The Diary of a French Private War - Imprisonment 1914-1915 illustrated Medium 8vo

Medium 8vo

The calligraphic illustration on the past page (p183) is by Brion Gysin

and NAGW-123

same year as first

for 21 years

The Diary of a French Private War - Imprisonment 1914-1915 illustrated Medium 8voLondon: George Allen & Unwin, 1916. First English edition, originally published in French as "Journal d'un Simple Soldat" by Hachette, Paris, 1916. 8vo. Mid blue cloth, spine well rubbed and slightly faded, gilt lettering, edges of board rubbed in places. pp 315, [5] adverts. Spotting to endpapers and general light toning to text pages. An about VG copy. An uncommon title on the travails of a captured French infantryman during world war one.