[Manning (Frederick)] The Middle Parts of Fortune: Somme & Ancre 1916, 2 vol., one of 520 copies, first title printed in red & black, vol. 1 half-title/limitation f. with very shallow nick to fore-margin, original cloth, t.e.g., some small staining, mainly to foot of spines, very lightly rubbed, cloth slip-case (water-stained), 8vo, Piazza Press, issued to subscribers by Peter Davies, 1929.
⁂ Manning's most loved work. Originally published anonymously due to the shocking nature of its content for the times, published the following year in expurgated form. The book's depictions of the brutality, futility and mundanity of war were said to have inspired Hemingway to read the novel yearly, 'to remember how things really were so that I will never lie to myself nor anyone else about them'.
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