TROUNCE (Capt. H.D.)
Fighting the Boche Underground.
1st Ed., vii+234p., portrait frontis., 7 plates, fldg. sketch of trenches & tunnel systems. NY: Scribner's.
1918
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Memoirs of tunneling & mining by an American officer of the Royal Engineers (who later served in the USA Engineers), including operations at Vimy Ridge, Ancre, Arras, &c. The folding sketch is a remarkably interesting view of trench systems & tunnels, both above & below ground, detailing the opposing front lines & the organisation of the tunnels, from behind-the lines shelters & shafts to the front-end galleries &c. Orig. dec. printed paper covd. boards with green cloth backstrip, sp. marked, o/w VG & rare original edition. See illustrations on our website.
£125
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