Published by Members of the Sixty-Third U. S. Infantry / H. H. Bissell, New York, 1920
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge wear, bumping and fraying. There is one inch long triangular chip out of the spine of the dust jacket and the top spine end has some tearing to the cloth and noticeable fraying. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is some tidemarking to the bottom spine end of the first 15 or so pages. Both inner hinges have cracking to the paper and there is some loosening to the spine. "When the United States entered the big war in 1917, I was stationed in Honolulu, senior Lieutenant Colonel of the Infantry arm, and, like dozens of other officers, was aching to return to the mainland and get to work with a regiment. (from the foreword of the book).