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FIRST IN LAST OUT: THE RCAF, WOMEN'S DIVISION AND NURSING SISTERS IN WORLD WAR II.
by Bryce, Glad - inscribed. Foreword by Roberta Bondar. With messages by Margaret Couture, Norm Miller and Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Susan Beharriell
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket - (as issued)
- ISBN 10
- 0986519502
- ISBN 13
- 9780986519505
- Seller
-
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: University Women's Club of Toronto, 2010. 224 pp, oblong (9 1/4" H x 11 1/8" D), glazed pictorial boards, b&w photographs, maps. Signed on half title page: "Glad Bryce" and also inscibed: "To / Hugh / Enjoy! / Glad". Chapter headings: First In: It Begins; Becoming a WD; Life as a WD; Trades, Training, and Jobs; WDs Overseas; Headquarters, Flying Schools and Air Stations; Special Challenges; Last Out: The End of the War at Home and Abroad; Appendices (Personal Interviews / Personal Stories); Nursing Sisters; Endnotes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. Some light waviness at top/bottom edges of text block.. Signed and Inscribed by Author.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - (as issued).
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30419
- Title
- FIRST IN LAST OUT: THE RCAF, WOMEN'S DIVISION AND NURSING SISTERS IN WORLD WAR II.
- Author
- Bryce, Glad - inscribed. Foreword by Roberta Bondar. With messages by Margaret Couture, Norm Miller and Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Susan Beharriell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - (as issued)
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0986519502
- ISBN 13
- 9780986519505
- Publisher
- University Women's Club of Toronto
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- World War II, Second World War, Royal Canadian Air Force, Women's Division, Female Participation in War, Nursing Sisters, Overseas, Flying Schools, Air Stations, Signed Books, Princess Alice, Bombing of London, Valerie Crisp, Beth Buchanan, Mary Devin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military - World War II; Military - Aviation; Canada - Biography; Women in History;
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Capricorn Books
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About the Seller
Capricorn Books
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Oakville, Ontario
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