Editore: Bloomsbury, London, 2009
ISBN 10: 1408802678 ISBN 13: 9781408802670
Da: Old Army Books, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Illus. , jacket now in clear protector; 272 pages.
Editore: Pen and Sword Military, Barnsley, S. Yorkshire, 2013
ISBN 10: 1783032871 ISBN 13: 9781783032877
Da: Old Army Books, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Reprint. Illus. , maps, jacket now in a clear protector; 178 pages.
Editore: London Bloomsbury, 2009
ISBN 10: 1408802678 ISBN 13: 9781408802670
Da: Handsworth Books PBFA, Woodford Green, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
8vo, 272pp, Illustrated, No Signatures or Annotations, Hardback with Dust Jacket both in Very Good condition.
Editore: London Bloomsbury, 2008
ISBN 10: 0747597804 ISBN 13: 9780747597803
Da: Handsworth Books PBFA, Woodford Green, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
Condizione: UNSPECIFIED. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). 8vo, vi,394pp, Illustrated, Inscription in ink to front endpaper, Hardback with Dust Jacket both in Very Good condition.
Editore: Bloomsbury, London England, 2009
ISBN 10: 1408802678 ISBN 13: 9781408802670
Da: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Sapper Martin. Written in a clear, often humerous style, Jack Martin's diary reveals a distinctive and compelling mind, presenting the reality of war with heartbreaking clarity. From his arrival in France during the Battle of the Somme, through the onslaughts at Messines and Ypres and the German offensive of 1918, to the Armistice, we see the Great War ads it was lived and fought by the ordinary Tommy. Martin describes the reality of life at the front - the ever-present fear of death, the loneliness, and the appalling conditions in which the men lived and died - but also the support of friends and joy at the arrival of parcels from loved ones at home. Through it all, Martin maintains an extraordinary humanity and tranquility of spirit, underpinned by a wry humour. These diaries are an exceptional discovery and are now published for the first time. They have been expertly edited and introduced by the noted First World War historian Richard van Emden. Illustrated. 272 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Editore: Pen and Sword Military, Barnsley, 2002
ISBN 10: 0850528631 ISBN 13: 9780850528633
Da: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. 2002. 208pp. B&W illustrations. "After witnessing German naval attacks on British civilians, Norman Collins enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders of the 51st Highland Division, even though he was under age. Collins fought at the battles of Beaumont Hamel, Arras, and Passchendaele, and was wounded several times. Collins lived to be 100 and had an unusually detailed collection of letters, documents, illustrations and photographs. Richard van Emden has written a moving biography of a unique personality at war, and his long life after the dramatic events of his youth." Both book and unclipped dust jacket are in excellent condition. All contents are tight and clean. There are no inscriptions.
Editore: Pen and Sword Military, Great Britain, 2013
ISBN 10: 1783032871 ISBN 13: 9781783032877
Da: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Reprint. Hardcover. Teenage Tommy. Memoirs of a Cavalryman in the First World War. This book is a detailed account of a trooper's life at the front, vividly recalling, for example, the privations suffered during the retreat from Mons and later, the desperate fighting to hold back the German onslaught at 2nd Ypres. But this is more than just a memoir about trench warfare. Ben's lively sense of humour and healthy disrespect for petty restrictions make thins and entertaining as well as a moving story of life at the front. Illustrated. 178 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).
Editore: Bloomsbury London 2009 ISBN: 9781408802670, 2009
Da: Alexander Fax Booksellers, Mawson, ACT, Australia
Hard cover dust wrapper 272pp b&w plates. New Book Albert John ('Jack') Martin was a thirty-two-year-old clerk at the Admiralty when he was called up to serve in the army in September 1916. These diaries, written in secret, hidden from his colleagues and only discovered by his family after his return home, present the Great War with heartbreaking clarity, written in a voice as compelling and distinctive as Wilfred Owen or Siegfried Sassoon and all the more extraordinary given that it is not an officer's but that of a private. From his arrival in France and his participation in the Somme, through offensives at Ypres and eventual demobilisation after the Armistice, we see wartime life as it really was for the ordinary Tommy. We witness the cheerful Albert Martin getting to grips with life in the trenches and, together with his comrades in the Royal Engineers, confronting the ever-present threat of injury or death. We also see the mundane reality of life at the front line - the arguments with superiors, the joy brought by the arrival of packages from loved ones at home and the appalling conditions in which that attritional war was fought.
Editore: Spellmount/Howell Press Inc., 1996
ISBN 10: 1873376553 ISBN 13: 9781873376553
Da: W. Lamm, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Tight, clean and crisp. A faint hint of shelf wear to dustjacket, otherwise As New. An excellent copy now protected in a new Mylar cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. ; 9.30 X 6.40 X 1 inches; 192 pages.
Editore: Spellmount, Staplehurst, 1996
ISBN 10: 1873376553 ISBN 13: 9781873376553
Da: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First. very nice copy.