In Retreat [Hogarth Essays XII] by Read, Herbert - 1925

E-302. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Imperail War Museum, London, UK. 1991. 43 pgs. Hogarth Essays XII. Facsimile reprint. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Written in 1919 but not published until 1925, Herbert Read’s short memoir ‘In Retreat’ tells the story of the 2nd Green Howards during the German 1918 Spring Offensive. Despite its brevity the account is rich in the type of detail missing from many of the official unit war diaries of the period. Though a small picture of a huge event it would be hard to find a better account of what the infantry of Sir Hubert Gough’s Fifth Army went through during those last days in March 1918. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Faber and Faber, 1930. Pages bright, light spotting on page edges, spotting on soft covers.. Second Impression. Soft. Good. 12mo. Pamphlet.

London: Faber & Faber 1930. Small 8vo.Pamphlet. 45 pp. Paper pamphlet. A few minor marks to covers with slight rubbing to edges of covers and one small tear. Internally clean, pages uncut and unopened. With a map at the front. No. 8 in the Criterion Miscellany. . Very Good. Wraps. First Edition. 1925.

London: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1925. First Edition. Vanessa Bell illustration on front board.. Vanessa Bell illustration on front board. First Edition. Herbert Read IN RETREAT The Hogarth Essays First Series No.6 with cover design by Vanessa Bell. White paper boards printed black. 43 pp. Size: 8 1/2' x 5 1/2" Splits and cracking at the top and bottom of front joint. Some sunning and spotting on the back covers but overall clean pages. THE ROUTE OF OUR RETREAT map inserted map at the end. Woolmer notes that 252 were printed [Woolmer 74] A unique edition to any Hogarth's library.