Somme Battle Stories
by Dawson, Captain A. J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and rounded, spine sunned, gift inscription on front free endpaper, pages toned.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: The Bystander and Hodder and Stoughton. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and rounded, spine sunned, gift . inscription on front free endpaper, pages toned.. 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Color frontispiece and other black and white plates by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. Red cloth binding. A collection of first-hand accounts from British soldiers from the World War I Battle of the Somme. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 239 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45476
- Title
- Somme Battle Stories
- Author
- Dawson, Captain A. J
- Illustrator
- Bruce Bairnsfather
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn and rounded, spine sunned, gift inscription on front free endpaper, pages toned.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Bystander and Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1916
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- World War I, Battle Of The Somme
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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