SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S DESPATCHES : December 1915-April 1919
by Boraston, J.H. (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Columbus, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1920. 374pp. Red cloth hardback with gold type, very light rubbing at corner and spine tips, Seperate slipcase with 10 fold-out battle maps, slipcase has wear along edges and ribbon tie missing, Second printing of 1919 edition, map in rear of book, index, b&w photos and maps, small tear on page 307, The Despatches of Sir Douglas Haig, who was a "senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war. He was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Arras, the Third Battle of Ypres, the German Spring Offensive, and the Hundred Days Offensive",. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Karen Wickliff - Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w190126309
- Title
- SIR DOUGLAS HAIG'S DESPATCHES : December 1915-April 1919
- Author
- Boraston, J.H. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd.
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Biography Military Douglas Haig British Soldiers Despatches Narratives Army Government
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; Biography; United Kingdom;
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Karen Wickliff - Books
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