With the British on the Somme

Extensive water damage to boards, with colour bleached out and staining along outer 50mm wide margin of front and rear boards. Heavy foxing to page edges. Internally good. Dust-jacket with some chips at ends of spine and corner of rear panel, no loss of text. Circular paper price label on dust-jacket spine. Blurb on dust-jacket spine. Colour illustration on front panel of dust-jacket. ; Scarce in dust-jacket. Second printing, April 1917 (the first printing was March 1917). viii, 285, [1] pages + 31, [1 (blank)] pages advertisements. Red boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Bind-stamped lettering and wreath on front board. Page dimensions: 188 x125mm. Contents: Before the War; The Soldier and the Seer; Steps to the Somme: (I.) Movement; (II.) Stagnation; (III.) Expectancy; The Coming Event; July 1: From the Hill; July 1: From the Field; July 1: The Issue of the Day; On the Battle-Field; An Earlier Field; Over the Parapet; The New Fighting; The Six Woods; The Village; The Open Field; Coming Out; Tanks and Other Engines; Through Prisoners' Eyes; The Final Field; Epilogue.

Product Info

Publisher: Methuen & Co.

Year: (1917)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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