Mark Vii Max Plowman (21 results)

Condition: New. 2001 reprint (1927). SB. ix + 241 pp Published Price £9.95 The author of this memoir arrived on the Western Front to join 10th Bn West Yorks in July 1916, shortly after the opening day of the Battle of the Somme in which his battalion had suffered the highest casualties of any battalion on that day - 710 of whom 306 were killed. Regarded as one of the classics the book gives a vivid description of life in the trenches - the routine, the boredom , the mud and the horror. His war ended in January 1917 when he was concussed by a shell exploding on the parapet in front of him. Well recommended. Book.…

Condition: New. 2001 reprint (1927). HB. ix + 241 pp The author of this memoir arrived on the Western Front to join 10th Bn West Yorks in July 1916, shortly after the opening day of the Battle of the Somme in which his battalion had suffered the highest casualties of any battalion on that day - 710 of whom 306 were killed. Regarded as one of the classics the book gives a vivid description of life in the trenches - the routine, the boredom , the mud and the horror. His war ended in January 1917 when he was concussed by a shell exploding on the parapet in front of him. Well recommended. Book.…

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Subaltern on the Somme. Book.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG-. No Jacket. Third Impression. 12mo. original charcoal cloth (a little rubbed & bumped, slight fraying to headcap, splitting to cloth over lower hinge, prev. owner's details to FFE, occ. spots and marks, else internally clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. [x (last blank)], 242 (last colpohon), [4 (pubs. advts.)]. A good copy of an uncommon first person account.…

Condition: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ix, 241 pages. Black cloth covers with red lettering on spine and red decoration on front board. Covers and spine ends rubbed. Owner's stamp and bookseller's sticker on front pastedown. Some surface damage to title page where a name has been erased and then written over in pencil "[Max Plowman]". One leaf semi-detached (pages 5-6) . Rear gutter cracked. Bookseller's sticker on rear pastedown.; 12mo.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. First edition. An uncommon, first edition of this memoir from poet and pacifist, Max Plowman, written under the pseudonym of Mark VII. First edition. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with red motif to the front cover. Lacking the dust wrapper. This First World War memoir documents the experiences of British writer and pacifist Max Plowman, who wrote this particular work under the pseudonym of Mark VII. Plowman was morally opposed to fighting, calling it "insane and unmitigated filth", although signed up for the Royal Army Medical Corps. During his time on the Western Front, Plowman suffered concussion and shellshock, spending the remainder of the war as a conscientious objector. This work presents Plowman's memories from July 1916 to January 1917. With a previous owners ink inscription 'To Dearest Kenneth from Patricia' dated 1927. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally good, with damp staining to the cloth and the occasional tear. Hinges are slightly strained but holding firm. Light offsetting to endpapers, with an ink inscription to the front. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with light spotting to the fore edge. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp ix, 241. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered red at the spine with a field punishment symbol on the front cover. Publisher's retained copy with their perforated stamp in the preliminaries and label on the front pastedown, reading 'File Copy - Sept. 23rd 1927'. About fine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: J. M. Dent. 1927. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Publisher's black cloth lettered in red to the spine, in the dust jacket designed by Kenneth Romney Towndrow. An about very good copy overall, the cloth rubbed at the corners, tips, and some edges, with small nick to the front panel centre, and some persistent stains to this front board. Binding tight and gently rolled. Despite some offsetting to endpapers, the contents generally fine throughout, with the author's real name written in ink below his pseudonym at title page. The dust jacket unclipped (5s net), the spine quite heavily toned and creased, the joints rubbed and toned also, with some rubbing to all corners and edges. Small stains elsewhere, but a largely presentable copy of the scarce first printing. A pacifist's journal of 'the chaos, the terror, the dirt, the unspeakable din' of the First World War from July 1916 to the end of the Battle of the Somme. Plowman reluctantly volunteered to the Army Medical Corps in 1914, later serving with the 10th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment but becoming increasingly concerned with the morality of warfare. After being treated for shell-shock, he resigned his post but was dismissed by the army, successfully exempting himself as a conscientious objector. The Western Front action described here formed the pacifism that would be instilled in the Adelphi Centre and magazine founded by John Middleton Murry, which brought together the likes of Plowman, George Orwell, D. H. Lawrence, Jack Common, and many others. The dust jacket, by Kenneth Romney Towndrow, represents one of only a small handful of jacket commissions, all of which are captivating. The book sold well with numerous impressions and an American edition. This first printing is scarce.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Important and acclaimed account. of experiences on bthe Somme. The author Max Plowrman became a pacifist after the war. This 1927 first English edition has the powerful field punishment image in red on the black cloth boards. 241pp., some foxing and a few minor blemishes, else a very nice copy.…

First edition, in the scarce jacket, of one of the most significant Great War books. "His account of a spell in the half-formed line between Lesboeufs and Gueudecourt in the all-pervading mud of that dreadful winter. is as vivid as anything that has been written about the Somme fighting" (Falls). Plowman (1883-1941) signed up despite deep moral misgivings about the rightness of war. Invalided out from the western front, he was treated for shell shock and refused to rejoin his unit in 1918. Tried and dismissed from the army, he became an active member of the Peace Pledge Union and edited the New Adelphi, striking up a close friendship with Orwell, whose contributions he encouraged. His is "one of the most important memoirs of disillusionment" (Lengel). Falls, p. 217; Lengel 790. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in red, "Field Punishment Number One" device in red on front cover, top edge red. With dust jacket. Slight lean to spine, light marking to cloth, damp stains on top edge, intruding into upper margin of endleaves; jacket unclipped, damp stains, short closed tear at head of front panel: a very good copy in like jacket. …

Early or First Edition, no additional printings listed on copyright page, but no date on title page. K R T dustjacket art. Very scarce American edition of this classic World War One novel given from the perspective of the Tenth West Yorkshires. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, spine darkened, couple light smudges to rear panel. …

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 240 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. 240.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 240.