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GIBBS (Major A. Hamilton)
Gun Fodder: The Diary of Four Years of War.
Introduction by Philip Gibbs. 2nd US Ed., xv+313pp., portrait frontis. Generally VG in dw. Boston: Little Brown.
1927
#67156
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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. "He gives a good account of the life of a keen & diligent, but somewhat emotional, New Army gunner officer in France." The English edition (1920) did not include the portrait of the author. Orig. black cloth, titled in red, some staining to bottom edges of leaves, generally VG in dw (this little stained & chipped, but rare in jacket). See illustrations on our website.
£120
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