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HENRY WILLIAMSON : The Wet Flanders Plain

Faber, London, 1929

First trade edition (following a limited edition of 400 copies issued by Beaumont the previous year; this Faber issue very slightly revised). 8vo. 147pp. Black cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge dust marked and the endpapers very lightly browned. A trace of miscellaneous staining to occasional leaf margins. Very good in tanned, edgeworn and internally repaired dust wrapper with a small area of loss from the head of the spine panel (impacting 'The'). 2990 copies were printed. A fusion of Williamson's two post-war visits to the Western Front battlefields, the first in 1925 and again in 1927, arranged in a loose diary format and merging his recollections with the contemporary scene.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good

1st Edition

HENRY WILLIAMSON : The Wet Flanders Plain

Beaumont Press, London, 1929

First edition, one of 320 numbered copies (from a total edition of 400), printed on handmade paper (this being #300). 8vo. 95pp. Quarter-bound paper-covered fawn cloth featuring a striking design by Randolph Schwabe who also contributes a title-page illustration. Top edge lightly dust marked, endpapers lightly browned and with just a trace of the customary darkening to the backstrip. A virtually fine copy of a handsome production. No dust wrapper called for. A fusion of Williamson's two post-war visits to the Western Front battlefields, the first in 1925 and again in 1927, arranged in a loose diary format and merging his recollections with the contemporary scene.. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hardcover

1st Edition