The Great War. The Standard History of the All-Europe Conflict. (13 Vols. Complete)
London: The Amalgamated Press Limited, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 13 vols. published from 1914 to 1919. Original burgundy cloth with black lettering and decor on covers, gilt and black lettering with decor and publisher's device on spine. Most volumes with colored or decorative endpapers.
Comprehensive work illustrating the British view of the First World War on some 6,800 pages. Includes eyewitness stories of striking incidents throughout the field of operations. Extensively illustrated with more than 10,000 reproductions of striking b/w photographs, including portraits, paintings and drawings, maps, panoramas and photogravure plates. "The greatest war of modern times, and perhaps in the whole history of the human race, was begun by Germany using the crime of a schoolboy in Bosnia as her excuse. On Sunday, June 28th, 1914, a student named Prinzep shot and killed the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the thrones of Austria-Hungary, and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, in the streets of Sarajevo." (Chapter I.) The first volume opens with a reproduction of the wire sent to the press by Reuters: "10-25PM. REUTERS TEL. GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON RUSSIA. ST PETERSBURG. AUG.1 T GERMAN AMBASSADOR IN T NAME OF HIS GOVT HANDED TO T FOREIGN MINISTRY A DECLARATION O WAR AT 7-30 THIS EVENING. REUTERS. 10-27"
The most complete and finest contemporary history of W.W.I. published in English.
The Amalgamated Press was a British newspaper and magazine, considered to be the British counterpart of the French newspaper "L'Illustration," the first French newspaper to publish a photograph in 1891. It was founded by the journalist Alfred Harmsworth in 1901 and expanded rapidly to combine as many publishing ventures under one banner. It was sold to the Mirror Group in 1959 and renamed Fleetway Publications undergoing various changes until it was reorganized under the name IPC Magazines. Some light wear along edges and joints of binding, light water spotting on few bindings. Volume one starting at inside covers. G to very good condition. Item #47766
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