POIGNANT 1ST ED NOV 1915 WW1 BOOK 'ALL'S WELL' HELPFUL VERSES FOR WAR OXENHAM

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FOR SALE IS A POIGNANT LITTLE SUEDE COVERED BOOK ENTITLED: 'ALL'S WELL' BY JOHN OXENHAM. IT IS A FIRST EDITION DATED NOVEMBER 1915.THE BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE AUTHORS SON HUGO 2ND LIEUT. ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS AND 'TO ALL HIS COMRADES IN ARMS ON LAND AND ON SEA AND TO ALL SORELY-TRIED HEARTS AT HOME AND ELSEWHERE'.IT IS FULL OF INSPIRATIONAL VERSES WHICH CAPTURE THE FEELINGS OF PEOPLE DURING THE DARK DAYS OF WW1. CONTENTS INCLUDE; FOR THE MEN AT THE FRONT, IN TIME OF NEED, WHERE ARE YOU SLEEPING TONIGHT MY LAD?, TO YOU WHO HAVE LOST, HYMN OF BATTLE, POLICEMAN X EPILOGUE 1914, EVERYWOMAN AND WAR, SAID THE WOUNDED ONE, THE WAR MAKERS, LORD SAVE THEIR SOULS ALIVE, CHRISTS ALL - OUR BOYS WHO HAVE GONE TO THE FRONT, THE EMPTY CHAIR, THE NAMELESS GRAVES, ETC ETC.79 PAGES LONG. GOOD CONDITION FOR AGE AND PREVIOUS USAGE. THE BROWN SUEDE COVERS ARE DARKER THAN APPEARS ON THE PHOTO. INSIDE IT STATES: 'PAPER COVERS 1/- NET VELVET PERSIA: CALF (BOXED) 2'6 NET' I ASSUME THIS WAS THE VELVET PERSIA CALF ALTHOUGH MISSING THE BOX. SOME FADING OF THE COVERS, PARTICULARLY THE SPINE.SOME FOXING HERE AND THERE ON SOME PAGES, THROUGHOUT AND ON PAGE EDGES. HOWEVER STILL PERFECTLY READABLE. MEASURES APPROX 6 1/4 INS TALL BY APPROX 3 3/4 INS WIDE. COARSE PAPER WITH ROUGH EDGES, PROBABLY FOR ECONOMY DURING THAT TIME. PENCILLED NUMBERS INSIDE COVER. read more

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