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Dawson, Coningsby.
The Unknown Soldier.
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, London;
Date of Publication: 1926
Stock Code: 7914
N.d. but circa 1926. Octavo, pp. 63. Publishers’ black cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, and double border in blind to upper board. Endpapers slightly toned otherwise a clean crisp copy, both binding and contents. No annotation or inscriptions. Novel based upon the Author’s musings on “What would Christ have thought of the Somme if He had been there in khaki?”. Rare. At time of writing, COPAC locates just a single institutional copy at Oxford. Dawson (1882-1959), the Anglo-American novelist, joined the Canadian Army in 1916 and served for the duration of the Great War. This is likely the first edition but with no stated publication date we cannot be certain. £75.00