Diary of Peggy Elizabeth Causer

A view of the book's front cover. A vertical strip of black Japanese bookcloth, with decorative gold stitching forming a pattern of diamonds. The main front board is covered in Chiyogami paper, with cyan and white blossoms against dark branches.
A view of the book's front cover. A vertical strip of black Japanese bookcloth, with decorative gold stitching forming a pattern of diamonds. The main front board is covered in Chiyogami paper, with cyan and white blossoms against dark branches. A close-up of the book's gold stitching. A close-up of the Chiyogami paper on the front cover. A close-up of one of the pages. Most of the text is out of focus, but the following snippets are clear: ''... Went on typing.''; ''... Slough Emergency Hospital. Got caught near...''; ''...bombs dropped overhead and machine-gun...''; ''...roadside & stayed there till the All clear...'' A view of the front page, with marbled paper on the inside of the front cover. The page reads:'Diary of Peggy Elizabeth Causer (later Peggy Elizabeth Moody). 15th August 1940 - 26th September 1940. Transcribed: Anthony Moody. Typeset & bound: Niall Moody'

Hand-bound and typeset copy of my Nan's diary of the Blitz.

Boards covered with Japanese silk bookcloth and Chiyogami paper. Pages are 170gsm recycled paper.