With the Machine Gunners in France and Palestine: The Official History of the New Zealand Machine Corps in the Great World War 1914-1918

Luxford, J. H. (Major)

Published by Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland, 1923

About this Item

Extensive water stains to cloth boards and spine. Front board detached. Dampstains to margins of preliminary leaves. Water damages and losses to margins of pages 241-255 at rear of book, with loss of text from column of service numbers in Appendix B, "List of N.C.O.'s and Men Who Died". All illustrations and maps present.; Owner's signature on front endpaper: "No 39686 / Sgt Mjr R. L. [K?]ent / 1st Coy / N.Z.M.G. Coy / N.Z.E.F." 255 pages + 51 illustrations (including frontispiece) + 9 maps (5 folding). Red cloth boards with black titles and illustration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 212 x 131mm. Selected chapter titles: The Companies Leave Egypt for France; The Journey to the Somme; The Battle of the Somme; Back in Flanders; The Battle of Messine; Gravenstafel and Passchendaele; Winter at Ypres; The Machine Gun Battalion; The German Offensive; The Advance to Bapaume; The Battle of the Selle River; General Situation on Egyptian Front; Formation of the Squadron; The Battle of Romani; El Arish and Magdhaka; Into Palestine: Rafa; Allenby's Drive Opens; Across the Jordan Into the Land of Moab; The Final Offensive; Armistice. Seller Inventory # 17660

Bibliographic Details

Title: With the Machine Gunners in France and ...

Publisher: Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland

Publication Date: 1923

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: First Edition.