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The Service Record of the 18th Battery Australian Field Artillery. Egypt France Flanders Belgium 1915-1919 cover title
1919ref. 136972London: 'Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd' 1919. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. London 'Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd' 1919. Large quarto 366 × 268 mm 4 leaves printed rectos only each with a reproduction of ornate Honor Rolls drawn and designed by Gunner Sergeant then Staff-Sergeant P.R. Wightman between 1916 and 1919 with the battalion colours printed in red and blue. The basic units of design are large-calibre shells and the end results are stunning no pun intended!. Pictorial card covers bound with red and blue cord the battalion colours; covers lightly rubbed at the extremities and lightly foxed at the rear with minimal surface loss to silverfish at the front; cord lightly faded; an excellent copy internally fine. The front cover artwork is by the British artist Harry Payne 1858-1927. Not in Dornbusch; Fielding and O'Neill page 223. 'Published for the 18th Battery AIF by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd' paperback
