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KYNASTON**, DAVID: : Family Britain: 1951-57

LONDON.BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC,2009.

ISBN 9780747583851.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - residual 'ghost' of an adhesive label's removal from front's top,fore-edge corner - els still FINE.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,contemporary monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj panels with b/w lettering to front,spine and white lettering to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine,a blue+white striped headband and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,5-776pp [paginated] includes 2 separate books: 'The Certainties of Place' and 'A Thicker Cut' - each with Pts 1-3 comprising 5, 4 and 4 chapters; and 6, 3 and 5 chapters respectively, 32pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 16pp apiece,1 block in each of the books,between pp280/81 and pp488/89 respectively,an Afterword, Notes,Acknowledgements,Picture Credits and an Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, a Contents list/table,Author's Note,books' individual title separator pages with dedication to reverse,and individual Pts separator pages. These are the 3rd and 4th books of the 2nd volume chronologically.See also my book ID rja868920 'Modernity Britain - Book Two: A Shake of the Dice,1959-62.',the 2nd book of the series' first volume of the series of 'The New Tales of Jerusalem'.      Visually the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 15+ year-old age.It really is an exemplary example for it's brightness,cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of a comparable age. As in 'Austerity Britain',an astonishing array of vivid, intimate and unselfconscious voices drive the narrative.The keen-eyed Nella Last shops assiduously at Barrow Market as austerity and rationing gradually give way to relative abundance; housewife Judy Haines, relishing the detail of suburban life, brings up her children in Chingford; the self-absorbed civil servant Henry St John perfects the art of grumbling. These and many other voices give a rich, unsentimental picture of everyday life in the 1950s.We also encounter well-known figures on the way, such as Doris Lessing (joining and later leaving the Communist Party), John Arlott (sticking up on Any Questions? for the rights of homosexuals) and Tiger's Roy of the Rovers (making his goal-scoring debut for Melchester).  All this is part of a colourful,unfolding tapestry,in which the great national events - the Tories returning to power, the death of George VI, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, the Suez Crisis - jostle alongside everything that gave Britain in the 1950s its distinctive flavour: Butlin's holiday camps, Kenwood food mixers, Hancock's Half-Hour, Ekco television sets, Davy Crockett, skiffle and teddy boys. Deeply researched,David Kynaston's 'Family Britain' offers an unrivalled take on a largely cohesive, ordered,still very hierarchical society gratefully starting to move away from the painful hardships of the 1940s towards domestic ease and affluence.                      'Family Britain' is the second volume in the series,and was also released as two books.It covers the period from 1951 to the Suez Crisis of 1956. The volume was serialised on BBC Radio 4 as its Book of the Week for 23 November 2009, and was read by Dominic West.        Please contact the seller,because of the weight -1.275Kg unpackaged - and value of this item, particularly ALL overseas buyers for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples.   N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware:  Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                                  

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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