Richards Frank Robert Graves Introduction (2 results)

American first edition (single date upon copyright page with no direct printing statement as was usually the case with Smith-Haas first printings). 310 pages. Hardcover; H 21.75cm x L 14.5cm. Lacks dust jacket. Beige cloth with orange stamped lettering and decoration, spine toned, slight bumping to spine ends and board corners. Muted orange top edge; fore-edge toned. Light toning to endpapers but interior pages are clean. Past owner's ink inscription upon front free endpaper; ink stamp of Mexico City bookseller discreetly placed at bottom left corner of rear pastedown. Still a very good copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First US edition, 310pp, light grey boards, dustwrapper. The book is in near fine condition, with a former owner's bookplate to the front flyleaf. The dustwrapper has some chipping to the upper & lower edges and the spine is a little dulled. Life in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in India, Burma and China prior to World War 1. Published in the same year as the UK first edition, this was a follow up to Richards' 'Old Soldiers Never Die,' his account of life in the trenches in Wolrd War 1 - 'Without exception the most valuable account of World War 1 written from the ranks'.…