WAR DIARY OF "D" BATTERY ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY : 3rd CAVALRY BRIGADE (COPY BATTERY DIARY)
by GILLSON, MAJOR G.(AND LATER OTHERS)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
NEWBRIDGE, UK: "D" BATTERY ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY. BOUND IN GREEN CLOTH, WITHOUT TITLES TO BOARDS OR SPINE. A NOTE PRIOR TO TITLE PAGE STATES THAT THE DIARY WAS PRINTED IN CAIRO BY A GREEK WHO HAD NO ENGLISH, AND BECAUSE OF THIS MISTAKES HAD CREPT IN. THE BATTERY SPENT THE WAR IN FRANCE,THEIR EXPLOITS DETAILED IN THIS ACCOUNT, BUT WERE POSTED TO INDIA IN 1920. THIS EXPLAINS WHY THE BOOK WAS PRINTED IN CAIRO : THEY WOULD HAVE STOPPED OFF THERE, ON THE WAY OUT AND THE WAY BACK. THE DIARY OF THEIR WAR IN FRANCE (1914-18) WAS KEPT BY A SUCCESSION OF OFFICERS NAMED IN THIS BOOK AND BEGUN IN 1914, BY MAJOR G. GILLSON, R.H.A. THE OWNER OF THIS BOOK WAS A/T. KENNETSON, "D" BATTERY, R.H.A. CONDITION OF BOOK VG . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1919.
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- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002200716
- Title
- WAR DIARY OF "D" BATTERY ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY : 3rd CAVALRY BRIGADE (COPY BATTERY DIARY)
- Author
- GILLSON, MAJOR G.(AND LATER OTHERS)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- "D" BATTERY ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY
- Place of Publication
- NEWBRIDGE, UK
- Date Published
- 1919
- Pages
- 197
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Keywords
- "WAR DIARY OF "D" BATTERY, R.H.A, 1914-1919 BY MAJOR G. GILLSON, 16mo HARDCOVER, FIRST EDITION, PRINTED IN CAIRO AND PUBLISHED BY THE R.H.A. CONDITION VG
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
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Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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