Author: HALSEY, FRANCIS WHITING
Title: The Literary Digest History of the World War Compiled from Original and Contemporary Sources: American, British, French, German, and Others (10 Volumes, Complete)
Description: NY: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1919. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's half black leather over blue cloth boards, t.e.g, maps on endpapers. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of photographs and maps. The volumes include: Volume I - Introduction, Outbreak & Causes, The Invasion of Belgium, Luxemburg and Alsace Lorraine (June 28, 1914-October 15, 1914); Volume 2 - The German Advance on Paris, Nancy and the Marne Battle, The Aisne and Verdun, The First Winter and the New Year (August 21, 1914 - July 1, 1915); Volume 3 - The Autumn Allied Offensive, The Assault on Verdun, Operations on the Northern Front, The Battle of the Somme, Then German Retreat and the Arras and Aisne Battles (July 12, 1915 - May 24, 1917); Volume 4 - The US Enters the War, The Second Battle of Flanders, Aeroplanes and Zeppelins, Germany's Bids for Peace (December 12, 1916 - March 21, 1918); Volume 5 - Ludendorff's Colossal Drive in the West, and Foch's First Victories (March 21, 1918 - September 20, 1918); Volume 6 - Foch's Victories, The American Breakthrough, The Fall of Cambrai, the Signing of the Armistice, Germany's Revolution, the Kaisar's Flight, The Surrender of the German Ships, The Occupation of the Rhine Valley, Wilson's Tour of European Cities (September 17, 1918 - January 18, 1919); Volume 7 - Russia's Early Victories, Mackensen's Battle of the Dunajec, the Great Invasion of Russia, Russia's Second Offensive under Brusiloff, The Revolution and the Brest-Litovsk Treaty, Bolsheviki Rule, etc. (August 1, 1914 - July 20, 1919; Volume 8 - The War against Turkey in the Causasus, Egypt, Palestine, the Dardanelles and Gallipoli, Arabia, and Mesopotamia, Serbia's Tragic Defeat, Roumania Overrun, the Final Victory of the Entente Under D'Esperey (August 1, 1914 - October 1918); Volume 9 - Italy against Austria in the Trentino and on the Isonzo, The Fall of Georgia and the Carso Fighting, The Italian Defeat at Caporetto, Austria's Debacle on the Piave, the Four Years of Submarine Warfare, The Lustania Case, Germany's War Zone Decree, etc. (August 1914 - November 11, 1918); Volume 10 - Naval Battles, Personal Sketches of the War Leaders, the Peace Conference in Paris, Versailles, St. Germain, and the Signing of the Treaty, Chronology, and Index (August 1914-May 1920).. Some boards lightly worn, all volumes unmarked, tight, and square. VERY GOOD. Photographs and Maps. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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