Buy this book on-line HERBERT WARD : Mr. Poilu. Notes and Sketches with the Fighting French. With an introduction by Sydney S.PawlingHodder and Stoughton, London, 1916
First Edition (first printing). Small 4to. xx, 158pp. Cloth-backed boards with paper spine and title labels. With a title page decoration and forty-six superb tipped-in plates including a number in colour. Edges spotted, the boards a little marked, soiled and chafed, and with some tanning and dust marking to the labels. A sliver of moisture marking to the base of the upper board. Front free endpaper lightly toned, and with four small adhesive labels to the front pastedown which probably once secured a clipping or plate. A good copy. No dust wrapper. Contemporary former owner inscription inked to the head of the half-title. Ward, a noted explorer and sculptor, lived in France for fifteen years prior to the outbreak of the First World War and was then attached to the British Ambulance Committee where he was mentioned in dispatches and decorated with the Croix de Guerre. This is his account of that period, presented in words and images.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of HERBERT WARD : Mr. Poilu. Notes and Sketches with the Fighting French. With an introduction by Sydney S.Pawling. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, rare books, collectables, livres illustrées and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |