The Unknown Warrior, A Tragedy in Three Acts

A Great War drama, Cecil Lewis's 1928 translation of Paul Raynal's anti-war play

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Printing Details

First UK edition. Hardback, printed titling to spine and upper board. 19 × 14.5cm, 277pp.

This is the first UK edition of French playwright Paul Raynal's Le Tombeau sous l’Arc de Triomphe. It is an anti-war themed and concerns a soldier returning home on leave during the September 1915 Champagne Offensive. The translator, Cecil Lewis, was best known as an RFC pilot in the Great War and author of Sagittarius Rising.

Condition

A good copy but with heavy sunning to the spine and joints as seen in the images. There is some light tanning to the pages but otherwise this remains in strong readable condition.

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