MILITARY. – Dorothy LAWRENCE. Sapper Dorothy Lawrence. London John Lane, Bodley Head, 1919. First edition, 8vo (187 x 120mm.) 5 photographic plates._LOT.4005_拍品详情

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MILITARY. – Dorothy LAWRENCE. Sapper Dorothy Lawrence. London John Lane, Bodley Head, 1919. First edition, 8vo (187 x 120mm.) 5 photographic plates.

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MILITARY. – Dorothy LAWRENCE. Sapper Dorothy Lawrence. London John Lane, Bodley Head, 1919. First edition, 8vo (187 x 120mm.) 5 photographic plates.

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MILITARY. – Dorothy LAWRENCE. Sapper Dorothy Lawrence. London: John Lane, Bodley Head, 1919. First edition, 8vo (187 x 120mm.) 5 photographic plates. (Spotting to half-title and to fore-edge, toning.) Original green cloth, dust-jacket (chipping to extremities, dust-soiled to lower panel). Note: scarce. An account of the author’s experiences on the front line near Loos where, having elaborately dressed up as a male soldier, she undertook mining work with the Royal Engineers. Fearful of the consequences, arrested and interrogated as a spy, she was eventually deported back to England.