Barbed Wire Ballads
by Melville, Lieut. Tom (Scotty)
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Canada: School Aids and Text Book Publishing Co., Ltd., 1945. Book. Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 62 pages. Presents thirty-one ballads penned by a Canadian prisoner of war in Germany's Oflag VII/B during WWII "...in the belief that they may be of some interest to the folks in Canada, and that our friends at home may get some inkling of the things we do and the things we think about behind the old barbed wire." - page 3. Ominous cover art depicts large Nazi boot treading on silhouette of POW behind barbed wire. Reproduction of the author's POW photo on page 6. Photo of the Pipe Band of Oflag VII/B on page 30 includes Brigadier W. Southam (Canada). Sketch of Oflag VII-B on page 62. Dedicated to the men of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, and the South Saskatchewan Regiment. Laid-in is an undated WWII news clipping entitled Poem Found on Body of Unknown Soldier. Prior owner's name stroked out atop first leaf. Average wear. Binding sound. A sombre WWII memento..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 515H4399
- Title
- Barbed Wire Ballads
- Author
- Melville, Lieut. Tom (Scotty)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- School Aids and Text Book Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Barbed Wire Ballads Poetry POW Prisoners of War Canadian Army 16th Battalion 43d 43rd Oflag VII/B Germany Camp Pipe Band of Oflag VII/B Brigadier W. Southam (Canada). Sketch of Oflag VII-B Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada South Saskatchewan
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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