Author: Major-General Sir Arthur B. Scott [Ed.]; P. Middleton Brumwell [Compiled]
Title: History of the (12th Eastern) Division in the Great War, 1914-1918
Description: London, Nisbet & Co, 1923. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this detailed account of the 12th (Eastern) Division's service during the First World War. Illustrated with numerous maps. A bright copy of the first edition of this study of the history of the formation and activities of the 12th (Eastern) infantry Division.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, twenty-six plates of maps - many folding - and a large folding colour map of the Western Front to the rear. Collated, complete.This infantry division was raised by the British Army during the First World War from men volunteering for Kitchener's New Armies, and fought on the Western Front for the duration of the war. One of its most notable actions was the Battle of Epehy, where a memorial cross to the 12th Division stands to this day.With the inscription 'Edward L. G. Pratt' to the front free endpaper. In the orange variant cloth binding.An excellent copy of this detailed work. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A touch of discolouration to back strip, otherwise externally exceptionally bright. Light shelf wear to back strip tail. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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