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CARSTAIRS, CARROLL: : A GENERATION MISSING

LONDON.WILLIAM HEINEMANN,December,1930.

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UK,12mo HB minus dw/dj,new impression,1st thus.[Originally published March 1930 by this publisher,this new impression by same,in December,1930.] VG+.No owner inscrptn.Bright,crisp,generally clean - a couple of indeterminate fluid droplet splashes to front board,else sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain brown cloth boards/covers with single-line blocked bordered edges to front; bright, crisp,gilt blocked letters to spine/ backstrip, rear board/cover plain and undecorated apart from blind stamped publisher's device (a windmill) to lower corner towards spine/backstrip's gutter's crease/fold and without stamped border,and clean,plain white eps,both hinges solid and sound and without any cracking. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears,splits or fraying present.Top edges very,very lightly toned with negligible and barely perceptible foxing/spotting,fore-edges also lightly toned but with marginally more but faint,light sporadic foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight, clean - text body virtually foxing-free,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK,12mo HB minus dw/dj, new impression,1st thus,ix-xiiipp+1-223pp [paginated] includes Osbert Sitwell foreword,a prologue,IX (9) chapter,an epilogue,an appendix,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication, author's note,and 2pp blank at the rear. Another classic WW1 soldier's memoir,this time from an American soldier's viewpoint and his part in it. Carroll Chevalier Carstairs,an American, was commissioned in the R.F.A in 1914, seeing his first action with D/50 Battery at Loos,before he was transferred to the Grenadier Guards in Nov. 1915.Having served eleven months with 3rd Bn. in France between 1916-18,he was eventually badly wounded just four days before the armistice.His hip was smashed by a German machine-gun bullet and he was taken to the Casualty Clearing Station in Cambrai. Earlier,as a 2nd Lt. he was awarded the MC for an action at Bourlon Wood 1917. He was the son of Charles S. Carstairs, who was the London representative of American art dealers Knoedler & Co.His father died in 1928,by which time both father and son were part-owners of the Knoedler's art gallery business.Returning to civilian life,he subsequently opened his own gallery in New York. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB minus dw/dj,new impression,1st thus.
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