(MILITARY WORLD WAR ONE) Christian Royal A Roys Trip to the

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INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (MILITARY--WORLD WAR ONE.) Christian, Royal A. Roy's Trip to the Battlefields of Europe. Frontispiece portrait. [1], 157 pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers, minor staining and wear; minor foxing; inscribed beneath portrait "Very truly yours, Royal A. Christian." Chambersburg, PA: J.R. Kerr, [1920]

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inscribed and signed first edition. Christian had worked for the president of the Cumberland Valley Railroad in Chambersburg, PA before the war. When the war broke out, his boss was commissioned a major and made the Deputy Director-General of Transportation. Christian soon joined him in France as his confidential messenger.