Blacker John Edited by C P Blacker (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is in near fine condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is ex libris with usual stamps and labels it lacks its f.e.p. it is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in as new condition and has been covered in clear, removable protective film. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This book tells the story of an infantry officer on the Western Front from 1915-1918. For the majority of this time the writer was in the Fourth Battalion of the Coldstream Guards, which had been designated as a "pioneer" battalion keeping open the lines of communications. As they were not called upon to 'go over the top', their casualties were lighter than those of other battalions. This so preyed on the author s conscience he applied for, and was granted, a transfer to the Second Battalion. He was wounded in September 1918, and was hospitalized for three weeks. By the time he rejoined his battalion, the Germans were in full retreat, and the book ends with a moving description of the liberation of French towns which had been under German occupation for fours years. The book differs from others of this genre by virtue of several features: the writer's introspective reflections on the traumatic events in which be was involved; his shrewd character sketches of his fellow officers; his strange mystical experience on the banks of the River Somme; the poignant juxtaposition of desolation wreaked by the war and his intense love of natural history, particularly birds and wild flowers. Above all he believed that the whole war was a hideous mistake. Ref R 2.…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 321 printed pages of text with colour and monochrome photographs throughout. Just a little foxing to the upper closed edges. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0850527295 FIRST WORLD (Great) WAR. …

Boards. pp xii, 321, Index, b/w plates, orig boards, fine in like d.j. Thoughts and recollections of a Guards officer, including previously unpublished letters by George Bernard Shaw and Rudyard Kipling. Edited by John Blacker (illustrator).