CHARTERIS, BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOHN.

Field-Marshal Earl Haig.

First Edition; Thick Roy. 8vo; pp. xvi, 400; endpaper maps, portrait frontispiece, text with 8 half-tone plates and numerous line drawings, index, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, top edge gilt, name on half title page, some very light foxing to first few pages, good copy. London; Cassell and Company Ltd.; 1929. Field Marshal Douglas Haig (1861 - 1928) was a controversial figure at the time this book was published he enjoyed a favourable reputation, but in the time since that reputation has soured. His offensives at the Somme and Passchendaele led to mass carnage, and his nickname of "Butcher Haig".

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CHARTERIS, BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOHN.

Field-Marshal Earl Haig.

First Edition; Thick Roy. 8vo; pp. xvi, 400; endpaper maps, portrait frontispiece, text with 8 half-tone plates and numerous line drawings, index, bound in original maroon cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, top edge gilt, name on front endpaper, very good copy. London; Cassell and Company Ltd.; 1929. Field Marshal Douglas Haig (1861 - 1928) was a controversial figure at the time this book was published he enjoyed a favourable reputation, but in the time since that reputation has soured. His offensives at the Somme and Passchendaele led to mass carnage, and his nickname of "Butcher Haig".

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Brigadier-General John Charteris; John Buchan [Foreward]

Field-Marshal Earl Haig

London, Cassell and Company, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of John Charteris's illustrated biography of Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. The first edition of this work.With a foreword by John Buchan.Illustrated with seven photographic plates, map endpapers, and numerous line engravings. Collated, complete.A fascinating account of the life and career of this senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War Haig commanded the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from, and was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Arras, the Third Battle of Ypres, the German Spring Offensive, and the Hundred Days OffensiveFormer owner's inscription to a front blank. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with a touch of fading to back strip. Hinges strained, and a touch tender. Former owner's inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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