Tommy Atkins At War (As Told in His Own Letters)

New York: McBride, Nast & Company. Very Good+. 1914. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name (and Chinese Chop) on the front endpaper, along with an ink stamped name and city at the bottom corner of the front endpaper. There is an inked code on the rear endpaper. "Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army. It was certainly well established during the nineteenth century, but is particularly associated with World War I. It can be used as a term of reference, or as a form of address. German soldiers would call out to "Tommy" across no man's land if they wished to speak to a British soldier. French and Commonwealth troops would also call British soldiers "Tommies". In more recent times, the term Tommy Atkins has been used less frequently, although the name "Tom" is occasionally still heard; private soldiers in the British Army's Parachute Regiment are still referred to as "Toms". " (from Wikipedia) .