The Lost Legion by Dr. W. A. R. Chapin - 1926

1926. Hardcover. Good. Outstanding Association Copy.. Signed By Author On Frontpiece Photo And Signed By One Of The Doctors (Dr. Glenn Mullins) Who Served There On Fep Because It Was His Copy..Hardcover Edition..First Edition, First Printing..Slightly Worn And Soiled..Not Ex-Library..The Story Of The Fifteen Hundred American Doctors Who Served With B. E. F. In The Great War.. World War I..Red Cloth Covered Boards, Title Stamped In Gilt On The Spine, Frontispiece Portrait Of The Author That Is Signed..16 Black And White Plates

Springfield: The Loring-Axtel Company, 1926. First Edition. Very Good minus/No DJ. 8vo = over 9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. SIGNED First Edition. Maroon hard covers with minor bumping on corners and spine. Some wearing along edges. Water damage to many pages throughout text, otherwise clean with tight binding. Black and white photo of author on frontispiece. Many b/w photos throughout text.

Springfield, Mass: Published by the Author, Printed by The Loring-Axtell Company, 1926. First Edition. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on the spine, 8vo, 408 pp. Presentation copy, with the inscription "For Ernest Hartter from his friend the Author" on ffep. Also, as usual, signed by the author on the frontis photograph of Chapin (1890-1961), and dated 1929. Account of the doctors recruited to serve with the British Army when America entered World War I. Franklin Martin, Chairman of the General Medical Board of the Council of National Defense was asked by Arthur Balfour if America could supply doctors, as Britain had no reserves left. 1500 volunteer doctors were sent to serve with British regiments in France, and this book details their experiences. Illustrated with full-page plates and one large fold out photograph of members of the Medical Officers Training Camp in Indiana. 3 lines of notes on front paste-down, no other marks in book, binding tight and pages clean. Covers show light edge… Read More