Joyce Cary, the renowned novelist and author of The Horse's Mouth, was 23 years old at the start of the Balkan War of 1912-1913. A one time art student in Edinburgh and Paris and newly down from Trinity College, Oxford he went through the war as a stretcher-bearer in the Red Cross. Shortly after his return he wrote Memoir of the Bobotes without thought of publication. It is an extraordinarily vivid account of a forgotten war fought by peasants under primitive conditions - yet particularly fascinating today to readers with ...
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Joyce Cary, the renowned novelist and author of The Horse's Mouth, was 23 years old at the start of the Balkan War of 1912-1913. A one time art student in Edinburgh and Paris and newly down from Trinity College, Oxford he went through the war as a stretcher-bearer in the Red Cross. Shortly after his return he wrote Memoir of the Bobotes without thought of publication. It is an extraordinarily vivid account of a forgotten war fought by peasants under primitive conditions - yet particularly fascinating today to readers with memories of later Balkan wars. It is both a moving and illuminating account of the war but it also offers a self-portrait of a young, upper-class Englishman - idealistic, sensitive, romantic -living in the belief that 'there would be no more wars'. Cary went on to become one of the 20th century's greatest novelists.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket. Book club edition. Pages a little browned; bottom corner of back board bumped; minor wear to dust jacket edges; glue stain on front free end paper.
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Used-Acceptable. Ex lib hardback in VG dustjacket. 1st edition. Ex Boots Library-label on front board; black cloth mottled; slight scattered foxing; dj a little worn & foxed, with sellotape.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.
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Cary, Joyce. Very Good in Very Good jacket. First Edition. Black cloth boards with olive green dust jacket with white titles and authors name in pink. Book is in very good+ condition with no inscriptions. Dust jacket generally very good with just a small closed tear at the top near the right corner and has been price clipped.
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Good in good dust jacket. First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Good to Very Good condition, in a similar dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (the pictures you see on Alibris are NOT our own).
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