New Zealand Official WW2 History - The Home Front - Volumes 1 & 2 by Nancy M. Taylor

These are second-hand copies of the two-volume work .

Condition: These are used books in very good condition. The dustjackets have light shelf-wear with rubbing and creasing - see photos. Both volumes have light Sun fading to their spines.

Publisher: Historical Publications Branch Department of Internal Affairs
Year: 1986
ISBN: 0477012590 & 0477012604
Format: Hardbacks with dustjackets
Pages: 1330 (2 volumes)
Condition: Used (Very Good)

These were the last books to be published in the series of war histories. They describe how civilians in New Zealand contributed to the war effort and the restraints wartime restrictions placed on everyday life.

From "The Women's War: New Zealand 1939-1945 by Deborah Montgomerie: "Nancy Taylor's THE HOME FRONT is one of the best in the official history series. Encyclopedic in scope, it richly details matters as diverse as wartime censorship and shortages of knicker elastic.."