Captain Pollard Dcm (11 results)

Condition: New. 2005 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1932). SB. 278pp Published Price £11.50 Alfred Oliver Pollard (1893-1960) could be looked upon as a British equivalent of Ernst Junger (Storm of Steel) in that he enjoyed the war, in and out of the trenches; he regarded it as a great adventure. Even killing brought satisfaction. One of his letters to his mother ends: Best of spirits and having a good time. By the way, I have killed another Hun. Hurrah! Well, Cheerio! In another place he writes:My ambition was to be realised. I was to take part in a real charge. With luck I might bayonet a Hun. He writes in a âgung-hoâ colloquial style and his descriptions of the fighting are vivid with all the gory details. There is a touch of Sapper in his writing; at times It reads like an adventure story from âBoys Own Paperâ but the action is real enough. He was no shrinking violet when it came to describing his own part in the action, nor was he averse to quoting from the citations that accompanied his awards - apart from the VC (Gavrelle, 29th April 1917) he was also awarded the MC and bar and the DCM, putting him among the most highly decorated. He enlisted in the HAC in 1914 soon after war was declared and went with the 1st Battalion to France in September 1914; he was commissioned into the battalion in January 1916. Apart from a spell training Americans in 1918 he was with the battalion throughout the war. He was demobilised in February 1919. This is a most enjoyable book.

Condition: New. 2005 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1932). HB. 278pp Alfred Oliver Pollard (1893-1960) could be looked upon as a British equivalent of Ernst Junger (Storm of Steel) in that he enjoyed the war, in and out of the trenches; he regarded it as a great adventure. Even killing brought satisfaction. One of his letters to his mother ends: Best of spirits and having a good time. By the way, I have killed another Hun. Hurrah! Well, Cheerio! In another place he writes:My ambition was to be realised. I was to take part in a real charge. With luck I might bayonet a Hun. He writes in a âgunghoâ colloquial style and his descriptions of the fighting are vivid with all the gory details. There is a touch of Sapper in his writing; at times It reads like an adventure story from âBoys Own Paperâ but the action is real enough. He was no shrinking violet when it came to describing his own part in the action, nor was he averse to quoting from the citations that accompanied his awards - apart from the VC (Gavrelle, 29th April 1917) he was also awarded the MC and bar and the DCM, putting him among the most highly decorated. He enlisted in the HAC in 1914 soon after war was declared and went with the 1st Battalion to France in September 1914; he was commissioned into the battalion in January 1916. Apart from a spell training Americans in 1918 he was with the battalion throughout the war. He was demobilised in Februar 1919. This is a most enjoyable book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This fair hardcover book without issued dust jacket is the stated 1940 edition from Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), LTD. It is not an ex-library copy. The pages of text and B&W photos are complete (back end paper has torn missing top corner), without markings, and still securely bound; while having starter separation between the back of the half title page and the full title page. There is foxing on the first front & final back four or five pages. The sky blue cloth hard board covers with pressed silver titling and airplane image have slightly bent corners, and shelf rubbed dust soiling. The sky blue cloth spine, also with pressed silver titling and airplane image is faintly sun faded; bumped and scuffed at the head & tail with resulting tiny tears; and hand rubbed. Ships by the next day.

1st edition orig. cloth Nice Copy octavo 244pp, Juvenile military adventure by Captain Pollard who won the VC in France in 1917. Prep School Prize label dated 1952 on front end paper o/w a nice copy in bright red boards.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Scarce publication describing in grahic detail the functions of the Army (1941) 48pp., coloured card covers. vgc 0.0.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Interesting adventure story about a flight from Britain to Australia for Fifty thousand pounds. 288pp., catalogue at rear, light blue grey cloth has modest shelf wear and a hint of fading, else vgc uncommon. 0.0.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 276 43:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Blue Cloth w/Jacket on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 276.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 276.