THE PATRIOT'S PROGRESS. Being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock. Related by Henry Williamson and drawn by William Kermode. [Colophon:] The Patriot's Progress which was cut in lino by William Kermode at Kew Gardens in Surrey in MCMXXIX Written by Henry Williamson in the Village of Ham in Devon in the same year.Published. MCMXXX.

Published by Geoffrey Bles. 22 Suffolk Street Pall Mall S.W.1. Printed by the Euston Press at Four Euston Buildings, London, N.W., London, 1930

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FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. 9 x 6. inches. [x] + 194 + [2] pp. Bound in original red buckram, gilt, in unclipped pictorial dust wrapper, which has sunned front wrapper edges and spine with very small chips and creases at head and tail and is slightly soiled. Top edge red. A fine copy. Illustrated throughout by linocuts by William Kermode, including vignettes. Decorated by owl colophon. The first unlimited edition of Williamson's novel of the Western Front. Illustrated by the linocuts of Australian born artist, William Kermode (1895-1959), who had originally requested Williamson to provide captions for his war illustrations; instead, the author wrote a whole book around them: 'The result' however, was a most effective combination with Williamson's raw evocation of the soldier's lot perfectly complemented by the rough style and subtle humour of Kermode's images' (Matthews, p.68). A fine copy of the first unlimited edition in very good dust wrapper (Matthews, Henry Williamson A Bibliography, A13, 1930bi). FICTION WILLIAMSON LIT. FICTION WW1 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED FICTION.…

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THE PATRIOT'S PROGRESS. Being the Vicissitudes of Pte. John Bullock. Related by Henry Williamson and drawn by William Kermode. [Colophon:] The Patriot's Progress which was cut in lino by William Kermode at Kew Gardens in Surrey in MCMXXIX Written by Henry Williamson in the Village of Ham in Devon in the same year.Published. MCMXXX.
Author
WILLIAMSON, HENRY. KERMODE, WILLIAM, illustrated by.
Publisher
Geoffrey Bles. 22 Suffolk Street Pall Mall S.W.1. Printed by the Euston Press at Four Euston Buildings, London, N.W., London
Publication year
1930

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Founded by Patrick Marrin's father George in 1946, Marrin's Bookshop has been based in its current Folkestone location since 1963. Patrick has worked in bookselling since 1970. As well as rare antiquarian books, maps and prints, the stock includes a wide range of literature, library sets, travel, history and illustrated books in all fields. We also offer a bookbinding and restoration service. Visitors to the shop are welcome and we exhibit at UK book fairs. A large proportion of our stock can be searched on this website, or at http://www.marrinbook.co.uk.…

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