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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, viii,302pp, 2 portrait frontispieces plus 4 photo plates, inscribed by the author on endpaper, 'JRM Butler from H.E.E.H., 1919. later owner's bookplate on endpaper of Richard Sachs, and date-stamp 1978. page edges browning, text clean and internal binding sound, paper-covered boards and quarter-cloth binding, the spine backstrip torn with some loss and a taped repir to rear edge; overall Good condition / no dustwrapper.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Various, [Frontis. Emery Walker] (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of a touching memoir following two friends who enlisted together during the First World War, including their poignant letters and dairy entries. The first edition of Two Men: A Memoir, edited by headmaster at Shrewsbury School and alpinist Hugh E.E. Howson In the publisher's original quarter cloth, with grey paper boards. Contains two frontispiece of both soldiers, and four other plates in the main text. Collated complete. A touching account of the frienship between two men who taught at Shrewsbuy School and enlised together as soldiers in the First World War, Evelyn Southwell and Malcolm White, including their thoughtful letters and their diary entries. Both were fought and died at the Battle of the Somme, two months apart from each other. In the publisher's original quarter cloth, with grey paper boards. Externally, slight signs of browning to paper boards, and fading to spine. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Slight spotting to end papers, and previous owner's signature to front free end paper. Internally, firmly bound, with very minor wear to hinge between plate and p.257. Pages are bright and clean, with minor age toning to the extremities, and offsetting to rear of first frontispiece. Very Good. book.

First and only edition. 8vo. viii, 302 pp. Publisher's linen backed drab boards, black lettered to the spine, printed title label to the upper cover, near contemporary gift inscription reading "E. Phillips / Dec. 1926 / AHP" to the front free endpaper. Frontispiece photographic portraits of both subjects by Emery Walker plus 4 photographic plates. Slight soiling to the covers, else very good. The scarce and poignant memoir of Evelyn Southwell and Malcolm White who met whilst teaching at Shrewsbury School. The two became very close friends, becoming collectively known as "The Men" and referring to each other as "Man". On the death of a mutual friend in battle in 1915, both men enlisted and corresponded with each other as they saw active service in the following year. White made it to 1st July 1916 before being killed at the Somme, Southwell lasting another two months before also being killed in the same battle on 15th September. On their demise Howson, their fellow Shrewsbury master, compiled this memoir from his own memories of the men and their correspondence and diaries.