London: Cassell and Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1917. Hardcover. Spine faded. Dampstains to margins of frontispice. Contemporary owner's inscription. Minor foxing.; July 1917 reprint (the first edition was May 1917). x, [2], 232 pages + frontispiece + 11 illustrations on 7 plate leaves + 1 folding map. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 201 x 136mm. Military history, World War One. Australian Imperial Force in France. "They were written to depict the surroundings in which, that history has been made; first in the quiet green Flemish lowlads, then with a swift, sudden plunge into the grim, reeking, naked desolation of the Somme." - from the Preface. .

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Bookseller: Renaissance Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 17875
Title: Letters from France
Author: Bean, C. E. W
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
Publisher: Cassell and Company
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1917

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