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several old french language books are stacked on top of each otherseveral newspapers are stacked on top of each other on a white surfacea poster of a group of people on a boatseveral old letters and papers are stacked on top of each other
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25 - Newspapers and publications by First World War soldiers, 191…
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Estimate €100 - €200
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Newspapers and publications by First World War soldiers, 1914–1918 A collection of newspapers and correspondence, including FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE *On Progresse*, newspaper of the 9th ‘Vacuum’ J’T’Pousse/Magazine of the 9th Dragon Regiment: issue no. 4 dated 1 July 1917 and issue no. 5 dated 1 September 1917 *Le Cri de Guerre*, ‘the oldest battle cry in the world’, newspaper of the 23rd Territorial Regiment, 2 August 1916 *L’Argonnaute*, a trench newspaper, special issue of poems, No. 12, May 1916 3 Letters from the Front, 1916–1918, Robert Layus, editor of *L’Echo des Marmites* + mock certificate: Certificate of Good Conduct issued by *L’Echo des Marmites* to René Benjamin 2 letters from the front, 1916, Sergeant Génermont, founder of the *Revue littéraire du front* 2 letters, 1916, Jean Taboureau, known as Jean des Vignes Rouges, officer and writer, founder of the front-line magazine *Le Souvenir* Letter from the front, 19 March 1916, Emile Paget, editorial secretary of *Boum ! Voilà !* ‘Le Vaillant poilu’, a song composed in the trenches of the Somme by Colonel Léon, a 54-year-old veteran who volunteered for the duration of the war, 2 autographed pages, in-8 P.A.S., Georges Le Fèvre, journalist and writer, with a promotional leaflet for the publication of *Chansons sur Trois notes*, poems 14 illustrated educational and patriotic booklets published by Delagrave bookshops Enclosed: 1918 National Loan poster. ‘Subscribe for the coming victory!’, 1918 (Call to subscribe to the 4th National Loan) by B. Chavannaz, 80 x 120 cm, folded FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR ONLINE AUCTION CATALOGUE
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About the sale René Benjamin, the 20th-century Balzac scholar
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Auction time 10/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
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