Ending 19th Mar, 2025 20:00

BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS & WORKS ON PAPER - BATH - TIMEDCLOSED

 
Lot 191
 

191

DENNYS, JOYCE (ILLUS.) C1916 OUR HOSPITAL ABC CHILDREN'S VERSES

Dennys, Joyce (illus). [1916] Our Hospital ABC. Verses by Hampden Gordon and M. C. Tindall, pictures by Joyce Dennys. Publ. John Lane the Bodley Head. Publisher's original quarter cloth binding, paper covered boards, worn to the extremities & with the odd scuff and scratch to the boards. Prior ownership inscriptions to ffep, front hinge a touch strained. Containing such charming witty verses as 'W The Woodbines they Smoke by the Score, Like Oliver Twist we are asking for More' and 'Are the Nurses the Right Sort of Wenches to Look after Lads who are Back from the Trenches'. A satirical insight into wartime hospitals during the First World War. 4to.

Sold for £30


 

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