Bombardier

1916 · 126353 — London: Wilson and Co. Printers for the Brigade Volume 2 1916. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London Wilson and Co. Printers for the Brigade Volume 2 December 1916 and Sydney Government Printer 1920 the Preface is dated 1 February 1920. Large octavo two volumes 52 and 200 pages each volume with numerous illustrations plus in Volume II text on the inside rear cover and in Volume III 3 folding colour maps and a large folding colour plate. Overlapping gilt-pictorial wrappers respectively dark green and slate-grey with Volume II cord-bound; wrappers of Volume II a little chipped; wrappers of Volume III torn along the front joint later repaired with clear tape with the overlapping edges chipped with some loss; small stain to the top margin of the first 10 leaves; both volumes have minor signs of age and use; overall in very good condition. The cover sub-titles are 'Camp Life in England' Volume II and 'Active Service Issue' Volume III. These volumes reproduce the brigade's typescript journals with important additional material especially photographic illustrations not included in the original typescripts. Volume III has the additional material as noted above as well as more than 50 illustrations from personal snapshots of the brigade's operations on the Western Front. Both volumes have the ownership details of 18403 Driver E.M. Wilson 7th FAB AIF on the title pages. The first volume not present here is a photolithographic reprint of the four typescript journals published at sea in June and July 1916 while en route to England on SS 'Argyllshire' with the 9th Field Artillery Brigade and 9th Field Ambulance. Dornbusch 291; not in Fielding and O'Neill; Trigellis-Smith 307-309. 2 items. Wilson and Co. [Printers, for the Brigade] (Volume 2) paperback