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COPPER, FRANK RAYMOND: : THE BRAUNTON BOYS WHO WENT TO WAR: In Remembrance of the Men of Braunton Who Fought and Died in the Great War 1914 to 1918

UK.COMBE MARTIN,DEVON.LEN GOODARD DESIGN & PRINTING CO.,1998.

ISBN 1902310047.

UK,slim,small 8vo wraps/softback original, 1st edn. [Written,edited,typeset and privately published by the author in Braunton,Devon.Laid in loose,Book's titled card bookmark and also a named and addressed couple's civic invitation for a Civic Service Remembrance Service at St Brannock's Church,Braunton on Sunday,9th August,2015 ] UK,slim,small 8vo wraps, p/back original,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/ title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover - absence of publisher's printed price.Bright,crisp, clean and generally sharp-cornered - front,lower corner excepted - which has an accidental diagonal crease,matt,monochrome +colour photographic illustrated front cover with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - a small closed split/tear (approx 9/10ths") at foot of front spine/ backstrip's gutter's edge - no other nicks or tears present - partially read creasing to spine/backstrip too.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK, slim,small 8vo wraps,p/back original,1st edn,i-vpp+1-206pp [paginated] includes copyright page,contents list/table with acknowledgements,illus list/table,author's introduction,6 chapters/sections and a postscript,71 named village men's potted biographies with accomapanying contemporary b/w photographs or b/w maps throughout the text,plus [unpaginated] dedication and epigram and title page, The author was born in Tidworth Military Hospital in October 1926 and spent his entire childhood in army barracks where his role models were the regular soldiers amongst whom he lived at home and abroad. During this period of his life he developed an affinity with,and a respect for,such men and his interest in all things military continued throughout his life.He was educated in twelve army garrison schools before completing his education at Durban High School,South Africa,in 1944.After three years service in the RAF he joined the Civil Service spending over forty years with the Department of Education and the University Grants Committee. Walking regularly through St Brannock's Churchyard,he began to notice the names of a significant number of men commemorated on the gravestones who had died whilst serving in the Great War.The names conjured up visions of the men in uniform he had known in his childhood and he felt that he needed to know more about who they were and how and where they died.In seeking out this information he discovered that a considerable number of other men from Braunton had also given their lives for their country.So many,in fact that he decided that their sacrifice should go on record and so the idea of writing this book was born. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,slim,small 8vo wraps/softback,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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