SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Reprint: 15th.* Date of Publication: 1958(1944)* Publisher: Penguin.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing scene from BBC TV Production. Spine somewhat faded. No bumps or rubs. Minor shelf wear with some slight creases to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, some slight paper colouration, top edge tanned and spotted. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 255 pp. text. i pp. advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- A wartime novel about air pilot John Franklin who is downed by enemy fire in occupied France and badly injured. His crew escape with the help of friendly farmers but John has to stay in hiding because of his injury and forms an attachment with the farmer?s daughter who has been caring for him. A tense but tender story of wartime France and the the need to trust others in times of uncertainty, the blossoming of young love in the most dangerous of situations, and the pain of loss as it continues to reverberate over time.* This is a VG+ reprint copy with minor age and shelf wear reducing it to VG.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4397
Title: Fair Stood the Wind For France
Author: Bates, H E
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - VG+/VG/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, thus, late Imp.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Place of Publication: Harmondsworth UK 256
Date Published: 1980-01-01

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Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Crisp: A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
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