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Richthofen Jagdstaffel Ahead | RFC Fighter Pilots Out-Performed and Out-Gunned over the Western Front, 1917 McManus, Peter [Colour Artwork by John Batchelor] (Book #ID 111919) Published by Grub Street Publishing, 4 Rainham Close, London First Edition 2008. 2008. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated glazed boards. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 192 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout, lovely colour artwork by John Batchelor. Donation copy directly from the publisher to Kent Arts Archive Library, Canterbury, Kent. This has been stored in the trust's archive and has not been circulated as a lending book with front free end paper removed, Kent Arts Archive Library stamp to the copyright page. Very Good condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £20.00. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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The Story of The Great War Mackenzie, Donald A. (Book #ID 4428) Published by Blackie & Son Ltd., 50 Old Bailey, London circa 1920 edition not stated. 1920. Hard back decorated brown cloth covers, black stamping, Central European and the Western Front maps to each end paper. 25 photographs, 8 maps. In Very Good clean, square, tight and tidy condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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United States Naval Aviation 1910-1918 [Schiffer Military History Series] Shirley, Noel C. (Book #ID 87299) Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, Pennsylvania, USA First Edition 2000. 2000. First US edition hard back binding in publisher's original cream cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover, decorated end papers. 4to 11'' x 9''. Contains 336 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition panoramic art work dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9780764311796 Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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With the French Flying Corps Winslow, Carroll Dana [Of the French Flying Corps] (Book #ID 87010) Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, Fifth Avenue, New York USA First Edition 1917. 1917. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original steel blue cloth covers, navy title, author lettering and silver and red insignia to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [x] 226 printed pages of text with tissue-guarded frontispiece and single-sided monochrome photographs throughout. The story of the author's experience with the French Aviation Service in World War One. Fine condition book in extremely rare near Very Good condition dust wrapper with external tape repairs across the spine ends, small chips to the corners, priced $1.25. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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The French Air Service War Chronology 1914-1918; Day to Day Claims and Losses by French Fighter, Bomber and Two-Seat Pilots on the Western Front Bailey, Frank W. and Christophe Cony (Book #ID 87295) Published by Grub Street, 10 Chivalry Road, London First Edition 2001. 2001. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brick red paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Quarto 10'' x 7¼''. Contains 327 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs to the centre. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1902304349 Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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Lord Kitchener Protheroe, Ernest [Lord Kitchener] (Book #ID 7706) Published by Charles H. Kelly, London First edition 1916. 1916. First edition paper wraps with photograph to upper panel. 336 pp. Light foxing to page edges and end papers, small chip 70 mm x 5 mm to top upper panel, titles to spine faded. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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The Drama of [365] Three Hundred & Sixty Five Days: Scenes in the Great War Caine, Hall (Book #ID 7719) Published by William Heinemann Limited, London First Edition 1915. 1915. First edition hard back sage green cloth covers with dark green titles. 127 pp. Portrait of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales to frontispiece. Book with page edges tanned, in square condition and without any rubs or marks to the cloth, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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After the War Esher, Viscount (Book #ID 7720) Published by John Murray, 50 Albemarle Street, London First edition 1918. 1918. First edition hard back raspberry cloth covers with oxidised gilt titles. xiv, 78 pp. Spine slightly faded, without any foxing and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Scarce. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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Ordeal by Battle Oliver, Frederick Scott (Book #ID 7727) Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited London 1915 reprinted edition. 1915. Hard back turquoise buckram covers with paper title label to spine which has faded, page edges untrimmed. 8vo li, 437 pp. Frontispiece. Name and address to free front end paper. In Very Good sound and clean condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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Our Sailor King Hudson, Robert (Book #ID 7744) Published by Collins, London circa 1920 edition not stated. 1920. Hard back blue cloth covers with gilt titles to spine, blind stamp to upper panel. 286 pp. Colour frontispiece and vignette, 3 full page black and white illustrations. Tanning to page edges, small crease line to lower rear corner and in bright condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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When the Barrage Lifts: A Topographical History and Commentary on the Battle of the Somme 1916 Gliddon, Gerald [Foreword by Correlli Barnett] (Book #ID 11704) Published by Gliddon Books, Norwich, Norfolk First edition 1987. 1987. First edition hard back publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine. 8vo 9½" x 6¼" xviii, 478 [pages]. Monochrome photographic plates. Fine in Fine dust wrapper with tiny nick to upper fore edge, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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To Win A War 1918, The Year of Victory Terraine, John (Book #ID 11711) Published by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1 Tavistock Chambers, Bloomsbury Way, London First Edition 1978. 1978. First edition hard back publisher's original brown cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine. 8vo 9½" x 6½" 284 pp. Monochrome photographic illustrations. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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The British Army Book Danby, Paul and Field, Cyril (Book #ID 12053) Published by Blackie & Son Ltd., 50 Old Bailey, London circa 1920 edition not stated. 1920. Hard back publisher's original brown cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine, over printed illustrations to spine and upper panel, olivine page edges. Thick 8vo 8" x 5¾" 284 pp. Two panoramic colour plates, thirty-two monochrome illustrations including reproductions of actual photographs from the seat of war. Former name verso to half title page, light abrading of cloth to spine tips. In Very Good clean and sound condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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The German Fleet Hurd, Archibald (Book #ID 42040) Published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London 1915. London 1915. Hard back binding in publisher's original royal blue cloth covers, black swastika signs to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo 7'' x 5'' 190, i [pages]. Former message dated 1922 to the front free end paper, light rubbing to the edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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Tragédie Bouffe : A Frenchman in the First World War Arnaud, René [Translated by F. B. Donne] (Book #ID 12424) Published by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1 Tavistock Chambers, Bloomsbury Way, London First edition 1966. 1966. First edition hard back publisher's original turquoise cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5" 154 pp. Fine in Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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My Home in the Field of Honour Huard, Frances Wilson [Illustrated by Charles Huard] (Book #ID 13808) George H. Doran Company, New York First edition 1916. 1916. First edition hard back bound in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine [slightly oxidised], illustrated onlay to upper panel. 8vo 7¾" x 5¼" 302 pp. Twelve illustrations on glossy paper by Charles Huard. Former name to free front end paper, small coffee spillage to page 9, dusty end papers, corners turned in, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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The Biography of the Late Marshal Foch Aston, Major-General Sir George (Marshal Foch) (Book #ID 13812) Published by Hutchinson & Co., Paternoster Row, London First Edition 1929. 1929. First edition hard back bound in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine. Large 8vo 9½" x 6½" 318 pp. Thirty-two monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy paper, four colour maps and diagrams. Spine faded, foxing to page edges and margins and in Very Good square and tight condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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They Went Away to War Holley, Brian Edward (Book #ID 111611) Published by Book Guild Publishing, 25 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex First Edition 2005. 2005. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xvi], 631 pp with monochrome photographs throughout. Donation copy directly from the publisher to Kent Arts Archive Library, Canterbury, Kent. This has been stored in the trust's archive and has not been circulated as a lending book with small smudged stamp to the front free end paper, small white bookplate to the copyright page. Good condition book in very near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, £17.95. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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The Journals of Ernest George Fenton Hall: Pioneer and Hero Hall, Ernest George Fenton (Book #ID 15858) Published by Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade and Heart of Amazonia Mission 17 Highland Road, Upper Norwood, London 1925 reprinted edition [First edition 1925]. 1925. Hard back binding in publisher's original soft blue covers, gilt lettering and cameo monochrome onlay to upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 150, x [pages]. Monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper. In Very Good condition with touch of foxing to fore edge. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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The German Empire's Hour of Destiny Frobenius, Colonel H. [Preface by Sir Valentine Chirol] (Book #ID 15860) Published by John Long Limited, Norris Street, Haymarket, Piccadilly, London First Edition 1914. 1914. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange cloth covers, black lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 138, 4 [pages]. General soiling to cloth covers, dusty page edges. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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The Western Front: Then and Now [1] (Book #ID 15934) Published by C. Arthur Pearson Limited, Tower House, Southampton Street, The Strand, London circa 1938 edition not stated. 1938. Hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, black lettering to spine and upper panel. Quarto 10" x 7¾" 256 pp. Monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper to almost every page. In Very Good clean and bright condition with hint of foxing to front end paper, tiny rubbing of cloth to lower panel. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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Damn the Dardanelles!; The Story of Gallipoli Laffin, John (Book #ID 83540) Published by Osprey Publishing Limited, 12-14 Long Acre, London First Edition 1980. London 1980. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brown paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 224 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Rubs to the spine ends and cover edges, light marking and sun yellowing to the closed page edges. Very Good clean condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with fading, rubs and creases, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 085045350X Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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Memoirs of a Company Runner 1914-1918 War Clarkson, David [Foreword by Sir Bernard Fergusson] (Book #ID 17718) Scottish National Institution for War Blinded 38 Albany Street, Edinburgh 1972. 1972. Publisher's original illustrated stapled card covers. 8vo 8½" x 5¼" 44 pp. Archive monochrome photographic illustrations. Account of endurance in the mud and misery of Flanders in the First World War, told without rhetoric or embellishment from the viewpoint of the bottom rung of the military ladder. In near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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Wings Over The Somme 1916-1918 Lewis, Wing Commander Gwilym H. (Book #ID 112117) Published by William Kimber & Co. Ltd., Godolphin House, 22a Queen Anne's Gate, London First Edition 1976. 1976. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original air force blue paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 205 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Ex library copy with plate traces and stamp to front free end paper, tape traces to rear paste down. Very Good condition book in near Fine condition photographic dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0718303245 Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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Night Raiders of The Air; Being the Experiences of a Night Flying Pilot, who Raided Hunland on Many Dark Nights During the War Kingsford, A. R. [Illustrations by J. Coen and Leonard Bridgman] (Book #ID 86958) Published by John Hamilton Ltd., London Second Printing February 1934. 1934. Second edition hard back binding in publisher's original cornflower blue cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 207 printed pages of text with 9 monochrome illustrations on coated paper. Spine ends softened, age tanning to the end papers, foxing to the closed page edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition, period art work dust wrapper with tape traces to the spine ends and corners, chips to the upper spine tips, price clipped, 3/6 to the spine. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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In The Clouds Above Baghdad; Being The Records of an Air Commander Tennant, J. E. (Book #ID 86954) Published by Cecil Palmer, Bloomsbury Street, London First Edition 1920. 1920. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original racing green cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 289 printed pages of text with monochrome maps and photographs, on coated paper throughout, fold-out map tipped-in before chapter 1. Lower spine end and upper corners creased with tiny rubs, ghosting to the end papers. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with 80 mm piece of paper missing to the foot of the spine, upper spine end, fore edges and corners chipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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War Letters of Kiffin Yates Rockwell; Foreign Legionnaire and Aviator France, 1914-1916 Rockwell, Paul Ayres [Memoir and Notes by his brother] Addition of 'Letter To The Reader' by Shane Kiffin Ayers [Kiffin Yates Rockwell] (Book #ID 86953) Published by Paul Ayres Rockwell, House of Ayers / Ayres First Thus Edition with the Addition of 'Letters To The Reader' 2008 [First Published in 1925]. 2008. First thus edition hard back binding in publisher's original midnight blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 174 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9780615253077 Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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The Story of The First Flag; An Account of the Mission of Arthur Clifford Kimber, who, in the Month of May, 1917, Carried to France the First American Flag Authorized by the United States Government Kimber, Clara E. [Compiled from His Letters and Other Documents by Newton D. Baker, David Starr Jordan, Ray Lyman Wilbur and Henry D. Sleeper] Introduction by William T. Manning [Arthur Clifford Kimber] (Book #ID 86952) Published by The Friends of France, San Francisco, USA First Edition 1920. 1920. First US edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey paper covered boards with grey cloth spine, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 8¼'' x 6¼''. Contains 64 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Very Good condition, red white and blue, dust wrapper with tiny chips and crease lines to the spine ends. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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Bloody April Morris, Alan (Book #ID 111612) Published by Jarrolds Publishers (London) Ltd., 178-202 Great Portland Street, London First Edition 1967. 1967. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back, maps to the end papers. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 208 pp with monochrome archive photographs to the centre. Shallow rubs to the spine tips and corners and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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Gallipoli: Our Last Man Standing; The Extraordinary Life of Alec Campbell King, Jonathan [Alec Campbell] (Book #ID 112107) Published by John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd., 33 Park Road, Milton, Queensland, Australia First Edition 2003. 2003. First Australian edition hard back binding in publisher's original brown paper covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, maps to the end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 223 pp with monochrome archive photographs throughout. Shallow rubs to spine ends and corners. Very Good condition book in Fine condition photographic dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1740310667 Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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Billie: The Nevill Letters 1914-1916 Harris, Ruth Elwin (Book #ID 22864) Published by Julia MacRae Books, 87 Vauxhall Walk, London First edition 1991. 1991. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green paper covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 9½" x 6¼" xiv, 222 [pages] ISBN 1856810410. Monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy silk art paper. Former message to half-title page. Near Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Julia MacRae Compliments Slip enclosed loosely. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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Battle of the Somme Martin, Christopher (Book #ID 23506) Published by Wayland Publishers, London First edition 1973. 1973. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep navy cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. Quarto 9½" x 6¼" 128 pages ISBN 853403082. Archive monochrome photographic illustrations. Fine condition book in Fine condition price clipped dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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National Shooting Gallery (Belgium) Souvenir of the Civilian Martyrs of the Great War 1914-1918 | Edith Cavell | Gabrielle Petit Edith Louisa Cavell (4 December 1865 - 12 October 1915) was a British nurse and member of La Dame Blanche | Gabrielle Alina Eugenia Maria Petit (20 February 1893 - 1 April 1916) was a Belgian woman who spied for the British Secret Service during World War I. (Book #ID 112365) Published by Belgium George Leclercq 1918. 1918. 6½'' x 4¼'' folding light purple printed card wrap covers (soft back) with wrap around tuck-in flap. Containing 12 original monochrome photographs + 1 loose photograph of Edith Cavell's grave in Norwich. The photographs are corner mounted on light brown card stock being captioned in French, English and Dutch to the rear and marked with the photographers name. Edith Cavell is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination and for covertly helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium and return to active service during the First World War. The interior of the front flap has been repaired at some point in time with scarlet linen tape enabling it to tuck-in securely, else in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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Benjamin Lee 2nd [2d] Ensign U.S.N.R.F.; US Naval Reserve Flying Corps: A Record Gathered from Letters, Note-books, and Narratives of Friends [Signed] Chase, Mary Justice (Book #ID 86938) Published by The Cornhill Company, Boston, First Edition 1920. 1920. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original olive cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine [oxidised] and to the front cover, top edge gilt, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 9½'' x 6½''. Contains [xiv] 333 printed pages of text on 'Blandford Book' water marked paper with 18 full-page single-sided monochrome photographs throughout. Three previous Booksellers tickets inside the front cover, spine slightly darkened, minor rubbing and in Very Good clean condition, in clear acetate dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author, Benjamin Lee's mother, to the front free end paper 'To Mary D. Baker - In remembrance of both our boys from Mary Justice Chase, October 1921'. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR Category |
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