The Irish Guards in the Great War: Edited and Compiled from Their Diaries and Papers - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1923. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Cloth. An attractive set of first American editions in two volumes. Both volumes in Near Fine condition with minor rubbing to edges, paper labels on spine lightly chipped. Top edges gilt. Lacking the rare dust-jackets. Richards A341, Livingston 483, Stewart 504; Kipling's history of the Irish Guards in World War I recounting details of various engagements. Meticulously researched from primary sources, including several maps ; Vol. 1 & 2; 8vo; [viii], ix-xviii, 334; [xiv], 307, [1] pages .
Synopsis
Originally published: London : Macmillan, 1923. Includes index.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34337
- Title
- The Irish Guards in the Great War: Edited and Compiled from Their Diaries and Papers - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Kipling, Rudyard
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st US Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print
- Bookseller catalogs
- History / World War Literature; By Year Of Issue / 1920s;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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