Rare – R.C. Hutchinson THE FIRE AND THE WOOD First edition 1940 Nazi Germany Novel [Hardcover] R.C. Hutchinson [Hardcover] R.C. Hutchinson

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*First Edition 1940* Hardcover is in good condition with normal wear. No dust jacket. Some writing inside front cover. Pages are clean and binding is secure.

This rare first edition of R.C. Hutchinson’s “The Fire and the Wood” offers a unique window into the tumultuous early years of World War II. Published in 1940, at the height of the Blitz, this novel provides a searing portrait of life in Nazi Germany through the eyes of a British journalist. Hutchinson’s unflinching depiction of the rise of fascism and the erosion of civil liberties under the Third Reich has earned this work a place among the most important literary responses to the horrors of that era. Collectors will appreciate the scarcity of this first printing, while readers will be captivated by the author’s prescient insights and the book’s enduring relevance as a cautionary tale about the fragility of freedom and the dangers of unchecked authoritarianism.