The first day on the Somme: 1st July, 1916 by Middlebrook, Martin - 1981

Hardback. Good.

London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1971. First British Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 1971 First British Edition. Hardcover. Good. Dust Jacket. DJ fair, corners tears, creased up top. PO's exlibris stamp inside front board. Pen marking to endpapers- see photos. 365p. including b&w illustrations.

London: Allen Lane, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very good clean tidy copy. Regarded as a seminal work in the field of World War I scholarship reflecting England's perspective in the conflict. Its text covers in detail the events leading up to and during 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, concentrating almost exclusively on the British Army's experiences and focussing only in relief on French Army's contribution, especially south of the Somme River.

London: Allen Lane. 1971. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 365 pages. The author has drawn on official sources, local newspapers, autobiographies, novels and poems to write this book and , above all, on the recollections of hundreds of survivors who contribute to a brilliant, horrifying and intensely moving portrait of war on the front line. . Reprint. Hardback.

Viking, 1971-06. Hardcover. Good.

London: Allen Lane, 1983. xviii, 365pp, illustrated with b/w plates and 11 maps, six appendices, bibliography, index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. From the blurb, The author's 'research has covered not just official and regimental histories and tours of the battlefields, but interviews with hundreds of survivors, both British and German. He conveys the overall strategic view and the terrifying reality that it was for front-line soldiers.'. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Allan Lane, 1971. 1971. 0713901942 . Hbk in hessian type cloth cover; ex-libris sticker; Vg; maps; plates; newspaper previews loose inside; .

London: Allen Lane, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardback. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¼ - 9¼" tall. First edition, first printing. Octavo hardback. xx + 365 pp. Black & white illustrations and maps. Very Good + condition in Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. 1986 magazine article on the last of the Leeds Palls (1986) loosely enclosed

London: Allen Lane the Penguin Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First Edition; reprinted. Hardcover. 0713901942 . With photographic illustrations, 11 maps, a very good copy in very good dustjacket. ; 230 x 140mm; xx, 365 pages .

London: Allen Lane, 1983. Reprint, 8vo, 365pp, photo illustrations, VG+ Copy in VG DJ a little faded at spine; author's presentation copy, inscription on title page reads: For Jim Hopkins with best wishes Martin Middlebrook. Signed by Author. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.