With Cavalry in 1915: The British Trooper in the Trench Line Through the Second Battle of Ypres
by Coleman, Frederic
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Considerable insect damage to the front endpaper. Moderate rubbing and spots of staining to spine and boards. ; xvi, 302 pages + [6] pages advertisements + frontispiece + 31 illustrations on 15 leaves + folding map. Red cloth boards with blind-stamped title on front board. Page dimensions: 185 x 123mm. Military history, World War One. Trench warfare. Illustrations include: A bird's-eye view of shattered Vermelles, January, 1915; Major Desmond Fitzgerald of the Lancers and a gas-pipe trench-mortar; A Winter Cavalry shelter in France; Officers under the stone lion on the Menin Bridge at Ypres; The Choir of the ruined Ypres Cathedral; A dug-out in front of Zillibeke; German prisoners in Ypres, captured after the explosion of a British mine near Hooge. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18154
- Title
- With Cavalry in 1915: The British Trooper in the Trench Line Through the Second Battle of Ypres
- Author
- Coleman, Frederic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1916
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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