Stedman Michael Photographs Skelding (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 159pp Illus. in text, including colour. Reprint, first published 1999. Quarto landscape size. A superbly illustrated edition providing a stunning story of the First World War and the battles of Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele. A moving account of the carnage, the comradeship, the cruelty and the courage.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Great Battles of the Great War. Gallipoli. The Somme. .Passchendaele.Light crease to end inside cover.Three place names that have held a dread and special meaning for over 80 years. Today they still epitomize the horror that the First World War wreaked on civilization - a horror that the passing years have in no way diminished. Its cost in human terms was inestinable. No-one will ever know how many died or where many of those who 'gave their today for our tomorrow' rest. It is difficult to visualize what those involved went through - but we must try. This book is the product of singual dedication by Ed Skelding who has not only created the TV Series of the same name but take arguably the most atmospheric photographs yet of the battlefields of Gallipoli,the Somme and Passchendale. Michael Stedman, a hugely successful historian of the period, has joined him to write the background story to accompany amd enhanve these striking visual images. Their joint aim is to reach all those who are determined to share the experiences of this dark and deadly age - the carnage, the comradeship, the cruelty, the courage. If, as a result of this sensitive yet readable, attractive yet informative book, a better understanding is reached and further interest encouraged, the authors will be satisfied. Illustrated. 160 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Great Battles of the Great War. Gallipoli.The Somme.Passchendaele.Three place names that have held a dread and special meaning for over 80 years. Today they still epitomize the horror that the First World War wreaked on civilization - a horror that the passing years have in no way diminished. Its cost in human terms was inestinable. No-one will ever know how many died or where many of those who 'gave their today for our tomorrow' rest. It is difficult to visualize what those involved went through - but we must try. This book is the product of singual dedication by Ed Skelding who has not only created the TV Series of the same name but take arguably the most atmospheric photographs yet of the battlefields of Gallipoli,the Somme and Passchendale. Michael Stedman, a hugely successful historian of the period, has joined him to write the background story to accompany amd enhanve these striking visual images. Their joint aim is to reach all those who are determined to share the experiences of this dark and deadly age - the carnage, the comradeship, the cruelty, the courage. If, as a result of this sensitive yet readable, attractive yet informative book, a better understanding is reached and further interest encouraged, the authors will be satisfied. Illustrated. 160 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Great Battles of the Great War. Gallipoli. The Somme. .Passchendaele.Three place names that have held a dread and special meaning for over 80 years. Today they still epitomize the horror that the First World War wreaked on civilization - a horror that the passing years have in no way diminished. Its cost in human terms was inestinable. No-one will ever know how many died or where many of those who 'gave their today for our tomorrow' rest. It is difficult to visualize what those involved went through - but we must try. This book is the product of singual dedication by Ed Skelding who has not only created the TV Series of the same name but take arguably the most atmospheric photographs yet of the battlefields of Gallipoli,the Somme and Passchendale. Michael Stedman, a hugely successful historian of the period, has joined him to write the background story to accompany amd enhanve these striking visual images. Their joint aim is to reach all those who are determined to share the experiences of this dark and deadly age - the carnage, the comradeship, the cruelty, the courage. If, as a result of this sensitive yet readable, attractive yet informative book, a better understanding is reached and further interest encouraged, the authors will be satisfied. Illustrated. 160 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).