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John Murray, London, 1931, First edition, Good Hardcover / no dustjacket. 389 pages, 5" x 7.5", edgewear on boards, spine damaged, rear endpaper removed, otherwise a clean and tight reading copy. Percival Christopher Wren (1875 1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction.

NY: Frederic A. Stokes, 1931. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Darkened spine otherwise very good. No markings. No dustjacket. (box 158)

New York: Frederick A. Stokes. Good. 1931. Hardcover. Not marked; Ex-Library; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1931. Blue cloth boards, gilt-stamped cover and spine. Good Plus./No Dust Jacket. Cover decoration is a small gilt image of a Legionnaire. Backstrip slightly darkened and worn, corners slightly bumped/worn. 380 pages, clean and bright, hinges good. By the author of Beau Geste and numerous other works. Biography written using the diary/memoir of the French Foreign Legionnaire ""Mary Ambree,"" a nom de guerre.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1931. Second Printing of the U. S. edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with several small closed tears to the front panel, mild wear to corner tips and spine ends, slight age darkening to spine panel. (24639). Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-x [xi-xii] [1-2] 3-380, original blue cloth, front and spine stamped in gold, top edge stained blue. Novel based on the anonymous memoirs and diary of a woman who purportedly served in the French Foreign Legion after her involvement in WW I.

1931. Frederick A. Stokes Company. New York. 1931. First Edition, US. Hardback. No DW. Blue cloth. Boards are slightly soiled, spine dulled o/w a nice copy.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1931. Wren (1875-1941) is a man of some mystery. He may or may not have served in the Foreign Legion, but he wrote accurately about it. His most famous work is "Beau Geste," made into a popular movie. Here Wren is presenting the story of a woman who herself may or may not have been real; a fascinating story nonetheless. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping of a Legionaire bugler. Clean and fresh text; 380 pages. This at one time was part of a circulating library; there are stamps to that effect on the both the front and rear free endpapers, which have been crossed out. These are the only library treatments; a previous-owner inscription on the FFEP has also been crossed out. A serviceable copy, well worth a read today. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First American Edition.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Frederick A. Stokes. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1931. 1st UK; Second Printing. Hardcover. DJ chipped with short tears, and some discoloration, dime sized chip top fore edge. Someone has applied a strip of tape on the bottom edge of the DJ and at the base of the spine. Previous owner's name in small script on FFEP. Book, with light brown cloth covered boards, shows only light wear ; DJ in Mylar, tight solid book, hinges intact; 380 pages; In his preface to this book Wren explains how he received a diary from "Mary Ambree" with the request that he edit it for publication. He goes on to say that he was convinced that this woman actually served in the Legion and so decided to go through with, expanding the bare bones account into something readable. .

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1931. 2nd printing. Hardcover. [nice clean copy, no significant wear, just a touch of foxing to the fore-edge; jacket a bit darkened along spine, with a few tiny edge-nicks]. Pseudonymous memoir, based on the diary of a woman who purportedly served a five-year hitch in the French Foreign Legion (after having been an ambulance driver during World War I), as "edited and retold" by a guy who did as much to romanticize the F.F.L. as anyone, primarily through his popular "Beau" novels ("Beau Geste," "Beau Sabreur" and "Beau Ideal"), all of which were also filmed. Wren's claims to have served in the Legion himself, however, have been pretty much debunked, so as for the veracity of "Mary Ambree" -- who adopted that pseudonym, by the way, in homage to a real historical figure by that name, an English army captain who fought in England's war against Spain in the… Read More

Frederick A Stokes Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Original blue gilt designer cloth with legionnaire on cover, same date on title as on copyright page, and $2.00 on flap. A clean, unmarked copy with light dust offsetting to jacket corners, while jacket remains bright and is protected by a Brodart cover.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1931. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good in fair dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. DJ is in a plastic sleeve, and has wear, soiling, edge tears, and chips. Bookseller's label inside front cover.. x, 380 p. This is by the author of Beau Geste, and other works. Who was Mary Ambree? She was an Englishwoman who jointed the French Foreign Legion for love of adventure and to show what a woman could do. These true episodes of live and adventure in the Legion are selected from her diary and edited, at her request.

London: John Murray. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1931. Hardcover. An edition in very good condition housed in a like dust jacket. There is an ink inscription on the front flyleaf from a previous owner. The volume also bears light foxing to the top of the pages; Edited by P. C. Wren. Tightly bound with clean pages. ; 8vo; 383 pages .