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GIBBS (Major A. Hamilton)
The Grey Wave.
Introduction by Philip Gibbs. 1st Ed., xvii+271pp. Hutchinson.
1920
#68193
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Enlistment & training with the 9th Lancers in 1914, serving with them briefly in France before returning home to a commission in the RFA at the beginning of 1915. Returned to France with 379th Battery RFA, ultimately to command it until gassed in the March Retreat, 1918. "Major Gibbs is a brother of Sir Philip Gibbs, & has some of his power of description, as well as a dash of his philosophy - undeveloped when this book was written. He gives a good account of the life of a keen & diligent, but somewhat emotional, New Army gunner officer in France." - Falls. Orig. green cloth, titled in grey to sp., bookplate of RA Inst., Woolwich, no other markings, VG & very scarce. See illustration on our website.
£75
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