London: The Bodley Head. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. (1989). First Edition. Hardcover. 0370313062 . No signatures. A few spots of foxing to top page edges. Small 1/2" tear at corner of dustjacket. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; viii, 184 pages + plates. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 137mm. The use of large country houses requisitioned by the British government during World War Two. "The thousand or so country houses demolished in the decade after the end of the war were nearly all delayed war losses" - from dustjacket blurb. ; 8vo .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16819
Title: The Country House at War
Author: Robinson, John Martin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0370313062
ISBN 13: 9780370313061
Publisher: The Bodley Head
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: (1989)
Keywords: 0370313062

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