Trapmann Albert (1 results)

First edition, one of 3,000 copies, of these hints for soldiers posted to Iraq in the First World War. It covers climate, kit, health and correspondence. It also includes a glossary of Arabic terms. We have traced only one copy on WorldCat, in the British Library. "The book is amusingly written and of considerable practical value, and if those under orders for Mesopotamia will spend two rupees on these straight tips they will not only save themselves from buying many useless things, but they will find themselves on arrival to be as comfortably fitted out as field service conditions could possibly admit" (Journal of the United Service Institution of India, p. 277). Captain Albert Trapmann (1876-1933) served in the 26th Middlesex regiment for most of his career and was a fervent advocate of the use of the bicycle in warfare. He wrote multiple books on the subject, such as Cyclists in Action (1904), which is included in the publisher's advertisements in this present volume. "Review: Straight tips for "Mesopot" with maps and plans" The Journal of the United Service Institution of India, vol. 46, no. 207, June 1917. Octavo. With 5 half-tone photographic plates, 4 folding maps (1 uncut). With 37 pp. of advertisements. Original brown card wrappers, front wrapper lettered in black, rear wrapper decorated with publisher's vignette in black, advertisement endpapers, edges untrimmed. Spine worn with loss at head and foot, wrappers soiled and creased, a number of leaves ragged at edges, some finger soiling: a good copy of a vulnerable publication.