HELL AND GOOD COMPANY - The Spanish Civil War and the World It Made.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj with author capitalised,glossy,yellow-lettered name,glossy red-lettered part-title and paale blue-lettered sub-title along with Pulitzer winning author credit for The Making of the Atomic Bomb credit -all to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name and part-title and publisher's capitalised, white-lettered+illustrated name and colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with similar photograph image as front's andcritics reviews for author's previous published titles.Negligible shelf-wearto edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore -edges though lightly toned are bright crisp,clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – 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 lettering to spine/ backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,x-xviiipp+4-302pp [paginated] includes verso of Contents list/table,a Preface,Pts 1-3 comprising 4,7,2 and an Epilogue, chapters respectively,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 2 blocks of 8p apiece,between pp78/79 and pp206/07 respectively; Acknowledgements,Notes,an extensive 22pp Bibliography,an Index and to the rear,Credits.Plus [unpaginated] half-title,publisher list of author's previously published titles,a title page,a dedication, recto of Contents list/table,a part-title separator page, a b/w region (Spain) map (Spanish Civil War,1936- 1939) and individual Pts separator pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its age. It really is an exceptional example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) engaged an extraordinary number of exceptional artists and writers: Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Martha Gellhorn, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, John Dos Passos, to name only a few. The idealism of the cause - defending democracy from fascism at a time when Europe was darkening toward another world war - and the brutality of the conflict drew from them some of their best work: 'Guernica', 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', 'Homage to Catalonia'. Parallelling the outpouring of writing and art, the war spurred breakthroughs in military and medical technology. So many different countries participated directly or indirectly in the war that Time magazine called it the 'Little World War'; Spain served in those years as a proving ground for the devastating technologies of World War II, and for the entire 20th century. Richard Rhodes is the author of several books. He received the Pulitzer prize for 'THE MAKING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB' and the History of Science Society's Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize for 'DARK SUN'. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard 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. **