Five Sous a Day
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, no date (1930). Hardcover. Black cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. 248pp.Name and date of previous owner on front free end-paper. Scarce. In a mylar wrapper. very good. Item #91437
"Five Sous a Day" is a gritty, non-romanticized memoir documenting his realistic, harsh experiences and service within the Legion"A man of many names,Operator 1384 was a pseudonym of David Harvey John Jones who also wrote under the names of John Henry Harvey, Ex-Legionnaire 1384 and John Barrington. Harvey (or whatever he real name was) was an Englishman who joined and then deserted the French Foreign Legion in Syria in 1926. He wrote several books about his time serving with some being more fictionalized than others.
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