royal field leech (2 Ergebnisse)

FIRST EDITION 8vo red clothbound hardback, gilt. 306pp. plus 6pp. Publisher's List. Blank Ex Libris bookplate to front pastedown (pasted over a partially removed earlier bookplate). Occasional light foxing, heavier to prelims and foredge. Gilt to spine very faded but bright to upper board. Covers rather soiled and spine top and base edgeworn with a couple of small splits. Overall a Good Sound Copy. This scarce book covers the author's military life from mobilsation with the Royal Medical Army Corps in August 1914 and their time in France, also his experience with a Canadian Clearing Station in the Canadian Section. (Shelf 130) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this very scarce autobiographical account of the author's experiences during WWI while being posted at a casualty clearing station. The first edition.In the publisher's original cloth.A very scarce work.This autobiographical work was written anonymously under the name 'A royal field leech', but has been attributed by some to be F. A. Symons. The work provides an account of the author's experiences through WWI during their time at a clearing hospital, a facility for treating wounded soldiers on the front lines. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with a slight lean, minor fading to the spine, the odd mark to the boards and slight bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Offsetting and pencil notations to the endpapers with an ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with minor age toning to the extremities, with occasional spotting. Very Good. book.