Reginald Davis; Sir Ernest Hodder-Williams — One Young Man
London , Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 1917. First edition. Cloth. A personal exploration of life in the First World War edited by Sir Ernest Hodder-Williams, a true story from the diaries of Reginald Davis. Featuring an inscription and signature from Reginald Davis. "Davis has won his spurs. He bears the marks of his service in the Great War with honour and with never a complaint." Explores the life of Davis, under the pseudonym "Sydney Baxter", a clerk who enlisted in 1914, fought on the Western Front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the Battle of the Somme, and accounts his tribulations in getting back to his desk. Printed for private circulation. In original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine. Externally, smart and bright. Internally, firmly bound, bright and clean aside from light spotting to rear endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .
