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Condición: New. 2001. SB. N & M reprint (original pub 1919). viii + 331ppPublished Price £11.95 Quex, the pseudonym used by G.H.F Nichols, was also the author of the History of the 18th (Eastern) Division, one of Kitchenerâs Second New Army divisions and one of the best in the BEF. This book is the story of one of the field artillery brigades of that division, the 82nd Brigade, from the German March 1918 offensive through to the end of the war. It is dedicated to the commanding officer, Lt Col A.Thorp, who was killed in the village of Beausies just before the end, on 30th October, and is buried in Le Cateau Military Cemetery. The account of the death of this well-loved officer brings the book to a close. Nichols was a journalist before the war and he gives an entertaining account of life with the guns in what was above all a war of the guns. He had been wounded in August 1917 near Zillibeke serving with the 82nd Brigade and rejoined shortly before the Germans attacked. His division was in III Corps on the right of Fifth Army, near St Quentin, right in the face of the German onslaught and this well written story tells of experiences of a field artillery brigade in the retreat, right back to the gates of Amiens, and then the return push, launched on 8th August 1918. It takes us right through to that fateful day when his CO was kiled.

Blue Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No DJ. Frontispiece Ilustrador. First American Edition. 157 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Black. The Author's Foray Into Non-Fiction, Observations Of New York Before The Deluge. First And Apparently Only Printing, Quite Scarce. Light Wear, A Little Foxing On Edge Of Page Block, No Names Or Marks. Per Wikipedia, Jeffery Farnol (1878 - 1952) Was A British Writer From 1907 Until His Death In 1952, Known For Writing More Than 40 Romance Novels, Often Set In The Georgian Era Or English Regency Period, And Swashbucklers. He, With Georgette Heyer, Largely Initiated The Regency Romantic Genre. His Nephew Was Ewart Oakeshott, The British Illustrator, Collector, And Amateur Historian, Who Wrote On Medieval Arms And Armour. Farnol Published His First Romance Novel, My Lady Caprice, In 1907. The Success Of His Early Novels Led Farnol To Become A Professional Writer. He Produced About 40 Novels And Volumes Of Stories, And Some Non-Fiction And Children's Books. His Last Book Was Completed By His Second Wife Phyllis. This Moderate Success Was Followed By The Broad Highway, A Publishing Sensation Which Became The Best-Selling Book Of 1911 In The World. Two Of His Early Books, The Amateur Gentleman And The Broad Highway, Have Been Issued In A Version Edited By Romance Novelist Barbara Cartland. The Amateur Gentleman Was Adapted For British Cinema In 1920 And 1936, And For American Cinema In 1926.