Members of the Eighth Army — Poems from the Desert

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1944. Second Edition. . Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Poems, written by fighting men in the heat of desert battle, that vividly record their emotions and their essential spirit." Foreword by General Sir Bernard Montgomery to this stated Second Edition, a sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover exemplar of moving poetry from members of the Eighth Army in the British military force in the Second World War. Clean, if lightly toned interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Printed dust jacket, moderately worn, a bit sunned, chip missing to spine head. A fetching gift inscription at first free endpaper, "To 'Bennie', from Mom and Pop, 1945." 51 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,