Published by G. Bell and Sons, Ltd on behalf of The R.A. War Commemoration Fund, London, 1920
Seller: The Book Tree, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Includes 2 letters from Major H. Rochfort Boyd to a fellow Artilleryman 'Russell' further to the latter being sent home injured in service and also making reference to a Br. Fuller - letters dated Aug. 15th 1916 and Oct 12th 1916. The book has some staining to the boards, mostly on the front and spine. Edges are rubbed and corners rubbed and bumped. Hinge is cracked at p. 104/5. Internally good+ - free from inscriptions; all plates are present and correct - the tissue guard on the frontispiece is starting to come away. There is some foxing to the block edge and outer pages but internally the majority of pages are nice and clean. UK Shipping as quoted. Please contact us for overseas shipping quotes as considerably more will be requested due to the weight of the book.
Published by R.A. War Commemoration Fund, London, 1920
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Pp. xxiv+408, title page printed in red & black, collotype frontispiece portrait of H.M. King George V (with 1 cm. closed tear into margin from centre of fore-edge), 12 hand-tipped and 13 coloured plates plus 9 sepia and 16 black & white plates, text illustrations, decorative bordered endpapers, The Victoria Cross section printed in red & black, roll of Honour, 1914-1919, a poem by Anita Dudley, some representative artillerymen (biographies and collotype portrait with guard and 6 black & white plates of portraits); roy. 4to; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards heavily faded (more so on upper board), spine browned, edges worn, fore-corners lightly frayed; t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers offset, scattered foxing throughout, occasionally heavy, unidentified former owner's armorial bookplate on upper pastedown; R.A. War Commemoration Fund/G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., London, 1920. First edition. White p. 29.