Woolfitt. Susan.: Idle Women. , London. Ernest Benn. 1947.

1st edn. Hardback in d/w. 223pp. B/w photo frontispiece. Map endpapers. Red cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Very light sunning to top edge, otherwise a VG uninscribed copy, clean, bright and tight. In poor unclipped d/w with internal repairs and loss at spine extrems and to top leading corner of front cover. "Idle Women is a first hand account of the war work done by a volunteer on the Inland Waterways of Britain- the "I.W." badge soon produced this nickname for the boat women, who actually undertook one of the most strenuous forms of war work available." (Book ref. 3364)  £50.00

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