Day (Henry C.) Macedonian Memories
£225
…with a preface by Field-Marshal Sir George F. Milne
London, Heath Cranton, 1930.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
A memoir of the Macedonian Campaign of the First World War, prefaced by Field-Marshal Sir George Milne, who commanded British forces in the Salonika theatre.
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Foxing; cloth slightly sunned and softened at head of spine; jacket worn at corners and spine ends with some loss, rubbed, spine toned.
Frontispiece portrait, illustrations.
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