IN SPITE OF THE PRICE OF HAY. By Maurice Wiggin.
1956 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp175. Not illustrated. Green boards, spine titled in silver-gilt.
The story of Maurice Wiggin's childhood in Bloxwich between the wars. "In this vivid chronicle [Wiggin] has re-created scenes from a golden youth, up to the moment in 1939 when an epoch ended. It is a picture of a vanished world which is yet, humanly speaking, changeless; an acute eye for the changed external detail, which will delight connoisseurs of nostalgia, is happily matched by a discerning palate for the unchanging flavour of humanity. High spirits and low company, a touch of tenderness and a gleam of poetry, illuminate a book of memories which is not quite like any other."
The story of Maurice Wiggin's childhood in Bloxwich between the wars. "In this vivid chronicle [Wiggin] has re-created scenes from a golden youth, up to the moment in 1939 when an epoch ended. It is a picture of a vanished world which is yet, humanly speaking, changeless; an acute eye for the changed external detail, which will delight connoisseurs of nostalgia, is happily matched by a discerning palate for the unchanging flavour of humanity. High spirits and low company, a touch of tenderness and a gleam of poetry, illuminate a book of memories which is not quite like any other."
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Book Code
14757
| Author | Wiggin (Maurice Samuel). (1912-1986). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 14757 |
| ISBN | B001AW06OC. |
| Book Description | Small dents to boards, some foxing. Good-plus in frayed dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1956 |
| Publisher | Phoenix House. |
| Place | London. |