The Bystander's Fragments from France by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather

London: The Bystander, 1111. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Not dated; thought to be first edition and printing as title does not include a volume number. In good tan cloth boards with tipped in colour illustration of two soldiers appearing out of a hole with bombs going off with words "Well, if you know of a better 'ole, Go to it". The boards are quite dean, loose front cover; spine ends and corners bumped and frayed. Lightly marked end papers; the gussets are cracked. Tanned cut edges. The first few pages of the text block are loose from tail end; the remaining pages are quite tightly bound; slight tanning on most page edges. Good condition. With b/w or sepia illustrations on every page. No dedications etc. Not paginated. Without jacket.

H. R. Baines & Co. The Bystander, London, n.d Folio (12 x 8 inches), 48-pages of plates. Original printed wrappers. Wire-stitched as issued. Corners bumped, short split to backstrip else very good. Signature on upper wrapper dated 1916.

The Bystander., London., undated, c.1918.. 1918. Soft cover. stapled paperback, 4to, 48pp, contents clean and sound, staples rusted, paper wraps with pictorial front panel, spine has parted with old paper-tape repairs to spine and rear cover corner; overall Good condition. .

Hardback, no dust jacket, 1-7 volumes of "Fragments from France" bound in one book, gold print on spine bright, cover has light general wear, pages a little yellowed, text clean