This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... introduction There seems no reason to me why I should write a preface to my brother's book except that I have been, as it were, a herald of war proclaiming the achievements of Knights and men-at-arns in this great conflict that has passed, and so may take up my scroll again on his behalf, because here ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... introduction There seems no reason to me why I should write a preface to my brother's book except that I have been, as it were, a herald of war proclaiming the achievements of Knights and men-at-arns in this great conflict that has passed, and so may take up my scroll again on his behalf, because here is a good soldier who has told, in a good book, his story of "most disastrous chances of moving accidents by flood and field; of hair-breadth 'scapes i' the imminent-deadly breach." That he was a good soldier I can say not because my judgment is swayed by brotherly partiality, but because I saw him at his job, and heard the opinions of his fellow officers, which were immensely in his favor. "Your brother is a born soldier," said my own Chief who was himself a gallant officer and had a quick eye for character. I think that waa true. The boy whom once I wheeled in a go-cart when he was a shock-headed Peter and I the elder brother with a sense of responsibility towards him, had grown up before the war into a strong man whose physical prowess as an amateur pugilist, golfer, archer (in any old sport) was quite outside my sphere of activities, which were restricted to watching the world spin round and recording its r movements by quick penmanship. Then the war came and like all the elder brothers of England I had a quick kind of heart-beat when I knew that the kid brother had joined up and in due time would have to face the music being played by the great orchestra of death across the fields of life. I saw the war before he did, knew the worst before he guessed at the lesser evils of it, heard the crash of shell fire, went into burning and bombarded towns, helped to carry dead and wounded, while he was training in England under foul-mouthed...
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Very Good. Non-author inscribed on the front fly-leaf: "To the irresitible Irish as incarnate in.....from the merely Yankee Edwin Herbert Lewis December 25, 1925." (Edwin H. Lewis was an author and professor). Introduction by Philip Gibbs. Illustrated with a black-and-white photographic frontispiece of the author. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation in heavy cardboard boxes. Lacking the dust jacket. Very good condition. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984.; Black-and-white frontispiece; 8vo.; 313 pages.
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Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover and edges shows shelf wear. Former owner's name on front page. Pages are clean and intact. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
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Very good(+) 313 pages. 8vo, brown cloth, light rubbing and darkening at edges. Boston: Little Brown, 1919. First Edition. Very good(+). Presentation by the author on the fly leaf.
