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STEELE (Dan)
Snow Trenches.
1st Ed., [ix]+361pp., ep maps. VG in dec. printed paper covd. board with orig. acetate wrap with printed sleeve notes. Chicago: McClurg & Co.
1931
#59671
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Rare personal account of an officer with the American Expeditionary Force in North Russia during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. Founded on personal experience but written in novelised form which the writer of the Introduction, Robert J. Casey (in his won right an acclaimed correspondent & war hero) describes as " a masterpiece of war fiction." Dan Steele served with the 339th Infantry at Archangel &c, until released in July 1919: this copy inscribed by him: "To my friend Tom Mullen in appreciation of many kindnesses Dan Steele... 9/22/31." Very nice copy retaining orig. & rare wraparound actetate dw. See illustration on our website.
£325
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