By Sir J Hammerton [ed.]
London   The Fleetway House
7" by 5" 640; 640; 640; 640; 640; 640pp.
A lovely set complete in six volume of the history of the Great War, illustrated with about a thousand maps and illustrations.
By Sir J Hammerton [ed.]

[1933] A Popular History of the Great War

London   The Fleetway House
7" by 5" 640; 640; 640; 640; 640; 640pp.
A lovely set complete in six volume of the history of the Great War, illustrated with about a thousand maps and illustrations.
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Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Pleasing Copy

Undated. Dated from copies on WorldCat [1933]. 

A complete set in six volumes comprising a thorough history of the Great War. With titles including The First Phase 1914Extension of the Struggle 1915, The Allies Attrition 1917, The Year of Victory 1918, and The Armistice and After

Edited by Sir John Alexander Hammerton, described by the National Biography as "the most successful creator of large scale work of reference that Britain has known. This series, containing an extensive history of the war, with official documents and post war revelations that were lacking in his previous series 'The great War.'

Collated. Complete with a frontispiece and multiple in text illustrations and maps throughout as well as sixty two plates to each volume.

Condition

In quarter navy blue morocco binding and cloth over boards. Externally lovely with minor shelfwear and minor bumping to extremities to volume three, and only minor rubbing to the spine to volume one. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Collating complete with a frontispiece and multiple in text illustrations and maps throughout as well as sixty two plates to each volume.

Near Fine

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