Active Service Pocket Book - Fourth Edition Enlarged
By Bertrand Stewart
Published by William Clowes And Sons Limited: London 1910
Scarce 4th edition. At the time of listing we have been unable to identify another for sale.
"Bertrand Stewart (1872 – 1914) worked as a solicitor in London and was also a military officer in the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry, he fought in the Second Boer War and the First World War. In between the two wars he volunteered to spy on German naval actions. He was famously arrested in Germany on 2 August 1911 and sentenced to four years in prison. Stewart and another British spy, Captain Trench, were pardoned and released by the German Kaiser as a present to Ernest Augustus the Duke of Brunswick when Augustus married the Kaiser's daughter, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia. He died fighting off a German attack near the River Vesle during the Battle of the Marne."
Minor wear to cover and spine as shown. Would appear as close to "fine" condition as you could find. Includes soldiers name "W.H. Anderson" as shown. Pages are crisp, clean and bright. A wonderful example of an important WW1 soldiers guide. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request.