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Stebbing, E. P.
At the Serbian Front in Macedonia.
Publisher: John Lane, The Bodley Head, London;
Date of Publication: 1917
Stock Code: 9805
FIRST EDITION WITH INSCRIBED SLIP LAID IN. Octavo, pp. xi, [3], 245, [1], [2] catalogue. Numerous photographic illustrations by the author to plates (complete) and fold-out Map illustrating the operations of Serbian and French armies in Macedonia July-November 1916. Publishers’ blue cloth with titles in gilt to spine and in blind to upper board. Printed compliments slip “From the Author” laid-in, with inscription. Boards scuffed with wear at corners and spine tips; corners bruised. Free endpapers toned; scattered foxing; a few leaves roughly opened, and a few creased from proximity to folding map. Compliments slip creased and soiled at edge, and inscribed “with best Christmas wishes”. A Good copy. First-hand account of the transport officer responsible for the safe arrival of a unit of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals in Salonika, and his subsequent experiences in 1916. Edward Percy Stebbing (1872-1960) was a pioneering English forester and entomologist who spent significant time in India; he joined the Royal Flying Corps in the Great War and served in Macedonia. Scarce. £75.00