Open House In Flanders 1914-1918. Chateau De La Motte Au Bois
by La Grange, Baroness Ernest De
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1930. First American Edition. HB. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, (xii) 399 pp. Top edge of text block stained blue. Translated from the unpublished French by Melanie Lind, and with an introduction by Viscount Allenby. World War I account, based on her diary, of life at the Chateau De La Motte au Bois, which the Baroness made available to the Allied Armies as a headquarters and refuge. The Chateau was never more than 10 miles behind the front lines, but the Baroness refused to leave until 1918. She was referred to affectionately as "The Mother Of The British Army." Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page, in French. The author is inviting the recipient of the book to visit her at her Paris home on the Rue de Longchamp. Laid in is a post card with the photo of the author having a picnic lunch at Ypres in 1928. Shown are Marshall Petain, General Weygand, the Prince of Wales, and the author, and on the rear of the card, the author has written an explanation of the event. No marks in book, binding tight and covers clean. Book condition VG+.
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- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JO7539
- Title
- Open House In Flanders 1914-1918. Chateau De La Motte Au Bois
- Author
- La Grange, Baroness Ernest De
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War I;
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