Charles Douie (75 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. 241 S., 22cm, OLn mit ill. Umschlag (Umschlag mit geringen Randläsuren, ExL im Innendeckel, etwas angegilbt).

Paperback. Condition: Fine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Thus. 241pp, octavo hardcover in dj. boards clean, tight binding, interior text clean. DJ covers lightly faded along spine yet clean, no tears, in mylar cover.

Paperback. Condition: New. New ed of 1929 ed.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Bumping. Content is lightly tanned. DJ with some edge wear, tears and faded spine. Tape repairs.

Condition: New. 2001. SB. N & M repriny (first pub1929). xiii + 226ppPublished Price £11.95 This book is based on a series of eight articles the author wrote in 1928 though, as he says, in writing it he has revised hasty judgements, made some rearrangement, rewritten ill-considered passages, and added a substantial amount of new material. One can certainly say that the result is an outstanding work and one that has been widely acclaimed. Douie was posted to the 1st Dorsets towards the end of 1915 when he reached the age of nineteen, though before reporting to them he spent a short time with an entrenching battalion, and this record is in the main concerned with his service in his battalion on the Western Front. He joined them at Rainneville a few miles to the north of Amiens, and was posted to No 1 Platoon of A Company of whom he writes: The hand of death lay heavily on that company. To my certain knowledge fourteen, nearly one half, gave their lives, and of the remainder I do not know the fate of several. Apart from a brief two months in the Bethune sector (Aug/Sep 1916) Douie's battalion (14th Brigade, 32nd Division) was on the Somme from the end of 1915 to May 1917, when the battalion was sent north to Nieuport, and it is this period that takes up much of his powerfully descriptive narrative. At the time of the Armistice he was in Italy, away from his battalion, and the final chapter deals with this period.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good (Protective cover). The book is in very good condition. The binding is tight and the text is clean. Slight bumping and chipping and fading on dust jacket spine. On the book itself, the page edges have yellowed and there's slight scratching on the covers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Strong Oak Press with Tom Donovan Publishing, Stevenage, Herts, UK. 1988. 241 pgs. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This is the record of the service of Charles Douie during the Great War. It was originally written as a series of articles for The Nineteenth Century and After in 1928; he later added more material for its publication as a book. His memoir is along the lines of Edmund Blunden's Undertones of War, possessing high literary merit, Douie was a well educated soldier. Douie enlisted in 1914 at eighteen years of age with a desire to become a Corporal, however his family obtained him a commission; eventually he became a subaltern in the 1st Dorset Regiment of the British Army. He opens his book with an examination of the soldier of WW1, his reasons for fighting and the existence he experienced at the front. He recounts his enthusiasm for war and wanting to get to the front before it ended; pursuing this goal against the objection of his family. His battalion participated in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 of which he was apart, fighting in the La Boisselle sector and later Thiepval which decimated his battalion. He ended the war in Italy though he has little to say about this campaign, ending his story with impressions of the Armistice on him and his fellow soldiers. Overall this is an exceptional account and has been largely overlooked except by WW1 enthusiasts who consider it a classic. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Condition: New. 2009. New ed of 1929 ed. Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238. . . . . .

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New. 2009. New ed of 1929 ed. Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; BGH; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. The jacket is rubbed and a bit damp marked to the inside.First front end page missing.Tightly bound.Fair copy.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. n.e.of 1929 ed edition. 244 pages. 7.17x4.80x0.55 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. 2001. HB. N & M repriny (first pub1929). xiii + 226pp This book is based on a series of eight articles the author wrote in 1928 though, as he says, in writing it he has revised hasty judgements, made some rearrangement, rewritten ill-considered passages, and added a substantial amount of new material. One can certainly say that the result is an outstanding work and one that has been widely acclaimed. Douie was posted to the 1st Dorsets towards the end of 1915 when he reached the age of nineteen, though before reporting to them he spent a short time with an entrenching battalion, and this record is in the main concerned with his service in his battalion on the Western Front. He joined them at Rainneville a few miles to the north of Amiens, and was posted to No 1 Platoon of A Company of whom he writes: The hand of death lay heavily on that company. To my certain knowledge fourteen, nearly one half, gave their lives, and of the remainder I do not know the fate of several. Apart from a brief two months in the Bethune sector (Aug/Sep 1916) Douie's battalion (14th Brigade, 32nd Division) was on the Somme from the end of 1915 to May 1917, when the battalion was sent north to Nieuport, and it is this period that takes up much of his powerfully descriptive narrative. At the time of the Armistice he was in Italy, away from his battalion, and the final chapter deals with this period.…

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Weary Road. the Recollections of a Subaltern of Infantry. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. viii 140p period paperback with bright cover, old paper shelfmark to front cover, from a Cambridge college library with bookplate, no stamp on title page, fresh and well preserved copy Language: English.

Condition: Fair. 1952. No Edition Remarks. 239 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. Light wear to DJ. Book in great shape. A nice copy.

Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good.

Condition: New. In.