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O'RIORDAN (Conal) et al.
A Martial Medley: Fact & Fiction.
Special limited edition version, 361pp. Glascene wrap. Eric Partridge, at the Scholartis Press.
1931
#67414
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Copy number 62 of the specially bound & numbered edition of 75 copies signed by the contributors. Interesting compilation containing specially commissioned pieces by ten contributors, all of whom had first-hand experience on which to draw, which addresses some interesting aspects such as Rumours at the Front; By-ways of Army Slang; War from the Ranks &c., divided into three parts: The Conceivably True; Concerning the True & Actually True. The first contains four pieces (by C.W. Grundy, 'Miles', John Brophy & Corrie Denison); the second three pieces (by Stephen Southwold, John Brophy & Eric Partridge) & the third, four pieces (by Norman Hancock, Charles Edmonds [pseud. of Charles Carrington], E.C. Pattison & Conal O'Riordan). 1000 copies were printed of the trade edition, of which which 75 were specially bound with superior paper & cloth, numbered & signed in ink by all of the contributors at the beginning or end of their contribution, this being an example of that version. Orig. black cloth, gilt, VG in orig. glascene wrap. (chipped/torn with damage at head of sp.) & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£145
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