Book, Vernon Bartlett and W Gordon Williams, The War of 1939 ( 7 volumes), 1940

Historical information

These seven volumes contain of the history of the Second World War from the English point of view. The inscription shows that the books belonged to James Low. Scottish born James Low came to Australia and worked in the Swintons' shoe store in Warrnambool. He served in World War One and in the 1930s he opened his own shoe business. He died in 1976.

Significance

These books are of antiquarian interest and have local provenance.

Physical description

These books have blue hard covers with an embossed image of Caxton on the front. There is gold printing on the spines. The pages contain printed text, black and white photographs and maps.

Inscriptions & markings

J.S.Low

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