Description

Hardcover, blue cloth, no dust-jacket. 374pp., Index. Illustrated with 17 plates [one in color] and a 3 maps [one fold-out]. First British edition, first printing. Moderate wear and rubbing to cloth. No previous ownership marks. Known as Sir Henry Rawlinson, Baronet between 1895 and 1919, he was a British First World War general best known for his roles in the Battle of the Somme of 1916 and the Battle of Amiens in 1918. This biography traces his life from his service with Kitchener to his post-war posting to India. A square, sound, unmarked copy with no writing, underlinging or other writing interanlly. Not ex-library. All maps and plates extant and fine. Good.