Testament of Friendship: The Story of Winifred Holtby

New York: Macmillan, 1940. First American Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Original red cloth stamped in gilt and black, top edge stained black, in original dust jacket; plain endpapers; [xvi],412pp; ads to rear cover of jacket. Straight and tight, edges rubbed, endpapers lightly browned: Very Good. Jacket price-clipped, soiled, rubbed, and creased, sunned at spine, and with two tears to front neatly mended with tape to verso: Good.

Brittain (1893-1970) was a VAD nurse, writer, feminist, and pacifist who became famous for her bestselling WWI memoir Testament of Youth. This sequel discusses her relationship with her close friend, novelist Winifred Holtby, who lived with Brittain's family for some years.