The Tale of a Casualty Clearing Station
by A Royal Field Leech [F A Symons]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1917. Hardcover. pp. 306 + 6 pages of ads. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Cocked, some spotting to boards, some separation between pages after front endpaper, rear endpaper showing some moisture damage and splitting at hinge. Contents generally clean and unmarked. Scarce! The author recounts herein the true story of his experiences in France, from the mobilisation in August of 1914, as part of the Royal Army Medical Corps. He also recounts experiences with the "Canadian Section
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- Bookseller
- BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035934
- Title
- The Tale of a Casualty Clearing Station
- Author
- A Royal Field Leech [F A Symons]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- Field Hospital; Great War; Memoirs; WWI; Royal Army Medical Corps
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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Glossary
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...