PALMER (Robert).

Letters from Mesopotamia: In 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the battle of Um El Hannah, Jan 21, 1916 aged 27 Years.

First edition. With two facsimiles of hand-drawn maps and three further maps/plans in the text. 8vo. Contemporary vellum, gilt, green morocco labels and gilt lettering to spines; boards slightly splayed, endpapers foxed, otherwise very good. 134, [2]blank pp. [No place], privately printed by the Women’s Printing Society, 1919.

£800.00

A presentation copy, from the author’s mother to the author’s younger brother: “W.J.L. Palmer from his mother July 1919”. W.J.L. Palmer’s charming bookplate to the front pastedown.

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222604