Hope (Stanton) Richer Dust.
£125
A story of Gallipoli
London, Jarrolds, [c.1930].
First edition, early impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Early (?third) issue dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
A first-hand fictionalised account of the Gallipoli campaign, of considerable interest to military historians and collectors of WWI literature.
Out of stock
A very good copy; jacket with some edge wear and chipping along top edge including minor loss to spine ends and fore-corners.
Jacket artwork by Norton.
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