Description:
Hodder & Stoughton. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN:
ROUGH RHYMES OF A PADRE. by Kennedy, G.A. Studdert, M.C., C.F. "Woodbine Willie". Introduction by Llewellyn H. Gwynne - 1918
by Kennedy, G.A. Studdert, M.C., C.F. "Woodbine Willie". Introduction by Llewellyn H. Gwynne
Similar copies are shown below.
Similar copies are shown to the right.
ROUGH RHYMES OF A PADRE.
by Kennedy, G.A. Studdert, M.C., C.F. "Woodbine Willie". Introduction by Llewellyn H. Gwynne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, 1918. 99 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H) - red cloth with gold lettering on spine and front board. A collection of poems by a padre who served with the 46th and 24th Infantry Divisions of the B.E.F. during World War I. He earned the nickname "Woodbine Willie" for dispensing the practical comfort of cigarettes along with his prayers for wounded and dying soldiers in France. Includes: The Sorrow of God; Prayer Before an Attack; Christmas; A Scrap of Paper; A Mother Understands; English Land in France; His Mate; What are We Fighting for?, etc. Small greeting inscription on preliminary page, book cracked at pages 86/87 and 38/39 (pages holding firmly), very small erased pencil check mark on page 98, spine slightly twisted, darkening and foxing on top of textblock, a few tiny foxing marks on fore-edge of textblock, very light edgewear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, damp mark at fore-edge of front board, light soiling.. First Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket.
-
Bookseller
Independent bookstores
(CA)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition No Jacket
- Edition First Canadian Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication Toronto
- Date Published 1918
- Keywords British authors, Poets, 46th Infantry, 24th, British Expeditionary Force, World War One, First, I, Padres, Soldiers, Trenches, Prayer, God, Christmas, Death, Mothers, France, Woodbine Willie, G.A. Studdert Kennedy, Early 20th Century Poety, Military Poetr
We have 4 copies available starting at $26.13.
Lighten Our Darkness: Some Less Rough Rhymes of a Padre
by Studdert Kennedy, G.A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
$26.13
Show Details
Item Price
$26.13
Rough Rhymes of a Padre
by Kennedy, G.A. Studdert (Woodbine Willie)
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
- Item Price
-
$199.95
Show Details
Description:
London: Hodder and Stoughton. Fair. 1918. Fifth Edition. Paperback. 94 pages. "Some of these poems were printed at my request and gained great popularity amongst all ranks in the B.E.F. I feel sure that through these homely verses many a man has come to realise for the first time some deep truth of the Sorrow of God in this world's greatest agony. The author has had experience in all parts of this battle as a chaplain and knows and loves the men for whom he writes." - Llewellyn H. Gwynne, Deputy Chaplain General, France, 1918. Dedicated to the officers and men of the 46th and 24th Infantry Divisions. Proceeds of this volume went to St. Dunstan's Hostel for Blinded Soldiers. Pencil and ink writing atop Table of Contents. Light pencil writing upon back cover. Minimal markings to contents. Covers protected by aged clear plastic laminate. Yellowed tape repairs to backstrip and inside front cover. This copy appears to have been frequently relied upon, thus it bears…
Read More Item Price
$199.95
Rough Rhymes of a Padre
by Studdert Kennedy G.A. (Woodbine Willie)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
$246.52
Show Details
Description:
Hodder and Stoughton, 1919-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.5228 in x 18.5279 in x 12.1827 in. Ex-library book, usual stamps and marking. Clean text, sound binding. 1940 LIBRARY REBIND EDITION.
Item Price
$246.52
More Rough Rhymes of a Padre
by Kennedy, G.A. Studdert (Woodbine Willie)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
- Item Price
-
$295.00
Show Details
Description:
London/New York/Toronto: Hodder and Stoughton. Fair. 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. 89 pages. Undated but appears to be circa 1919. Pertinent poetic verses neatly hand-written upon verso of dedication page. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling to red cloth-covered boards. Small opening at top of front hinge. Front free endpaper neatly removed. Printed in Great Britain.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; More Rough Rhymes of a Padre World War One I Woodbine Willie .
Item Price
$295.00