Major Charles G.D. Roberts [pref. Lord Beaverbrook] — Canada in Flanders

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1918. First edition. Cloth. The third volume of a very scarce record of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, including their struggles at Regina Trench. The very scarce third volume of Canada in Flanders, The Official Story of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, written by Major Charles G.D. Roberts, with a preface by authors of volumes I and II, and British-Canadian publisher and Government minister Lord Beaverbrook. Published in 1918, the final year of the First World War. In the publisher's original red cloth. Includes full-page map illustrations, and a folding map rear end papers. A fascinating account of the Canadian forces on the Western Front, with this third volume including their struggles at the Courcelette, Regina Trench and Mouqet Farm during the Somme. Offical military histories such as these recorded the feats and deeds of regiments, with this on the Canadian Expeditionary Force being the first of its kind. In the publisher's original red cloth. Externally, browning and fading to boards, with slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Minor rubbing to edges, and a couple of punctures to the front joint. Minor spots to pictorial end papers, minimal to folding rear end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are mostly bright and clean with a couple of spots to first and final leaves. Good . Ill.: Unknown. Good .