W. C. Berwick Sayers — Croydon and the Second World War

Croydon, The Croydon Corporation , 1949. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the town of Croydon during the Second World War, with a folding map. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifty-five plates, and a folding map to the rear. Collated complete. The official history of the war work of the London Borough of Croydon, a borough within Outer London with the historic town of Croydon at its centre. Exploring the impact on the area and its citizens from 1939 to 1945, together with the Croydon Roll of Honour. This volume includes chapters on the eve of war, air attacks, the raids of April to May 1941, the victory year, and more. Written by William Charles Berwick Sayers, a British librarian and teacher who was President of the Library Association in the United Kingdom in the year 1938. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot to the endpapers. A contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .