{"product_id":"we-will-not-cease-the-autobiography-of-a-conscientious-objector-first-nz-edition","title":"We Will Not Cease: The Autobiography of a Conscientious Objector. FIRST NZ EDITION.","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe Will Not Cease: The Autobiography of a Conscientious Objector By Archibald Baxter. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by The Caxton Press, Christchurch, 1968. First New Zealand Edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover with French flaps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an essential foundation text of New Zealand literature, pacifism, and wartime social history. Written by the father of iconic Kiwi poet James K. Baxter, this memoir details Archibald's harrowing, first-hand account of being forcibly transported to the Western Front and his brutal treatment by the New Zealand military machine during WWI.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile originally published in London in 1939, this scarce 1968 Caxton Press printing is the true first edition to be published on New Zealand soil, containing a custom added foreword by the author written shortly before his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal card covers with fold-over French flaps. The spine is creased with chipping to the ends, binding firm, foxing to edges, very slight creasing.\u003cbr\u003eInner flaps are un-creased.\u003cbr\u003eThe pages are in Very Good condition, light foxing to first and last few pages and text block edges, minor marks.\u003cbr\u003e Includes the iconic portrait frontispiece.\u003cbr\u003e189 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchibald was a conscientious objector in World War One, and the father of the New Zealand poet James K. Baxter. \"This day by day record of the sufferings, torments, anguishes and privations of a Conscientious Objector in World War I is as relevant today as when it was first published in 1939.\" - from blurb on front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51280352542967,"sku":null,"price":404.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7687\/5255\/files\/IMG_4515_bb328d8c-755f-46c7-9933-689e3df778b1.jpg?v=1791408504","url":"https:\/\/phoenixbooksnz.com\/en-hk\/products\/we-will-not-cease-the-autobiography-of-a-conscientious-objector-first-nz-edition","provider":"Phoenix Books NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}