Blackledge, W.J.
| Title |
The Legion of Marching Madmen |
| Date |
London 1936 |
| Publisher |
Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd |
Description
First Edition, first issue. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and white map endpapers on a black ground showing Mesopotamia and Persia. Clear, removable, archival protective cover fitted to the book. Octavo. pp. [i-vi] vii-ix [x-xii] 244. Frontispeice portrait of the author and eight other photograph illustrations.
Condition
A book in only Fair condition with marks to the boards, fraying of cloth at extremities, inner front hinge split but holding and scattered foxing. However, the text is remarkably clean and unmarked and the binding is tight. Previous ownership signature to page (v). Part of a 'The Times Book Club' label to rear map paste-down. An excellent reading copy of a very uncommon book.
