No Man's Land. En Dansker med Canadierne
ONE OF ONLY TWO DANES AWARDED THE VC IN WORLD WAR ONE
DINESEN, Thomas. No Man's Land. En Dansker med Canadierne.
Copenhagen: C. A, Reitzels Forlag, 1929
8vo., green cloth lettered in gilt to spine; bound with original soft pictorial covers featuring an image by Tormer showing the battlefield in black and white; titled in green; full page photographic frontis showing the author alongside other members of his regiment - ‘Chriss, Jack, Mac and Sam’ -; along with an additional 14 pages of captioned black and white plates; pp. [vii], 8-205, [iii]; light scattered spotting, particularly to the outer edges, original covers and prelims; some passages in the text underlined or marked with ‘x’s, both in pen and pencil; the original soft front cover just beginning to come loose at head and foot; the binding a little splayed and grubbied, with some rubbing to edges and along spine; small water stain to upper edge; very good.
First edition, inscribed by the author to the half title.
Dinesen was the younger brother of Karen Blixen (or Isak Dinesen), the author of Out of Africa. Indeed, for several years he was with his sister in Africa, helping on her coffee plantation - it was he who established the roastery there.
After the outbreak of war, Dinesen volunteered to serve with the British, French, and Americans, who - however - would only take their own citizens. He eventually was able to enlist with the Canadians, and went on to be one of only two Danes to receive the Victoria Cross for gallantry, Britain's highest military honour, in the First World War for "accounting for twelve of the enemy with bomb and bayonet". He also received the Croix de Guerre. This is the story of his War in his own words.
INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Count Guido Viola di Campalto. Campalto was a Venetian-born Italian career diplomat. From 6th Feb 1927 to 25 June 1931,he was the Italian ambassador in Copenhagen. He later served in Serbia and Spain.
ONE OF ONLY TWO DANES AWARDED THE VC IN WORLD WAR ONE
DINESEN, Thomas. No Man's Land. En Dansker med Canadierne.
Copenhagen: C. A, Reitzels Forlag, 1929
8vo., green cloth lettered in gilt to spine; bound with original soft pictorial covers featuring an image by Tormer showing the battlefield in black and white; titled in green; full page photographic frontis showing the author alongside other members of his regiment - ‘Chriss, Jack, Mac and Sam’ -; along with an additional 14 pages of captioned black and white plates; pp. [vii], 8-205, [iii]; light scattered spotting, particularly to the outer edges, original covers and prelims; some passages in the text underlined or marked with ‘x’s, both in pen and pencil; the original soft front cover just beginning to come loose at head and foot; the binding a little splayed and grubbied, with some rubbing to edges and along spine; small water stain to upper edge; very good.
First edition, inscribed by the author to the half title.
Dinesen was the younger brother of Karen Blixen (or Isak Dinesen), the author of Out of Africa. Indeed, for several years he was with his sister in Africa, helping on her coffee plantation - it was he who established the roastery there.
After the outbreak of war, Dinesen volunteered to serve with the British, French, and Americans, who - however - would only take their own citizens. He eventually was able to enlist with the Canadians, and went on to be one of only two Danes to receive the Victoria Cross for gallantry, Britain's highest military honour, in the First World War for "accounting for twelve of the enemy with bomb and bayonet". He also received the Croix de Guerre. This is the story of his War in his own words.
INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Count Guido Viola di Campalto. Campalto was a Venetian-born Italian career diplomat. From 6th Feb 1927 to 25 June 1931,he was the Italian ambassador in Copenhagen. He later served in Serbia and Spain.
ONE OF ONLY TWO DANES AWARDED THE VC IN WORLD WAR ONE
DINESEN, Thomas. No Man's Land. En Dansker med Canadierne.
Copenhagen: C. A, Reitzels Forlag, 1929
8vo., green cloth lettered in gilt to spine; bound with original soft pictorial covers featuring an image by Tormer showing the battlefield in black and white; titled in green; full page photographic frontis showing the author alongside other members of his regiment - ‘Chriss, Jack, Mac and Sam’ -; along with an additional 14 pages of captioned black and white plates; pp. [vii], 8-205, [iii]; light scattered spotting, particularly to the outer edges, original covers and prelims; some passages in the text underlined or marked with ‘x’s, both in pen and pencil; the original soft front cover just beginning to come loose at head and foot; the binding a little splayed and grubbied, with some rubbing to edges and along spine; small water stain to upper edge; very good.
First edition, inscribed by the author to the half title.
Dinesen was the younger brother of Karen Blixen (or Isak Dinesen), the author of Out of Africa. Indeed, for several years he was with his sister in Africa, helping on her coffee plantation - it was he who established the roastery there.
After the outbreak of war, Dinesen volunteered to serve with the British, French, and Americans, who - however - would only take their own citizens. He eventually was able to enlist with the Canadians, and went on to be one of only two Danes to receive the Victoria Cross for gallantry, Britain's highest military honour, in the First World War for "accounting for twelve of the enemy with bomb and bayonet". He also received the Croix de Guerre. This is the story of his War in his own words.
INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Count Guido Viola di Campalto. Campalto was a Venetian-born Italian career diplomat. From 6th Feb 1927 to 25 June 1931,he was the Italian ambassador in Copenhagen. He later served in Serbia and Spain.