Isbn: 9780375410321 - decca: the letters of jessica mitford (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New. 1st Edition. New York: Knopf, 2006. First edition. First printing. Hardcover. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt spine lettering. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with bruise to lower corner. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean, unread copy. Octavo, 744 pages; index. "Decca" brings together Jessica Mitford's correspondence from 1924 to 1996spanning her escape from British aristocratic life, participation in the Spanish Civil War, marriage to activist Robert Treuhaft, dedication to the American Communist Party, and groundbreaking investigative career, including "The American Way of Death." The letters offer a candid, humorous, and piercingly intelligent view into her private and political life. Mitford (19171996), the sixth of the famed Mitford sisters, was a British-born journalist, memoirist, and one of the great muckrakers of the twentieth century. This was the first comprehensive collection of her letters. She is best known for "The American Way of Death," her bestselling exposé of the funeral industry, as well as for "Hons and Rebels," "Kind and Usual Punishment," and "Poison Penmanship." FERRY-NONFICTION.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 768 pages. 9.50x6.75x2.00 inches. In Stock.