Her Privates We by F. Manning
£800.00
First trade edition with rare glassine jacket.
Published by Peter Davies, London. January 1930
Description
Her Privates We by Frederick Manning, “Private 19022”
A rare trade first edition with rare delicate glassine jacket in very good condition. Her Privates We was published the previous year as The Middle Part of Fortune which was subsequently revised with obscenities partially removed for the present edition. Frederic Manning is generally recognised as one of the finest novelist of the Western Front. Born in Australia, novelist and poet, Frederic Manning moved to England in his youth. He served in the Shropshire Light Infantry in 1915, and in France during 1916 as a Private 19022a . The Shropshires saw heavy fighting on the Somme and his experiences provided the background to Her Privates We. A classic book of World War I written from the ordinary soldier’s point of view. Original cloth illustrated boards with clean contents. The glassine jacket has a rear across the spine are. 8vo. 453pp
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