{"product_id":"fortune-of-war-duncan-grinnell-milne-1st-edition","title":"Fortune of War, Duncan Grinnell-Milne — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1931\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [N\/A].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Good. The volume remains structurally sound with a firm, square text block and tight hinges, indicating it has not been over-read or mishandled. However, the external cloth presents noticeable aesthetic wear, most prominently the heavy sunning to the spine which has uniformly faded the original green dye to a muted brown. The boards display minor handling marks and light shelf-wear rubbing to the corner tips and spine ends. Internally, while the main text block is largely clean, there is moderate to heavy foxing concentrated on the page edges, preliminary leaves, and endpapers. The book lacks its dust jacket but remains a solid, readable copy of a scarce title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is the true first edition, confirmed by the statement \"First published in 1931\" on the copyright page. Authored by the decorated First World War flying ace and escaper Captain Duncan Grinnell-Milne, this collection of short stories draws heavily on his wartime experiences and observations. As a specific UK first edition, the volume features the publisher's original black and green cover design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eGrinnell-Milne is best known for his classic memoir \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"52\"\u003eAn Escaper's Log\u003c\/i\u003e, and his fiction from the interwar period was printed in relatively small runs. \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"149\"\u003eFortune of War\u003c\/i\u003e is exceptionally scarce on the open market today, seldom appearing in retail or auction catalogues, making this a noteworthy acquisition for collectors of early twentieth-century aviation literature or Great War fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003ePenned by a celebrated WWI fighter pilot and serial escapee, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"68\"\u003eFortune of War\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a gripping collection of short stories steeped in the grim realities and fleeting triumphs of combat. Drawing intimately from his own service in the Royal Flying Corps and time as a prisoner of war, Grinnell-Milne captures the psychological toll, the dark humour, and the sheer unpredictability of life on the front lines. It is a poignant, unflinching glimpse into the Great War from a man who lived its most harrowing extremes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54385001267539,"sku":"4725","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260717_192819.jpg?v=1784806701","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/fortune-of-war-duncan-grinnell-milne-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}