From the Somme to the Armistice: The Memoirs of Captain Stormont Gibbs, MC. by Devonald-Lewis, Richard - 1986

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

William Kimber, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9.4 X 6.2 X 1.0 inches

London, England: London, UK: William Kimber, 1986, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1986. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) --- hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine price clipped dustjacket with the faintest bit of very light rubbing, small remainder mark, 206 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see description)/Near Fine (see description). Illus. by Pat Doyle Cover Art. 6.25w x 9.5h Inches. Price Clipped Jacket.

First edition UK hardback, 1986 William Kimber & Co. Ltd.The book is in fine condition, the dustjacket is in fine condition. Illustrated, Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Enoch Powell, MBE.

Lon.: Kimber. wonderful copy . Near Fine. Hardcover. First. 1986.

London: William Kimber & Co Ltd, 1986. First Edition. . Hardcover. Vg/Vg. 206pp. Plates. Ink name label on fr.fly. Size: 8vo

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Kimber, 1986. First Edition. . Cloth. Vg/Vg. 206pp. Plates. Size: 8vo

William Kimber, 1986 206 pp., photos, maps, appendix, glossary, index, 8vo; very well compiled account from the diaries and reminiscences of Captain Gibbs who served with the 4th Suffolk's on the Somme, at Arras and Passchendaele in the final retreat of 1918. This copy is signed on the title page in flourishing ink hands, by the editor and by Enoch Powell who wrote the foreword. Richard Deonald-Lewis, the editor, has also written a dedication to the proof reader, Betty Crockett: "To Betty, with very many thanks for all your hard work to make this book possible". Enoch Powell was an extremly contentious politician and Memeber of Parliament, most notorious for his Rivers of Blood speech on immigration that he made in 1968. Powell had never experienced military combat and felt guilty for having survived WW2, writing that soldiers who did so carried "a sort of shame with them to the grave" and referring to the Second Battle of El Alamein as a "separating flame" between… Read More