Private 19022 Frederick Manning (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Octavo, 19 cm x 13 cm, 453 pp., This work was published under the pseudonym Private 19022 until the name was revealed later that it was written by Frederick Manning. This work depicted an account of the trench warfare during World War I. There is some minor toning on the spine. Hoover Institution.…

[8]+453pp. 8vo. Original illus. cloth, a very good copy. The officially permitted version of The Middle Parts of Fortune (qv). Fifth impression of the first edition. Classic novel of WW1 written by an Australian soldier who served with the British Army in France.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A rare trade first edition with rare delicate glassine jacket in very good condition. Her Privates We was published the previous year as The Middle Part of Fortune which was subsequently revised with obscenities partially removed for the present edition. Frederic Manning is generally recognised as one of the finest novelist of the Western Front. Born in Australia, novelist and poet, Frederic Manning moved to England in his youth. He served in the Shropshire Light Infantry in 1915, and in France during 1916 as a Private 19022a . The Shropshires saw heavy fighting on the Somme and his experiences provided the background to Her Privates We. A classic book of World War I written from the ordinary soldier's point of view. Original cloth illustrated boards with clean contents. The glassine jacket has a rear across the spine are.…

Illustrated Boards. Condition: Very Good. 5th Impression. An early reprint, published a month after the first edition. [vii], 458 pp. Illustrated cloth with original wrap around band and inner flap. A little darkening to the cloth at the spine and edges. Spotting to the prelims, edges and occasionally internally. With a Book Society book plate to the pastedown and pencil and ink ownership inscriptions to the pr elims. A novel based on the author's experiences on the Somme and Ancre fronts in the latter half of 1916. 8vo.…