Face powder and gunpowder. Illustrated by Jack Hambleton.
de [WOMEN -- WORLD WAR II]. ELLIS, Jean M. & DINGMAN, Isabel
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Toronto: S.J. Reginald Saunders & Co., Ltd., [1947]. 8vo. 229, [1] pp. Illust. title page, numerous illustrations. Red cloth, gilt lettering front cover & spine (minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by Hambleton (minor rubbing, edgewear), still NF/VG copy, inscribed by the author to her husband Kenneth Osborne Wright (1911-2002), noted Canadian astrophysicist. First Canadian edition, stated & inscribed, of this memoir of serving with the Canadian Red Cross Corps during World War II. The writes about “dodging bombs in London, or shells in Normandy; writing letters for wounded men, or learning to bathe in a basin,” all while caring for wounded soldiers in hospital wards, and maintaining morale.
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- Face powder and gunpowder. Illustrated by Jack Hambleton.
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- [WOMEN -- WORLD WAR II]. ELLIS, Jean M. & DINGMAN, Isabel
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- S.J. Reginald Saunders & Co., Ltd.,
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- [1947].
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- Nurses, Nursing, World War II, Canadian Red Cross Corps, Canadiana, Canada, Jean MacLachlan Ellis Wright, Signed, Inscribed, Women, Women’s History, Memoirs, Memoir, Normandy, Military History
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
