Field Service Pocket Book 1914. General Staff, War Office
BRITISH ARMY
(Reprinted, with Amendments, 1916.)
NEAR FINE COPY OF THE STANDARD WWI ISSUE IN ORIGINAL CLOTH CASE
Published: HMSO, 1916
Stock code: 49113
Price: £240.00
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 8 folding plates (6 coloured or coloured in outline), 13 plates in monochrome and numerous woodcut illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original wrappers, red sprinkled edges, a very good, bright clean copy IN THE ORIGINAL BROWN CLOTH CASE.
Printing code: 40/WO/2923. With the 24pp (23 printed) catalogue of military books on pink stock. THE SCARCE CLOTH CASE LETTERED IN BLACK WITH FOLDING FLAP, PENCIL SOCKET AND INNER POCKET, IS PARTICULARLY WELL-PRESERVED. The Field Service Pocket Book (B11013) was the 'bible' for officers on active service in the Great War. A remarkably concise yet comprehensive reference, it is rarely found in this condition. A RARE SURVIVAL.