World Without End, Helen Thomas — 1st Edition

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World Without End, Helen Thomas — 1st Edition

Name: World Without End, Helen Thomas — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5577
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Publication: London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1931

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [vi], 194.

Condition Report: Good. The book maintains its structural integrity and remains entirely intact and readable, showing moderate signs of wear and careful use expected of its age. The terracotta cloth binding exhibits typical fading to the spine which has somewhat dulled the black lettering, alongside minor bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The text block is structurally secure, but the untrimmed fore and bottom page edges present noticeable foxing and dust-toning. Internally, scattered foxing occasionally extends into the preliminary leaves, yet the majority of the pages remain clean and tidy without major tears or markings. The publisher's windmill device is cleanly stamped to the lower rear board. The book lacks its dust jacket.

Catalogue Note: This is a First Edition of Helen Thomas’s moving autobiographical volume, World Without End, printed in Great Britain at The Windmill Press in Kingswood, Surrey. Following her earlier memoir As It Was (1926), this edition continues the story of her life and marriage to the celebrated war poet Edward Thomas, whose initials "E. T." appear in the dedication alongside the quote "He has outsoared the shadow...". Published under the initials "H.T." on the spine but fully credited to Helen Thomas on the title page, the book stands as a significant piece of interwar literary biography.

First published fourteen years after the death of her husband at the Battle of Arras, Helen Thomas’s World Without End is a remarkably frank and poignant memoir of marriage, love, and loss. Continuing the narrative begun in As It Was, Thomas chronicles the struggles and profound joys of her life with the poet Edward Thomas, detailing his battles with severe depression, their rural life in the English countryside, and their heartbreaking final farewell before his departure for the trenches of the First World War. Written as a cathartic exercise in grief, the book was pioneering in its intimate honesty and remains one of the most tender, devastating testaments to love shadowed by war.

Book Condition: Good

Book Authors: Helen Thomas

Book Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: Autobiography, Biography & Memoirs

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 194

Book Publication Year: 1931

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Kingswood, Surrey, United Kingdom

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