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PRICE, W[illiam] R[obert] - Introduced by Mark Pottle: : GUNNER ON THE SOMME: THE MEMOIR OF WILLIAM ROBERT PRICE,1ST SOUTH MIDLAND 1914-1917

UK.STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.THE HISTORY PRESS,2016.

ISBN 9780750969826.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE+/FINE+. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,contempraneous sepia biographical photograph of resting guncrew with gun carriage behind them illustrated front panel with brown+ white lettering to same,dark grey spine/ backstrip with capitalised white lettering,rear panel of dw/dj with posed group of British soldiers in a trench; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reaing creases to any pages' corner tips - pristine - unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered plain navy blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,50221pp [paginated] includes Foreword by Jeremy Davidson,Editorial Notes and acknowledgements,an Introduction by Mark Pottle,11 chapters includes Postscript,16pp contemporary b/w biographical and scenic photographs in 1 block,between pp96/7,and thumbnail b/w regional maps,and b/w diagram maps of Somme Offensive,July-November,1916 and The Western Front,late 1914 to July,1916,an Appendix: Artillerymen mentioned,a glossary,a chronology,2 b/w regional maps,Notes and an index.Plus [unpaginated] title page,contents list/table,and to the rear,as last pages, publisher's b/w photographic advert for 2 other related titles. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation,presentation.It really is an exceptional copy for brightness,cleanliness and its lack of detracting faults. 'GUNNER ON THE SOMME' is a remarkable memoir detailing the life of a gunner on the Western Front as observed by a gentleman scientist who served in the ranks. William Price was a Cambridge botanist who worked at Kew Gardens,but a speech impediment made him feel unable to serve as an officer.He enrolled in the ranks and left this absorbing personal description of how the brigade operated,how the men handled the guns and his experiences as a gunner.His account runs from the outbreak of war until he was wounded in late 1917,and there is a moving postscript written in 1958 when he returned to the battlefields around Ypres.In addition to his descriptions of the fighting at the Somme and Passchendaele,he includes fine detail - such as food and swearing in the ranks - that is hard to fine elsewhere. William Robert Price wrote his First World War memoir in 1962 but after it was rejected by a publisher - he left the manuscript with the Imperial War Museum archive.This first edition of his work includes a foreword by his grandson, Jeremy Davidson,and an introduction and commentary by Mark Pottle (who has previously worked on the papers of Lady Violet Bonham-Carter and Isaiah Berlin,as well as editing several First World War texts). Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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