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Six Weeks At War: 1915 First Edition
by Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
1915 A.C. McClurg & Co. trade hardcover, first edition. Black cloth overboards with red cross & text to front cover, heavy fading on the front board & spine, one of the illustration pages is missing a corner & former owner's bookplate behind the front board, else very good throughout.
British organizations, individuals & groups of friends gave lavishly of funds, stores & the services of trained nurses to the French, Belgian & Serbian Allies &, by 17 August 1914, Millicent had installed an ambulance with 8 trained nurses & a surgeon, Mr. Oswald Morgan of Guys' Hospital, in Namur.
This became the No9 Red Cross Hospital(Millicient Duchess of Sutherland's Ambulance) & it was established in the Convent of Les Soeurs de Notre Dame. On 22 August 1914 German forces attacked Namur & the hospital was inundated with wounded soldiers. In her book 'Six Weeks at the War' which is in fact a diary, she gives a graphic account of her experiences on that day. - The Western Front Association
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- Bookseller
- jonny8books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1376
- Title
- Six Weeks At War
- Author
- Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland
- Format/Binding
- Trade hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.C. McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1915
- Pages
- 116
- Size
- 7x5x1
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1914-1918 Civilian war relief Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Récits personnels Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Secours aux civils Personal narratives World War, 1914-1918 Civilian relief World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives
- Bookseller catalogs
- WWI;
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jonny8books
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
About jonny8books
I'm into anything old, unusual or cool & Regional interests around the Memphis area.
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