Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. More so dust jacket, which has soiling to the covers and much chipping and small closed tears at the edges. A publication by a major publisher of an earlier book made for private distribution in 1915, called "With the American Field Ambulance Service in France". Tipped in at the rear is an original pamphlet appeaing for monetary aid and drivers for the American Field Ambulance Service. Buswell, an Englishman by birth, lived in America. He survived the war and garnered a Croix de Guerre. for valor, and later in the war joined the US Signal Corps. He became a naturalized citizen in 1933. In WWII he returned to service with the Air Force and participated in the D-Day landings, rising in rank to Lt. Colonel and winning another Croix de Guerre and a Bronze Star. He was an actor, business man, and writer. He died in 1964 and is buried at Arlington.

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Title: Ambulance No. 10 : Personal Letters from the Front
Author: Buswell, Leslie
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, NY
Publication year: 1916
Condition: Very good
Dust jacket: fair
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First edition.
Seller catalogs: World War One

Motte & Bailey, Booksellers

Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

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We are a brick-and-mortar used and out-of-print book shop in Ann Arbor, Michigan, specializing in Medieval and Ancient European History, Economics & Economic History, Occult and Paranormal, Military History, and Scholarly books. In business since 1996 on the web, since 2000 in a shop. Note: We do charge a 20% restocking for shipped and returned books if the buyer changes their mind about their purchase.

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Ancient History, Architecture, Medieval History, Americana, Scholarly Books, Military History, History of Books and Printing, European History, Pre-Columbian History, American Civil War

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Motte & Bailey, Booksellers LLC

212 N. 4th Ave
Ann Arbor, MI U.S.A. 48104

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Motte & Bailey Booksellers, 212 N 4th Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.