Roynon Gavin Editor (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 304 pages. 7.80x5.12x0.87 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition 2011, first printing, number line starts with 1. Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no markings of any kind, no names no underlinings no highlights no bent pages, no edgewear, Not a reminder. DJ new, bright, no tears no chips no edgewear, Price Not clipped. 8vo, 293 pages, bibliography, index.…

Hardcover. Condition: Virtually as New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. [xxv], 307 pages, black and white illustrations, maps, family trees of the Davis and Lee families, biographical note on Georgina Lee by Ann de la Grange Sury, bibliography. The eleven volumes of this war diary offer a fascinating insight into how the British coped with the pressures and crises of the First World War on the home front.…

Condition: Good. Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated wiht b/w photographs, maps, 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 336 pages. 8.35x5.43x1.10 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. THE STORY OF AN ARMY CHAPLAIN WHO INSISTED ON ACCOMPANING THE TROOPS UNDER HIS CARE INTO THE HEAT OF BATTLE. CHAPLAIN BEST BECAME INCREASINGLY MORE CRITICAL OF THE BRITISH HIGH COMMAND. HIS DIARIES SHOW HOW THE TRAGEDY WHICH WAS GALLIPOLI LAY NOT IN ITS CONCEPTION BUT IN ITS EXECUTION.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Impression. Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Maps. 304 pages clean and tight. Many chaplains were not permitted to go near the Front in the First World War - others insisted on doing so, like Kenneth Best in the Gallipoli Campaign. Best had no military training before the war but he felt that he could only fulfil his pastoral role by getting close to the front line and working with the troops under fire. Best was attached to the 42nd East Lancastrians - the first Territorial Army Division to serve overseas in the conflict, so arguably the least experienced in the ways of war. In his diary we follow his progress through his initial training in Egypt and on to his arrival in Gallipoli in May 1915. Gallipoli has become notorious, even by the standards of the First World War. After a naval campaign to open up a supply route to Russia through Turkey failed, some 480,000 Allied troops were drawn into a land invasion in which hundreds of thousands were injured or killed. In his diary, Best records his efforts to encourage frightened men before they go over the top, to comfort the wounded and, when the fighting stops, to bury the dead. His empathy for the troops is matched by a forthright disgust for their leaders, few of whom share his insight into the horrific realities of trench warfare. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 293 pp, index, b/w photos, pictorial endpaeprs. Light edgewear.

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