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Fair Stood the Wind for France
H.E.Bates
signed copy - 1944 - 1st Edition.

"Fair stood the wind for France When we our sails advance Nor now to prove our chance Longer will tarry"

Michael Joseph & The Book Society, 1944. 1st Thus. Signed by Author. Fine book in blue cloth covers; gilt lettering on the spine, slight lean, corner bumped. Internal tight with clean crisp white pages no foxing, no inscription. Dust wrapper Good with a number of tears, nicks and creases at the edges and with slight loss on the spine and back cover. Not price clipped.

A World War II novel set in occupied France.

Interesting publishers note: "This novel contains approximately 110,000 words which, in order to save paper, have been compressed within 224 pages. There are many more words on each page than would be desirable in normal times; margins have been reduced and no space has been wasted between chapters. The lengh of the average novel is between 70,000 and 90,000 words which, ordinarily make a book between 288 and 352 pages. This novel would ordinarily make a book of about 416 pages." - This was due to a paper and general resources shortage during the second world war.