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SHAINWALD (Richard H.)
Letters & Notes from France, June 30, 1917 - November 6, 1918. Being the Personal Experiences & Reminiscences of the Author, Richard D. Shainwald, Soldat 2eme Classe, French Army; Private, M.T.C., U.S. Army; Sergeant, M.T.C., U.S. Army; 2nd Lieutenant, M.T.C., U.S. Aemy.
1st Ed., [ix]+69pp., 4to (256x180mm), portrait frontis., repro. of Certificate Awarded by French Govt. Privately Printed by the Abbott Press, San Francisco.
1919
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Travelling to France in 1917, the author joined the American Field Service at Paris & became a truck driver in the Transport Service attached to the French Army, & was present at the Battle of Chemin des Dames in August 1917, &c. With the arrival of the A.E.F. he transferred to the Motor Transport Corps of the U.S. Army & served at Chateau Thierry &c. Orig. blue paper covd. boards with wheat cloth backstrrip & paper lettering label to front, VG, a nice quality production produced in a signed limited edition of fifty copies, of which this is No. 26. Note: Richard H. Shainwald See illustrations on our website.
£85
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