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VERY RARE gilded & embossed illustrated hardcover book. "Germany in Defeat - First Phase" By Count Charles de Souza and Major Haldane Macfall. This is the Third Edition, published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., London, 1916. Small 8vo, 19.2 cm x 13 cm x 3 cm, Red cloth-covered boards, Gilt embossed lettering on spine, Black embossed lettering on front cover, Black & white maps on plates, no dust-jacket. 207 pages. Weight: 475 Grams. CONTENTS ARE LIKE NEW!!! However, there are several cracks between pages throughout, and much outer wear & tear. Spine is very faded & slightly marked, cloth loose alongside front & back covers, bumped & scuffed either end, gilt a little dull. Cover is discoloured & marked, crease in cloth on front, edges faded, marked & worn. Corners are bumped & scuffed, one is slightly frayed. Outer edges tanned & foxed. All 20 maps present. Pastedowns & endpapers slightly marked. Some pages (very few) have slightly frayed & bumped edges, and/or corner folds. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Ink annotation on 1st endpaper. Small area of scuffing in margin of plate facing p.16. Light age tanning & occasional foxing throughout. VERY RARE EDITION, GOOD CLEAN CONDITION INSIDE!!! Full title: "Germany in Defeat. A Strategic History of the War". This is the first of 4 volumes (First Phase) of the 'Germany in Defeat' series, written between 1915 (for the First Edition) and 1919, recounting the strategic moves which lead to Germany's defeat in the First World war. Illustrated with 20 maps on plates. Contents: The Personal Note. I. The position of the Germans at the opening of the war. II. The position of the French at the opening of the war. III. The strategic perplexity produced on the French by the opening German moves in the war. IV. The real and wholly unrealised significance of Liege. V. The real German design in the siege of Liege and their hesitations in Belgium. VI. The first French offensive in Alsace and its real strategic significance . VII. The French evade the German trap in Belgium. VIII. The Germans, perplexed by the French victories in Alsace-Lorraine, swiftly seize an advantage. IX. Joffre evades the German trap in Belgium. X. The Germans walk into the trap laid by Joffre for their annihilation. XI. The Germans, baulked of their scheme to trap the French in Belgium, and eluding the French trap. XII. After their strategic check at Cambrai the German staff resume, more to the west, their enveloping movement. XIII. The Great Retreat. XIV. The Battle of Nancy. XV. Battle of the Ourcq. XVI. The crowning achievement of the Great Retreat, wherein Foch completely overthrows the whole German armies and saves France at the battle of Fere Champenoise. XVII. The overthrow of the largest German army by the army of Sarrail before Verdun. We have other volumes of "Germany in Defeat" available, so please check our listings, thank you. IN STOCK in the UK!!! We post the same day, or if that's not possible, the very next working day. Seller's Ref: 67. Seller Inventory # ABE-12792061458
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Germany in Defeat - First Phase
Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., London
Publication Date: 1916
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 3rd Edition
