"THEIR STORY IS THE WHOLE STORY OF THE WORLD WAR IN FRANCE": FIRST EDITION OF AMERICAN FIGHTERS IN THE FOREIGN LEGION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

ROCKWELL, Paul Ayres. American Fighters in the Foreign Legion 1914-1918. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Octavo, original tan cloth, original dust jacket. $950.

First edition, signed on the half title by the author, illustrated with 42 black-and-white photographs.

"Written by one of the first Americans to volunteer in the Legion in August 1914, this book tells the true story of the Americans who served during the war in this most romantic of fighting units. The author begins by introducing the Americans who enlisted in the Foreign Legion for the duration of the World War, and follows them through to the end of their fighting careerss. One reads how Americans from the most varied walks in life passed through the mill and became splendid fighting machines—soldiers of the Legion." With related newspaper clippings laid in.

Book near-fine with minor discoloration to front cover top edge, price-clipped dust jacket with chipping and wear to extremities, mild soiling to spine and rear panel. Scarce in dust jacket.