Epic Vimy by Murray (3 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 223 pages; call for subscribers to a Second Edition laid in. Brief errata slip tipped in. Cloth spotted; former owner's bookplate to first leaf; swipe of thin ink to page 8, and a few names underlined in the Nominal Roll at rear. Binding is sound. 11 x 8.5 inches.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Original blue cloth hard covers, with gilt decorative titling to front. This copy inscribed to war veteran and Vimy pilgrim as follows: Sergt.Walter J. Harris, M.M. 21st Battn. Eastern Ontario Battn. Pilgrim to Vimy Ridge France July 26 - 1936." Some bumping and rubbing to edges of covers. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Laid in are a souvenir of Paris for the occasion, as well as a number of clipping related to the event and Sgt. Harris. Harris is listed in the Nominal Roll of Pilgrims at the end. Included are the wrap-around remains of the original mailing box. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Second Edition. Extensively documents the pilgrimage of 8,000 people, including 5,000 Canadians, to France to dedicate Canada's memorial to her fallen on Vimy Ridge in World War I. "An event whose importance and significance extended beyond the confines of Canada, a sacrament which was more than an act of homage to the War Dead, which, indeed, was a demonstration and an appeal for a cessation to those quarrelings afflicting the human family, the unveiling of the Canadian War Memorial on Vimy Ridge, on July 26th, 1936, was an international ceremony from which were derived elements that are bound to exercise a beneficent influence on the course of Empire as the years pass. It witnessed the establishment of several precedents, enactment for the first time of roles which in the past, had been accepted as pleasant theories, but which had not hitherto been practised. World figures whose words and deeds direct the activities of nations were assembled on the Monument. Their presence was more than a courteous gesture required as an act of international grace: it was a demonstration of first importance at a time when the European situation called for such a demonstration." - page 62. Ironically, the pilgrimage ended at Dieppe. Who knew that Canadians would shortly return to that citly on a new and much different military mission? 223 pages, including a lengthy Nominal Roll. First published in 1936. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of photographs. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Unmarked with average wear to original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt upon front board. Front hinge tender but intact. A hauntingly moving volume of enduring import. Cooke (3rd Edn) p.199. ; Sm 4to; Vimy Ridge France World War I One First Canadian Army Canada Comes of Age History Memorial Veterans W.s. Allward January 9th, 1917 Battles of Arras Great Hill 145 King Edward Unveiling.