Piers Paul Read — The Junkers

London , Secker & Warburg , 1968. First edition. Cloth. A very well presented first edition copy of Piers Paul Read's historical novel that unravels the human experiences of the Second World War through the lens of one family. Piers Paul Read is a British novelist and won the Sir Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for The Junkers which was his second novel. The novel traces the history of the von Rummelsberg family before, during and after the Second World War, through the eyes of a young British diplomat. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. Deborah Rogers stamp to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original red paper covered boards. Externally, very smart. Some bumping to the spine. Deborah Rogers stamp to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. In the original unclipped dustwrapper.  Some fading and marks to the wraps and joints and some bumping to the extremities. Fine . Ill.: none. Fine/Very Good.