By Brigadier-General John Charteris; John Buchan [Foreward]
London   Cassell and Company
10" by 7" xv, 1-399 [1]pp
The first edition of John Charteris's illustrated biography of Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig.
By Brigadier-General John Charteris; John Buchan [Foreward]

1929 Field-Marshal Earl Haig

London   Cassell and Company
10" by 7" xv, 1-399 [1]pp
The first edition of John Charteris's illustrated biography of Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig.
£75.00
: 1kgs / : 899F8

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First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of this work.

With a foreword by John Buchan.

Illustrated with seven photographic plates, map endpapers, and numerous line engravings. Collated, complete.

A fascinating account of the life and career of this senior officer of the British Army.

During the First World War Haig commanded the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from, and was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Arras, the Third Battle of Ypres, the German Spring Offensive, and the Hundred Days Offensive

Former owner's inscription to a front blank.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with a touch of fading to back strip. Hinges strained, and a touch tender. Former owner's inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot.

Very Good

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