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OWEN,H[arry] COLLINSON: : SALONICA & AFTER: THE SIDESHOW THAT ENDED THE WAR

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1919.

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UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.[OWEN was the Editor of 'The Balkan News,and Official Correspondent in the Near East.He was also the only British Press member who spent the whole time to the 'Macedonian Front'.] VG.Neat,ink owner name+date (1920) to ffe.Publisher's original plain red cloth bds; both with inevitable but light grubbing and marking - front bd with 4-line filet bordered edges,rear bd unadorned but with production(?) faut of a central,vertical wrinkle/creases extending from it's top edge to about half the bd's length/height,gilt lettering to sunned/ faded spine which is also lightly grubbed/ marked; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Plain white eps to front with tipped in with a military+naval publisher & bookseller's advertising label: 'FORSTER GROOM & CO.,LTD,15 Charing Cross Road,London.S.W.' to ffe and b/w map (Serbia,Bulgaria and Greece) illustrated rear endpapers.Both front+rear hinges cracked but still attached.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged but generally bright and clean - virtually and unusually - foxing and/or spotting free; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - some minor minimal foxing/spotting to page border edges - as usual/normal - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, would appear unread - apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,iii-viiipp+1-295pp [paginated] includes a foreword by General Sir George Milne, G.C.M.G.,K.C.B. Commander-in-Chief of the British Salonica Force,author's note, separate contents and illustrations lists/ tables,XX (20) chapters,12pp (frntis included) contemporary b/w photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,appendices (I+II) and an index,plus [unpaginated] b/w biographical photographic frntis (General Sir George Milne) and title page. The Macedonian Front,also known as the Salonica Front (after Thessaloniki),was a military theatre of World War I formed as a result of an attempt by the Allied Powers to aid Serbia,in the fall of 1915, against the combined attack of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria.The expedition came too late and in insufficient force to prevent the fall of Serbia,and was complicated by the internal political crisis in Greece (the "National Schism"). Eventually,a stable front was established,running from the Albanian Adriatic coast to the Struma River,pitting a multinational Allied force against the Bulgarian Army,which was at various times bolstered with smaller units from the other Central Powers.The Macedonian Front remained quite stable,despite local actions,until the great Allied offensive in September 1918,which resulted in the capitulation of Bulgaria and the liberation of Serbia. The Army was formed in Salonika under Lieutenant General Bryan Mahon to oppose Bulgarian advances in the region as part of the Macedonian Front.The army arrived in Salonika (along with French troops) on 15 October 1915.In May 1916 Lieutenant General George Milne replaced Bryan Mahon as commander of the Army.It eventually comprised two corps and remained in place until 1921.The two Corps comprise; the XII with 22nd,26th,60th (2/2nd London) Divisions and 1/1st Lothians and Border Horse and the XVI Corps of the 10th (Irish),27th,28th Divisions and the 1/1st Surrey Yeomanry.The dead of the British Salonika Army are commemorated by the Doiran Memorial. [Wikipedia] Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB,1st edn.

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