Backs Wall by Mitchell (8 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Good Plus. First Paperback. ix, 341pp, endnotes, frontis portrait. Or card. Heavily foxed on first/last page and page edges, moderate foxing throughout. Originally published in 1937. Much on the Somme. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 352 pages. 8.03x5.51x1.02 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Crows Nest,SOFT COPY MID SIZE EDITION=FOXING-WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2007. Used. 'In that hour was born in me a fear that lasted throughout the whole winter. It was the dread of dying in the mud, going down in that stinking morass and though dead being conscious throughout the ages. Waves of fear at times threatened to overwhelm me. a little weakness, a little slackening of control at times and I might have gone over the borderline. In the light of the sun, on firm ground, I could laugh at fate. But where the churned mud half hid and half revealed bodies, where dead hands reached out of the morass, seeming to implore aid - there I had to hold tight.' In this gripping account, George Deane Mitchell relives the horror and the humour of being an Australian soldier on the Western Front in World War I. .Originally published in 1937 (and long out of print), this is a gripping, first hand account of a young soldier's experiences in France and Belgium during the First World War.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. In this gripping account, George Deane Mitchell relives the horror and humour of an Australian soldier on the Western Front in nWorld War1.

1st edition stiff wrappers As New octavo ix + 341pp., notes, Originally published in 1937, and long out of print, this is a gripping, first hand account of a young soldier's experiences in France and Belgium. George Deane Mitchell relives the horror and the humour of being an Australian soldier on the Western Front during WWI.

1st edition stiff wrappers New Book octavo ix + 341pp., Fine account by a 10th Battalion man who fought at Gallipoli & later on the Western Front with the 48th. Originally published in 1937.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 185x130x40mm+371g . . Angus and Robertson. 89 Castlereagh St Sidney. 1937. First Edition. . Signed by Author. Pp281. Red hard cloth boards with black lettering to front and spine; . Signed by the Author on front free endpaper. Contains owners signature on front free endpaper and dedication 'With compliments. Jim. WS' on title page. Slight tilt. Spine and corners knocked and worn. 1cm tear to top margin Page 3. Pages foxing. Has a few marks to boards front and back. This interesting war novel is a first hand account of a young soldier's experiences in France and Belgium with the 48th Battalion during the First World War. Drawing on his wartime diaries. George Deane Mitchell. who won the Military Cross. relives the horror and the humour of being an Australian soldier on the Western Front in World War I. SCARCE. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia :_AU$11.20. Signed by Author.

1st edition orig. cloth Very Good octavo 279pp., Fine account by a 10th Battalion man who fought at Gallipoli & later on the Western Front with the 48th. Ownership inscription, front hinge tender o/w nice copy in bright red cloth.