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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. None Ilustrador. First edition. A very scarce first edition of Mansfield"s wartime poetry, written during his service in Palestine, inscribed by the author's wife. In the publisher's original paper wraps.First edition.A very scarce copy of this work.Inscribed to the front free endpaper by the author's wife, Grace Mansfield, "With fondest love."A scarce First World War poetry collection written during the author"s service in Palestine with the British Army.Titles include "By Jaffa Way," "The Garden of El Mirr," "Flies," "Christmas in Palestine, "17," "The Holy City," "Luxor," "Cairo," "Wounded," and "My Friend."Harold Goldsmith Mansfield (M.C.) served as an English officer during the Great War. His poems frequently touch on the landscapes and civilian life of Palestine and Egypt, sometimes in praise and sometimes in frustration. In the publisher's original paper wraps.Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in the odd small crease and closed tear to extremities. Ink inscription from the author's wife to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to fore edge. Very Good. book.