Item #95062 The Desert Column. Leaves From the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai, and Palestine [First Edition, issued 3 days after first]. Ion L. Idriess.
The Desert Column. Leaves From the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai, and Palestine [First Edition, issued 3 days after first]
The Desert Column. Leaves From the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai, and Palestine [First Edition, issued 3 days after first]

The Desert Column. Leaves From the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai, and Palestine [First Edition, issued 3 days after first]

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1932. 1st edition, 2nd issue (3 days after first) (without endpaper maps), 8vo, pp.379, (iii, adverts), lacks ffep, prev. owner's stamp to pp.(ix) orig cl bds., spine sl toned, very good condition

Issued three days after the rare first edition with end-paper maps. An Australian soldier's World War I diary (the original in the War Memorial Library, Canberra). Idriess was wounded during his tour of duty, which included time in Palestine, Sinai, and Turkey. At Gallipoli he served as spotter for Billy Sing, a famous sniper for the Australian Imperial Force. Item #95062

Price (AUD): $550.00   Other currencies

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