Grim and Gay: Some Rhymes of the Second World War by Lancer

by LANCER

$1,000 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

(Lahore: The Civil & Military Gazette, 1941. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. 16pp. Stapled lightly decorated printed wrappers. Some staining on the staples, remnants of an unprinted wraparound band affixed inside rear wrap, a near very good copy. Pseudonymous poetry pamphlet written John Charles Edward Bowen, a British soldier and published in September of 1941. The pamphlet is dedicated to Winston Churchill, and some of the poems had appeared in *The Civil & Military Gazette.* OCLC* locates a single copy (at Oberlin); we also found a single online for sale listing for a 1942 second edition.

  • Publisher: The Civil & Military Gazette
  • Year: 1941
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: unknown

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