THE LEGION BOOK
by Various Contributors, including Winston Churchill (Capt. H. Cotton Minchin, editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. First American Edition (Cohen B38.3) (Woods B12b). Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (290 pages, illustrated with 8 leaves of plates). Elegant, large-format literary anthology, published under the auspices of the Prince of Wales. Contributors included P.G. Wodehouse, Paul Nash, Muirhead Bone and Winston Churchill, whose appreciation of Earl Haig appears on page 21. This is a very good copy of the First American edition, without dust jacket. A previous owner's inkstamp appears on the front free endpaper. The contents are fine.
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- Bookseller
- Chartwell Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140166
- Title
- THE LEGION BOOK
- Author
- Various Contributors, including Winston Churchill (Capt. H. Cotton Minchin, editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition (Cohen B38.3) (Woods B12b)
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8vo (290 pages, illustrated with
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