London: Macdonald, 1955. Octavo, tan cloth, spine lettered in red. Small bruise to tips of lower outer corners of covers, else a fine copy, no owner names. Dust jacket (art by Broom Lynne) has a three inch closed tear along lower front spine fold extending horizontally at top across about half the spine; half inch creased tear at top of front spine fold; nicks to panels and top of front flap; VG otherwise, the front panel bright and showing well, and the tears (no under plastic wrapper) are not glaring, especially the horitzontal one, which is almost invisible. In all a nice clean and tight copy of the fifth and scarcest of the 15 volume Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight series. A World War I novel of the battle of Loos in 1915, of fear, and the quest for courage.

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1950. Grey cloth. Spine is lightly age-darkened and with a 1/8 inch tear at head; endpapers and page edges lightly yellowed; else fine. Price-clipped dust jacket has shallow chips to bit darkened spine, with a small hole near centre of spin e; skinned spot to rear flap; VG otherwise. A World War II aviation novel, no doubt autobiographical. The hero, a Jew, is a tail gunner in a B-24 over Italy. The author was an aerial gunner in the 15th Air Force and won the Air Medal four times. "The first war novel to picture air combat from the enlisted men's point of view."- jacket flap. Of further interest is the fact that Falstein accused novelist Joseph Heller of plagiarizing parts of this book in writing CATCH-22.; Octavo

New York: Morrow, 1930. Tan cloth lettered in red, black on white illustrated page edges, black top page edges. pp [14], 269, [5]. Yellowing and slight foxing to page edges, else fine. The striking yellow, black & red non-pictorial Art Deco jacket (by Wenck) has tiny chips to head of very lightly darkened spine; small narrow rubbed spot to rear spine fold; tiny chips to lower edge of front panel and outer corners; yellow rear panel has a 1 cm tear at bottom, minor dust soiling; else fine. First published earlier in 1930 by a small British publisher; Morrow having previously rejected the manuscript, ended up reprinting it a few times. This powerful tale is the most important Canadian World War I novel and no doubt one of the top ten WWI novels. Harrison was born in Philadelphia and by age sixteen was working for The Montreal Star. He enlisted with the Royal Montreal Regiment and was a machine-gunner in Belgium and France, wounded at Amiens in 1918, after which he returned to Montreal for a while before moving on to New York. The novel was praised by Ford Madox Ford, and in its partial appearance in magazines, including German ones, may have influenced Remarque in the writing of ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. "The story of the looting of Arras by Canadian troops and their conflict with the English Military Police is told for the first time. But piquant as are these and many other revelations of the realities of war in and behind the lines, the real quality of the work lies in the exquisite, and withal unselfconsciousness, expression of the beauty and graciousness of human relationships, however startling and unorthodox, amid the foulness and brutality of that inferno." - jacket flap. See the two columns about Harrison in Toye, Oxford Companion to CanLit. Now quite scarce on the market in any sort of dust jacket, especially one so nice.; Octavo.

London: Noel Douglas, 1930. Octavo. 249, [3] pp. Green cloth, spine gilt lettered. Spine a bit sunned, with a narrow, shallow horizontal indentation; bit of foxing and yellowing to page edges; small damp spot and short streak to front cover; very light foxing early and late; else a VG clean and unworn jacketless copy. The UK edition is the correct first. It was rejected by several British publishers before being accepted by this small, short-lived British house. The edition size would surely have been small (1000-1500 copies? a guess only). The American publisher Morrow, having previously rejected the book, changed their mind and published an edition later in 1930, and they ended up reprinting it a few times. This powerful tale is the most important Canadian World War I novel and no doubt one of the top ten WWI novels.. Harrison was born in Philadelphia and by age sixteen was working for The Montreal Star. He enlisted with the Royal Montreal Regiment and was a machine-gunner in Belgium and France, wounded at Amiens in 1918, after which he returned to Montreal for a while before moving on to New York. The novel was praised by Ford Madox Ford, and in its partial appearance in magazines, including German ones, may have influenced Remarque in the writing of ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. "The story of the looting of Arras by Canadian troops and their conflict with the English Military Police is told for the first time. But piquant as are these and many other revelations of the realities of war in and behind the lines, the real quality of the work lies in the exquisite, and withal unselfconsciousness, expression of the beauty and graciousness of human relationships, however startling and unorthodox, amid the foulness and brutality of that inferno." - jacket flap. See the two columns about Harrison in Toye, Oxford Companion to CanLit. This British edition is fairly scarce. ; Octavo

London: Heinemann, 1929. #2 of 525 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Brown cloth spine and batik boards, fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. [6], 34, [4, blank] pp. A fine copy. The dark brown on cream non-pictorial dust jacket is slightly dust soiled and tanned, two small edge nicks, mainly fine otherwise, no chips or clips. First published in The New Adelphi in 1927, and in book form as a Christmas greetings give-away by Harper & Bros., NY, in 1928. Laid in is a printed slip "With the Compliments of Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York" The publisher's name has been struck through with a typewriter and typed beneath is "Mr. F.N. Doubleday". The jacket flap indicates that 500 copies were for sale (at 6s.) , and it seems likely to me that his is one of the 25 hors commerce copies. A World War I story by the noted English novelist who served as an officer during the Great War. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.; Signed by Author