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RABJOHN (Russell Hughes)
A Diary: A Story of my Experience in France & Belgium, during the World War 1914-1918.
1st Ed., orig. dec. wraps., approx. 140pp., un-numbered leaves, illustrated throughout with the author's sketches. Burlington, Ontario: CDM Business Services [for the Author]. nd (c.1978)
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Rabjohn was a gifted commercial artist who was apprenticed to a Toronto engraving house before WW1, alongside his studies at the Ontario College of Art. He served in France & Flanders with the 123rd Bn. & as well as normal duties was employed as a signwriter as required - including painting the names & other details on wooden grave markers for fallen members of his unit. In later life he drew, entirely from meory, this remarkably detailed & appealing series of sketches to complement his wartime diary. Orig. dec, wraps., VG & scarce.
£65
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