The Somme - Then And Now

Bailey Brothers & Swinfen Ltd. (1976)

Special Limited (250 copies) Advance Issue. Issue No. 236

Hardcover

129 pages | 214 x 220 mm | Great Britain | English

AUD 29.95 | Value: AUD 200.00

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Dewey 940.4/272

LC Classification D545.S7 .G63

Subject

Somme (France)
Somme, 1st Battle Of The, France, 1916
Somme, 2nd Battle Of The, France, 1918
Travel / Europe / France
World War, 1914-1918

Plot

"In this revised edition ... John Giles has succeeded in recapturing the atmosphere of an era when men fought savage battles in and around water-filled trenches amongst the stinking litter of war ... Eye-witness accounts of the bitter fighting are blended with contemporary photographs juxtaposed with comparision [i.e. comparison] pictures taken by the author of the same spots today. The result is a salute to all those men who marched along the roads of Picardy, from Amiens and the surrounding camps, through the ruined town of Albert and onwards to the trenches of the Somme battleground"--Jacket.

Details

Printed By	Plaistow Press Ltd., London
First Edition	Yes

Personal

Owner	Bribie Island RSL Sub-Branch Library
Location	P2
Index	2277
Added Date	21 June 2023 13:10:58
Modified Date	28 August 2023 08:51:42

Value

Retail Price	AUD 29.95
Value	AUD 200.00
Book Condition	Good
Dust Jacket	Yes

Notes

(inside front Cover) - This is volume No 236 of a special advance issue of this book (series 1 - 250).
Signed by the Author "With best wishes, John Giles, 23/9/77".

Gifted by Judy Cunnington, Bellara, in memory of her husband Darrel, June 2023.