By Major-General C.H. Foulkes; Field-Marshal The Earl of Cavan
London   William Blackwood and Sons
10" by 6.5" [4] v-xv, [1] 361pp
The first edition of this examination of the use of gas in military operations of the Special Brigade, replete with illustrations and folding maps.
By Major-General C.H. Foulkes; Field-Marshal The Earl of Cavan

1934 "Gas!" The Story of the Special Brigade

London   William Blackwood and Sons
10" by 6.5" [4] v-xv, [1] 361pp
The first edition of this examination of the use of gas in military operations of the Special Brigade, replete with illustrations and folding maps.
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First Edition, Folding Maps, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

A compelling examination into the use of gas warfare by various factions during the First World War, and the history of the Special Brigade of the British Army. 

Written by Major-General C.H. Foulkes, Late Royal Engineers and A.D.C to the King. He served in the First World War following the first German use of gas on April 22nd, 1915 at the Second Battle of Ypres. Afterwards, he became Britain's chief advisor on gas warfare. 

Including an introduction by Field-Marshal The Earl of Cavan. 

The first edition of this work. 

Including twenty-one illustrated plates, seven maps, five of which are folding, and two graphs, both of which are folding.

Collated and complete.

Containing a previous owner's small stamp to the front free-endpaper, 'Mr. K. Fergusson'.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with some minor shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, front hinge is very lightly strained to the title page. Remaining binding is firm. A few small creases to the folding plates and maps, though pages remain generally bright and clean throughout.

Very Good Indeed

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