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The Story of the Great War: History of the European War from Official Sources. Complete Historical Records of Events to Date. Illustrated with Drawings, Maps, and Photographs. Prefaced by Major General Leonard Wood, Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank H. Simonds, Arthur Ruhl. Edited Francis J. Reynolds, Allen L. Churchill, Francis Trevelyan Miller. New York: P.F Collier & Son. Incomplete set 7/8. Missing Volume 8. Books measure 9.25 x 6.50". 8vo.
Volume 1: Introductions, Special Articles, Causes of War, Diplomatic and State Paper 1916. 508 pages.
Volume 2: The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne, Cracow, Warsaw, Polish Campaign, War in East Prussia 1916. 509 pages.
Volume 3: Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl Mazurian Lakes, Italy, Enters War, Gorizia, The Dardanelles 1916. 510 pages.
Volume 4: Somme, Russian Drive, Fall of Goritz, Rumania, German Retreat, Vimy Revolution in Russia United States at War 1916. 510 pages
Volume 5: Battle of Jutland Bank, Russian Offensive, Kutchers-El-Amara East Africa, Verdun, The Great Somme Drive, United States and Belligerents Summary of Two Years's War 1916. 509 pages.
Volume 6: Champagne, Artois, Grodno Fall of Nish, Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Development of Air Strategy, United States and the War 1916. 507 pages.
Volume 7: American Food and Ships, Palestine, Italy, Invaded, Great German Offensive American in Picardy, Americans on the Marne, Foch's Counteroffensive 1919. 508 pages.
In good condition. Cloth boards normally scuffed. Bumped corners. Head and tail of spines bumped and scuffed. Volume 7's title label on spine rubbed and faded. Volume 1-6's title labels on spines rubbed but still attractive. Tanned spines. Age-staining on outer edge of text blocks. Complete plates in all 7 volumes. Brittle Pages. Age-staining throughout text blocks. Bindings tight and intact. Please see photos.
World War I, or the Great War, was a global conflict from July 1914 to November 1918, initiated by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. It involved the Allied Powers (France, Britain, Russia, later U.S.) against the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire). The war was defined by devastating trench warfare and, Encyclopedia Britannica resulted in over 16 million deaths and the collapse of four major empires.
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