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Not for Glory - A Personal History of the 1914-18 War (Gilbert Hall)
by Turner, P. W and Haigh, R. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0080071015
- ISBN 13
- 9780080071015
- Seller
-
Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Maxwell. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0080071015 . Red boards with bright gilt titling on a black band to the spine. In the original publisher's illustrated dustjacket. The dustjacket has a little creasing/rubbing to the very edges and a crumpled repaired tear on the rear d/j cover, but the d/j is complete and looks VG. The d/j is Not price clipped. The page fore-edges are VERY slightly foxed to the top edge. A small 'Foyles' bookshop sticker under the d/j on the bottom corner of the front pastedown, o/w No Inscriptions or Marks. At the beginning of the book is 'A Diary of the Great War ' (A Timeline). (xv) + 113 pp. Illustrated in b/w. 3 Maps in b/w (one folding). Appendix - 'Facts and figures of the War'; Bibliography; Index. A Very Clean, Tight and Bright Near 'Fine' copy. " A look at the First World War through the eyes of the men who were there but specifically this is a book about the Great War as seen through the eyes of Gilbert Hall, a working man who became an amateur soldier in 1914 but who ended the war as an officer and a ‘professional’. Joining the 1st Barnsley Pals, he reached the Western Front in time for the Somme and saw the war out in France. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110023
- Title
- Not for Glory - A Personal History of the 1914-18 War (Gilbert Hall)
- Author
- Turner, P. W and Haigh, R. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0080071015
- ISBN 13
- 9780080071015
- Publisher
- Maxwell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- 0080071015, First World War; World War One; WW1;, The Great War;, Trench Warfare; France; Germany, Kitchener; Tommies; Regular Soldier;, Gilbert Hall; 1st Barnsley Pals; The Western Front: The Somme:
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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