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CORBETT-SMITH,[R.F.A.], Major A[rthur]: : The Retreat from Mons - BY ONE WHO SHARED IN IT

LONDON.CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED,1917.

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UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,7th reprint.[A companion volume,also by same author,to 'The Marne - And After.'] VG.Owner inscrptn+later date to ffe which also has a tiny diagonal dog-ear type corner clip to ffe's top,right-hand corner.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,maroon cloth boards/covers with blind-tooled title+author lettering to front,stamped,crisp but slightly dulled or partially/oxidised gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,rear board/cover plain and undecorated; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears,splits or fraying present; clean plain white eps,hinges solid and sound without any cracking.Top edges lightly toned without foxing,fore-edges slightly brighter but with minimal sporadic foxing; contents bright,tight,clean - prelims at front up to start of Chapter 1 are the most affected by foxing/spotting - decreasing in amount throughout the text body - else solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,7th reprint, vii-xvipp+2-255pp [paginated] includes 6pp Role of Honour of First Expeditionary Force,15 chapters,foxed/spotted appendices (I+II),3 contemporary b/w portrait photographs:- General Sir H. Smith-Dorrien,Field Marshal Viscount French and General Sir Douglas Haig (includes frntis) respectively,along with 3 b/w diagrams also interspersed within the text,a tipped-in gate-fold b/w map (Mons to Paris environs) to the rear,plus [unpaginated] foxed half-title,contemporary b/w portrait photographic frntis (Smith-Dorrien),title page with foxed recto,verso+recto foxed dedication,similarly foxed author's acknowledgement,and foxed contents list/ table with plates list/table to its reverse. This was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in WW1. Initially a subsidiary action of the Battle of the Frontiers,in which the Allies clashed with the Germans on the French borders.Here at Mons the British Army attempted to hold the line of the Mons–Condé Canal against the advancing German 1st Army.Even though the British fought well and inflicted disproportionate casualties on the numerically superior Germans (3 to 1),they were eventually forced to retreat due both to the greater strength of the Germans and the sudden retreat of the French 5th Army,which in turn,exposed the British right flank. Though initially planned as a simple tactical withdrawal and executed in good order,the British retreat from Mons lasted for two weeks and took the BEF to the outskirts of Paris before it was able and ready to counter-attack in concert with the French,at the Battle of the Marne. Please contact seller,because of for correct,insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,7th reprint.
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