VCs Of The Somme by Gerald, Gliddon

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

Budding Books, 2000. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Slight rubbing to wrapper, no fading or tears. Not price clipped, no inscriptions, illustrated, bright and clean internally with hardly any wear. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.

Stroud, United Kingdom: Sutton Publishing, Limited, 2000. 212pp, preface, introduction, over 250 b&w illus. (photographs, maps, reproductions & drawings), sources, bibliography, Appendix: Additional Sources, ~The Battle of the Somme lasted from 1 July to 18 November and is remembered as one of the most horrific and tragic battles of the First World War. One the first day alone nearly 19,000 British troops were killed -- the greatest one-day loss in the history of the British Army. By November the death toll in the armies of Britain, France and Germany had risen to more than one million. This book tells the story of the fifty-one soldiers from the Commonwealth and Empire armies whose bravery on the battlefield was rewarded by the Victoria Cross. Not only do we learn of the heroic endeavours of these men at the height of battle, but we also read of their lives before 1914, ranging from the back streets of Glasgow to a country house in Cheshire, and of what life was like after the war for the… Read More

Stroud: Budding Books, 1997. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. . Hardback in dust wrapper (matching pictorial boards). Physically 9¾” x 7” (1 kg); (viii) 212pp; Bibliography; In the VCs of the First World War series; Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps; Appendix; ISBN: 1-8401-5007-6 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #190781|| Condition:

Sutton Publishing, 1997-10-23. Hardcover. Good. 2.2843 in x 24.8731 in x 17.5127 in. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition.

Phoenix Mill : A. Sutton, 1995. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: viii, 212 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Subjects: Soldiers Great Britain Biography. Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916. Genre: History. Language: English.

Stroud: Budding Books, 1997. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. quarto. pp VIII, 212. An unread book. Top edge slightly foxed.