Pitt Lt Bernard (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Published under wartime conditions, the author was attached to a trench mortar battery and died in action in 1916 when a German mine was detonated beneath his battery, his letters, poems and essays were collected after his death and published here. Pitt's poetry was compared to both Brooke's and Sassoon's. Includes b/w portrait. 193pp. Green cloth boards which are stained, the gilt type is difficult to read. Corners bumped. Fixed end papers at front and rear heavily toned. Foxing to frontis. and title pages.…