Flanders Fields by Mccrae John, First Edition (21 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Third Impression. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1919, 3rd Impression, 8vo., 141 pages. Frontispiece with additional illustrations. Book bound in a blue cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Spine a little faded with light edgewear, else very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hinge starting, but still tight. Same format as first printing.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The English-language issue of the first edition. 8vo. 63pp. Glossy card wrappers. Illustrated with photographs and a holograph manuscript reproduction of McCrae's celebrated poem. A fine copy. An account of the life of Canadian poet and physician John McCrae, with specific focus on the writing of 'In Flanders Fields' and the rise of the poppy as a symbol of peace. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced].

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Janet Wilson (illustrator). First British Edition, First Printing. Fine/NrF. First British edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. Oblong hardback 27.5 by 23.5 cms. Not paginated, (32)pp. Illustrated with reproductions of colour paintings by Janet Wilson, photographs, line-drawings and maps. John McCrae's famous poem 'In Flanders Fields', written from the terrible trenches of Ypres in 1915, is here interwoven with fascinating information about the First World War, details of daily life in the trenches, and a description of the tragic circumstances that led to the writing of the poem. Janet Wilson's evocative paintings provide a stunning visual interpretation of the work. Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (1872-1918) was a Canadian physician, poet ,author and soldier during World War One: and was a surgeon at the Second Battle of Ypres. He is most famous for writing the war poem 'In Flanders Fields'. He died of pneumonia January 28 1918. A fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first British edition, first printing. NO inscriptions, underlining or highlighting. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Rear hinge slightly tender. Overall a good bright copy that presents well. Tissue guarded frontispiece.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This book is bound in dark blue boards with bright gilt letters + design on the front cover & lightly faded gilt letters on the spine. There is very light wear on the cover edges. There is a previous owner's ink signature on the front endpaper. The hinges, front & back are beginning to crack. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. The date 1919 is on the title page & verso. First Canadian Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition. ix, 141 p. 20 cm. 4 illustrations, including frontispiece portrait and two facsimiles. Blue cloth. Corners and spine ends a bit worn, a bit of wrinkling to front cover. Spine lettering faded. No dustjacket. Some foxing to first pages.

Condition: Very Good. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xi,167, b/w illustrations, b/w frontispiece; foxed and toned to endpapers, webbing slightly visible to inner hinge, light toning and occasional light foxing, sunned to spine with lettering faded, lightly worn to head and foot of spine, with a few white soil mark to margins of boards, overall very good. No dust-jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, original dark blue cloth over boards, stamped in gilt, gilt top edge, deckle edge, black and white plate frontispiece. Poetry collection. Near Fine, no dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Canada / US Edition. Hardcover. Gilded top edge. Very Good condition. No dust jacket. Previous owner name & book store stamp inside on flyleaf. No other markings or writings inside. Clear text and images. Minor shelf-wear. Some maps at end of book have been cut out. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ix, 141 pages, with frontispiece, facsimile, and two plates as called for. Light rubbing to cloth; facsimile and facing page toned from a now absent newspaper clipping; small stain to foot of pages 4-11. No inscriptions; sound binding. 7.8 x 5.5 inches.

Hard Cover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo, pp., ix, [1], 141, [1]. Photographic portrait frontispiece of McCrae, plus 3 plates as called for, including facsimile of an autograph copy of the poem "In Flanders Fields" and facsimile of a sketch by McCrae.Publishers' blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, with oval border to titles to upper board. Unclipped printed beige dust-jacket. Slight wear at spine tips and corners otherwise covers clean and bright. Ownership stamp to ffep and a few leaves faintly corner creased (affecting margin only); no annotation or inscriptions other than the alteration of "blow" to "grow" in the first line. Jacket nicked and creased with tape repairs to verso, and associated discolouration; very minor loss at spine tips and top edge. A Very Good copy in Good jacket. Includes "John McCrae: An Essay in Character" by Sir Andrew Macphail. Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae (1872-1918) was a Canadian doctor, and poet, who served as consulting physician to the British Armies in France on the Western Front. He fell ill and died from pneumonia in January 1918. McCrae originally wrote "In Flanders fields the poppies grow" as the first line of the poem, but Punch received permission to alter the last word of the line to "blow" and thereafter McCrae used either word himself when inscribing the line. His lasting legacy is of course the eponymous classic verse "In Flanders Fields", as popular and evocative now as when it was written in 1915 and a standard at ceremonies of Remembrance around the world.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This book is bound in bright blue boards with bright gilt circled gilt letters on the front cover & bright gilt letters on the spine. The back cover has binder's wrinkles. There is very light wear on the spine tips & cover corners. All 4 of 4 illustrations present & in fine condition. The date 1919 is on the title page & verso. Tissue guard on the frontispiece. The dust jacket has 1/2 cm deep chips off along the top edge & bottom tip of the spine. There is a 7 cm closed tear along the top of the front edge of the spine & a 4 cm closed tear along the bottom back edge of the spine. Now protected in mylar.

HC. First Edition 141 pp., B&W Photographs First Canadian book edition after anonymous publication in Punch. Frontispiece photo of McCrae, Facsimile on the poem "in Flanders Fields" plus 2 photos. Blue cloth over board, gilt titles on front cover and spine. [100th Anniversary!] A fine clean copy, like new!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Navy cloth cover with gilt shows minor wear, rubbing, and bumped corners, lacking dust jacket. Name of former owner on the half-title page. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.

Sheet Music. Condition: Fair. First Edition. It is hard to imagine McCrae and Sousa had any idea their work would remain so prominent all these years later. 6 pages with cover illustration of red poppies adorning military cemetery lined with white crosses. Above-average wear. Music store stamp and bit of writing upon front cover. Small sticker removal mark on back cover. A worthy vintage copy of this historic work.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American edition, issued simultaneously with the Canadian edition. Frontispiece photograph of John McCrae, as well as a facsimile reprint of the handwritten draft of "In Flanders Fields." Gilt-stamped blue cloth, topedge gilt. Fine in very good internally tape repaired dust jacket with a long creased tear on the rear panel, but not very noticeable. An important collection of WWI poems.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover; 8vo; 141 pages. FIRST EDITION. Includes a paper with a poem handwritten and signed by McCrae, with a typescript version that is quite yellowed and brittle with age, reinforced with tape. (Titled: "Upon Watt's Picture ' Sic Transit '") Also includes a second poem "The Pilgrims" handwritten on paper with a Royal Victoria Hospital letterhead. Blue cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Very lightly sunned spine. Gently rubbed corners/edges. Bumped top corner of front board.Portrait photograph as frontis, with an intact tissue paper shield. Yellowed edges, but the pages themselves are bright and clean. No jacket. VG+/--. Yes. Book.

FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece photograph portrait of the author with tissue guard, 2 facsimiles including the author's copy of the poem plus another photograph of McCrae and his dog. Publisher's blue cloth , author and title in gilt on front cover and spine; an excellent copy.

First American edition, first printing, issued simultaneously with the Canadian edition. This is the first appearance of this poem in book form. John McCrae (1872-1918) was a Canadian physician who served as a medical officer in the Boer War and during the second battle of Ypres. "In Flanders Fields", McCrae's most famous poem, was originally published in Punch magazine in December 1915 and is printed here posthumously. McCrae began composing the poem after the death of his friend Alexis Helmer on 2 May 1915. The poem helped popularize the poppy as a symbol of remembrance. Octavo. Frontispiece with tissue guard, 3 plates including 2 facsimiles, one of an autograph copy of the poem and one of a sketch by the author. Original blue straight-grain cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in gilt within decorative oval frame, border to front cover blocked in blind, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a custom blue quarter morocco cloth slipcase, spine lettered in gilt, with matching chemise. Front panel of dust jacket loosely inserted. Spine and extremities rubbed, couple of marks to rear cover; spine of slipcase a little rubbed. A better than very good copy.

A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1919. A very good book without inscriptions. Burgundy endpapers with a little spotting to the page edges. A little fading to the spine. Boards a little bumped. Scarce.