1940. First Edition. 344 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white photographs. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Re-bound. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with lig…ht rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.
- Softcover
Anbieter: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Vereinigtes KönigreichRia Christie Collections
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Zustand: New. In.
Weitere BilderVerlag: John Murray,, London,, 1940
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Vereinigtes KönigreichBurwood Books
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EUR 48,36
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 344. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Helena Gleichen, Queen Victoria's great-niece and cousin to George V, gives the lie to the belief that Victorian women were meek, submissive and led restricted lives. A passionate horsewom…an and successful artist, the autobiographical anecdotes in the earlier part of the book are lively and amusing. The longer second section gives a detailed account of how she and Nina Hollings, her long-term companion and sister of the composer and suffragette Ethel Smyth, raised and manned one of the first mobile X-Ray units to be used by the British in World War I - Marie Curie was organizing the French radiography service - for which they both received numerous decorations. Helena Gleichen paints a vivid picture of the war in Italy, which tends to be little remembered compared to the Western Front, and above all gives an extremely interesting account of how the X-ray Unit was set up and operated, and the considerable impact it had on the treatment and survival rate of the wounded. Somewhat used copy: some wear and rubbing at spine with considerable fading to covers - otherwise sound with complete text; near very good minus. Time Book Club stamp on the rear pastedown.
