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War Poems   2 Books
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BOWMAN (A.A.) Sonnets from a Prison Camp. 1st Ed., xi+152pp. Lane. 1919  #62902
[HLMainPic] Poetry with war &/or PoW themes. Bowman, a subaltern in the HLI, was captured in April 1918 & incarcerated in the Offizier-Gefangenenlager at Hesepe. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sp. dull o/w VG & inscribed by the author: "With kind regards, A.A. Bowman Christmas 1921." See illustrations on our website.   £45
CLARK (T.B.) Poems of a Private: A Souvenir of France & Salonica. 10h Ed., 64pp., portrait frontis. Nicholson & Sons. nd (c.1918)  #62899
[HLMainPic] The author also published "Rhymes of a Rifleman: A Souvenir of the Trenches" & various "broadsides." He served as a rifleman in the KRRC in France & Salonika, & verses in this work were written on both Fronts. Part of the profits of the book were destined for St. Dunstan's Hostel for blinded Sailors & Soldiers. Little chipped, near VG, & considering that this is the 10th Edition, remarkably scarce. See illustration on our website.   £25

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