{"product_id":"the-nine-days-wonder-the-operation-dynamo-john-masefield-1st-edition","title":"The Nine Days Wonder (The Operation Dynamo), John Masefield — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1941\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8vo, pp. [vi], 57.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e: Very Good. The original blue cloth binding remains remarkably tight, square, and firm, with bright, unoxidised gilt tooling to the front board and spine. The extremities show virtually no shelf-wear, and the boards are clean. Internally, the text-block is highly well-preserved; the pages remain crisp with only the faintest whisper of the toning typically expected from wartime-economy paper, entirely free of foxing or detrimental handling marks. The original unclipped dust wrapper (retaining the 3s. 6d. net price) presents very well, exhibiting some mild dust-soiling to the panels and minor edge-wear, including a few small, closed tears and slight rubbing at the spine tips, but remains a highly attractive, structurally sound example of a fragile wartime wrapper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: This is a true first edition, first printing of Masefield’s contemporary account of the Dunkirk evacuation, rushed to press and published in April 1941. Bound in the publisher's primary blue cloth, the volume retains its original typographic dust wrapper featuring the striking day-by-day tally of the naval operation. Complete with its photographic illustrations, finding a copy in such sound, well-preserved condition with its original wrapper is increasingly uncommon, given the inherently fragile nature of the wartime paper stock and the heavily circulated history of these patriotic tracts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by the then Poet Laureate John Masefield, \u003ci\u003eThe Nine Days Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e is a stirring, contemporaneous account of Operation Dynamo, the miraculous evacuation of Allied forces from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940. Published just months after the event, Masefield combines official summaries, maritime records, and his own poetic reverence to capture the desperate heroism of the British Expeditionary Force and the armada of \"Little Ships\" that brought them home. A profound piece of wartime history, it remains a testament to resilience in the face of overwhelming odds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54482757222739,"sku":"4018","price":21.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260729_154108.jpg?v=1785842040","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-nine-days-wonder-the-operation-dynamo-john-masefield-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}