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VANDERBILT (John B.)
World War I Experiences of an Ambulance Driver.
1st Ed., [vi]+100pp., group photo. No imprint/date. [Privately printed, c.1970s]
#67872
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Rather a rare account of the experiences of a member of Bucknell Ambulance Section Number 525, a unit of the United States Army Ambulance Corps attached to a French Army Division, including evacuating casualties during two major offensives. The curious genesis of this scarce book came about as follows, as explained by the author: "Two people have helped me make this book possible; my daughter, Mary Jane, & her husband, Boyd Warne. For almost 25 years Boyd has worked for the Xerox Corporation... He wanted to use the latest products of Xerox Corporation to produce an example of what these machines could do above & beyond the routine tasks they are used for in daily business activities. My diary, in his opinion, would be a perfect vehicle to demonstrate the capabilities of these machines. Boyd prepared the text of this book using the Xerox 800 Electronic Typing System & printed the book using the Zerox 9200 Duplicator. Over several weekends he typed the text. Mary Jane and I proofread the material; correcting the spelling, typing errors, grammar and sentence structure to the best of our ability. Without their help, my diary probably would never have been shared with you, the reader." Orig. green cloth, gilt title to front & sp., the outcome of a pretty cool self-publishing project. See illustrations on our website.
£90
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