Salute The Soldier: An Anthology Of Quotations, Poems And Prose (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY CAPTAIN ERIC WHEELER BUSH)
by Bush, Captain Eric Wheeler
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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About This Item
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1966. VG/Good. First edition, first printing in d/w price clipped. SIGNED BY EDITOR, CAPTAIN ERIC BUSH, without dedication or inscription on title-page. An anthology of great competence and outstanding interest, in which riches known and unknown are marshalled as never before. From Cromwell to Churchill, through the battles of Marlborough, Wolfe, Abercromby and Wellington through the Afghan and Crimean Wars, the Indian Mutiny, the China, Zulu and Boer Wars, and the two World Wars, the feats of the British Army, its leaders and its men, are celebrated in hundreds of passages of verse and prose. With 'British Regiments Mentioned', Bibliography, Index of Authors. Minor spotting to fore-edge and bottom-edge; d/w is edge worn with chipping; d/w has long tears along folds and spotting to rear panel; d/w has small losses to head and tail of spine, and corners of the d/w; d/w has two telephone numbers written on front panel; else a very good copy, in a good only d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY CAPTAIN ERIC BUSH. D/w now protected in a detachable. non-adhesive, clear sheaf. . Signed by Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Good.
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- Greystone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15838
- Title
- Salute The Soldier: An Anthology Of Quotations, Poems And Prose (SCARCE HARDBACK FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY CAPTAIN ERIC WHEELER BUSH)
- Author
- Bush, Captain Eric Wheeler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Signed. Autographed. Military History. Military. History.British Army. Anthology. Anecdotes. Stoies. Ballads. Verse. Poetry. Military Literature. Literature. Cromwell. Churchill. Marlborough. Wolfe. Abercromby. Wellington. Afghan Wars. Crimean Wars. India
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; Literature;
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