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Carry on; Letters in War-time

Author: Coningsby Dawson
ISBN #: B00085KL2Y
Price: $30.00
Publisher: John Lane
Publisher Location: New York
Book Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: good
Edition: First edition
Pub Date: 1917
First edition in dust jacket. Light shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, spot to front board, more wear to the jacket which is rubbed, chipped at front corners, soiled, bookseller's label to front endpaer, else clean and unmarked. First printing, same date, no others noted in book or on jacket. Coningsby Dawson (1883–1959) was an Anglo-American novelist and soldier, (Canadian Field Artillery,) born at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. After moving to America Dawson became a literary advisor to the George H. Doran publishing house. He began his training with the Canadians in 1914 and was at the front for most of two years beginning in 1916. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.