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HENRY WILLIAMSON REVIEW COPY

BLUFF, FUSILIER [C. E. Colwyn]. Fusilier bluff.

London. Geoffrey Bles, 1934. First edition.
8vo. 283pp. Original publisher's red cloth boards lettered in gilt, with the unclipped white dust wrapper decorated red, lettered black. Top edge yellow, bottom edge uncut. Minor shelf-wear, wrapper worn and toned. Internally bright and clean save a little toning to endpapers. With the review slip, and a T.L.S. to Williamson dated 27th April 1934, advising Mr. Lakin of Geoffrey Bles publishers has requested to send two titles; Something About a Solider, and Fusilier's Bluff. From the family library of Henry Williamson, now dispersed.
Published in 1934, Fusilier bluff is the account of a 'well- known writer who in this book definitely prefers to be anonymous'. Experiences in the Near-East Theatre, including the Salonika campaign, Lake Dorian, Gallipoli, and the Dardanelles, among others. Unusual for its time in its style of nonchalant enjoyment, it was relatively favourably reviewed by Williamson in The Sunday Times, 22 July 1934: 'the authors style is vivid, vital, and he knows how to narrate', and 'a book that creates gratitude and respect for the author'.
£ 250.00 Antiquates Ref: 27159