The Dark Forest
Hugh Walpole
1916
Martin Secker
True First Edition
12mo. p.317 + pp. 16.
Description:
True first edition, one of 116 copies to survive a fire at the binders just before publication. Other Copies were printed by Spottiswoode and Co where as this true first impression was printed for Martin Secker by the Ballantyne Press. Very rare with few examples being on the open market in years.
Set amidst the chaotic retreats and field hospitals of the Russian Army during the Eastern Front campaign of 1915, the narrative follows an English volunteer attached to a medical unit as he confronts love, loss, and the psychological strain of modern warfare.
Condition:
Good Condition. Black cloth with red titles to upper board and spine. Ex libris to inside front cover. Binding is firm. Contents are spotted with tanning to edges. Spine has wear with some splitting to rear and front spine edge. Notable fraying to spine ends. Light bumping to corners.
The Dark Forest
Hugh Walpole
1916
Martin Secker
True First Edition
12mo. p.317 + pp. 16.
Description:
True first edition, one of 116 copies to survive a fire at the binders just before publication. Other Copies were printed by Spottiswoode and Co where as this true first impression was printed for Martin Secker by the Ballantyne Press. Very rare with few examples being on the open market in years.
Set amidst the chaotic retreats and field hospitals of the Russian Army during the Eastern Front campaign of 1915, the narrative follows an English volunteer attached to a medical unit as he confronts love, loss, and the psychological strain of modern warfare.
Condition:
Good Condition. Black cloth with red titles to upper board and spine. Ex libris to inside front cover. Binding is firm. Contents are spotted with tanning to edges. Spine has wear with some splitting to rear and front spine edge. Notable fraying to spine ends. Light bumping to corners.
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