Patrick Beaver Editor (3 results)

Condition: Good. Spine dust jacket slightly sunned; slightly foxed.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardback. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. THE WIPERS TIMES. Introduction, notes and Glossary by Patrick Beaver. Foreword by Henry Williamson. Peter Davies, London 1973 First edition ISBN 4322012923 378pp Illustrated hardback. This copy is in mint, unmarked condition, bright, white, tight and square. The unclipped dust wrapper has some crimping to the bottom of the spine but is otherwise entire and fine. This book is a complete facsimile of the famous World War One trench newspaper incorporating the 'New Church' Times, The B.E.F. Times, and The 'Better Times'. When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wipers Times - "Wipers" being army slang for Ypres. Full of gallows humour, The Wipers Times was poignant, subversive and very funny. Produced literally under enemy fire and defying both authority and gas attacks, the magazine proved a huge success with the troops on the western front. It was, above all, a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. In his spare time, Roberts also managed to win the Military Cross for gallantry. Ref FF3 Size: 378pp. …