SECOND IMPRESSION. The follow-up to Baron?s definitive war novel, From the City, from the Plough (1948), and succeeded by The Human Kind (1953). Set during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943, the novel follows a battle-weary British infantry company enjoying a brief period of respite; ?This is not the story of war but one of those brief interludes in war when the almost-forgotten rhythms of normal living are permitted to emerge again; and when it seeps back into the consciousness of human beings?painfully, sometimes heartbreakingly?that they are, after all, human. Republished by Sort of Books in 2011, and The Imperial War Museum in 2024. Baron was born Joseph Alexander Bernstein in 1917 in London?s East End. He served in the Pioneer Corps of the British Army and took part both in the invasion of Sicily and the Normandy invasion. His writing has surged in both popularity and acclaim since his death in 1999; with many recent re-issues. The first impression was in January 1950; second impression also 1950 but the month is unspecified. Jacket design by ?P.L.S.?

Publisher?s dark cream cloth boards, dust jacket. BOOK: Boards square, unmarked; page edges a little toned with some spotting, very faint foxing to endpapers, else internally clean. DJ: Unclipped jacket with 9s. 6d. net to inner flap (same price as first impression), closed short tears to either side of head of spine, presents quite crisply overall. Early impressions are scarce.

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Title: There's No Home
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Publication Date: 1950
Binding: Hardcover
Printing: 2nd Printing
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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