The O. T. C. and the Great War
by Captain Alan R. Haig-Brown
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$379.72A$341.75
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About This Item
London: Country Life, 1915. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A scarce copy of this remarkable military history of the Officer's Training Corps, covering its work in the First World War. A remarkable account of the Officers Training Corps, covering its conception and its work during the first year of the First World War and anticipating its future.Written by Alan Haig-Brown, a British Army officer and footballer. He served as commander of the Lancing Officer's Training Corps and was killed by machine-gun fire on the first day of the German spring offensive in 1918.Illustrated with ten plates, including a frontispiece piece portrait of Major Meiklejohn, V.C.A scarce copy of this work, which is a first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; a little bumped to the head and tail of the spine, which is a little faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 798R70
- Title
- The O. T. C. and the Great War
- Author
- Captain Alan R. Haig-Brown
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Country Life
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- Captain Alan R. Haig-Brown Alan Haig-Brown Military History The Great War Alan Haig-Brown British Military History
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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