The Lead Swinger: The Bivouac Journal of the 1/3rd West Riding Field Ambulance. Volume I, September to December 1915. [Together with:] Volumes II & III, March 1916-March 1919.
Vol. I approx. 160pp., 4to, sketches &c. throughout & Vols. II & III bound together, 545pp., 4to, sketches &c. throughout. Sheffield: Northend Printers.1916/1921.
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One of the best unit journals of the war, originally published in manuscript on the Western Front & here reproduced in volume form. The first resissued in 1916 & Vols. II & III in 1921. The Editor's introduction explains: "Articles have been written... in the trenches of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle & Thiepval... Temporary editorial offices have consisted of huts, tents, bivouacs, dug-outs, ruined houses, barns & cow-sheds... Many long & adventurous journeys have been undertaken by the box containing the precious manuscript..." Orig. dec. printed paper covd. boards with cloth backstrips, both volumes VG. See illustrations on our website.
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