HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1995* Publisher: Constable & Co.* Binding and cover condition: Cream/white cloth, blue title to spine. No rubs, slight bumps to head & tail of spine. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour photo-cover in clear attached library cover. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £16.95. Slight shelf wear to head & tail of spine. VG++ * Contents condition: Ex Library with usual neat stamps and labels. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, printed end papers with maps. VG.* Illustrations: Several pages b/w photos.* Pages: 191 pp. text. ix pp. Appendices & index at rear.* Description: Arthur Taylor provides an account of his 130-mile journey by fisherman's punt from the source of the River Somme, at Fonsommes, to the point where it meets the sea, at St Valery. His narrative both reveals how key sites of battle have changed since World War One, and introduces the reader to a new river and a new landscape. The river and landscape that emerge from Taylor's account are steeped in neglected, but fascinating history, and have a distinct contemporary identity of their own.* A NEAR VG++ ex-library copy of the 1st./1st. with minor faults reducing it to VG.*

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Seller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Seller's Inventory #: 3127
Title: Spring on the Somme
Author: Taylor, Arthur
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG/VG+/VG++
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 0094731101
ISBN 13: 9780094731103
Publisher: Constable
Place of Publication: London Uk 256
Date Published: 1995-05-15

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