Britain, 1947: Hope and Hardship

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First edition, first impression.  xii, 340pp, with a few black and white illustrations.  White cloth-covered boards with metallic blue lettering on the spine.  8vo.  Volume is neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust wrapper, not price clipped, dust a little bumped on extreme edges.

A lively and insightful account of the everyday lives of ordinary people in the immediate post-war period, from the negative experiences of poor housing to the benefits of the NHS, full employment and seaside holidays.

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