WAR DIARY
by Leach, George E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
No Place: Rainbow Division , 1923. 205pp. Full gray cloth, gilt letters; slightly edge worn, spine letters dulled, else very good. Pages lightly age-toned, else very good. George Leach's, Colonel of the 151st Field Artillery, battle front experiences during WWI. AUTHOR SIGNED AND INSCRIBED: "To my Commander of the Mexican Border Captain Anthony Fiala with my sincere regards / George E. Leach / Colonel 151st F.A. ASSOCIATION COPY: ANTHONY FIALA. Fiala (b.1869--d.1950) was the first to film the Arctic polar regions in 1901 during the Baldwin--Ziegler expedition, 1901-02. He was the commander and photographer the second Ziegler Arctic expedition in 1903-05. This search for the North Pole ended in failure. He wrote of this experience: Fighting the Polar Ice in 1906. . Signed & Inscribed by Author. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M1596WWI
- Title
- WAR DIARY
- Author
- Leach, George E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Rainbow Division
- Place of Publication
- No Place
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- First World War One WWI Arctic Exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Military - WWI;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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