Author: DAILY NEWS.
Title: The Year 1914 Illustrated. A Record of Notable Achievements and Events. November 1913 - November 1914.
Description: London: Headley Brothers, 1914. . Sixth year of issue. "To the ordinary mortal the course of the world seemed normal until the last days of July. The Balkan fires had been quenched and the danger zone was apparently removed to torrid Mexico, where internal troubles were causing anxiety to the United States. Then Europe woke with a start to find that the assassination of a Royal Austrian Duke was to be the pretext for pitting the armed millions of Europe one against another.." 25cms x 19cms x 2cms. Pp.224, colour frontispiece + many two-tone illustrations throughout, map to rear inside board, light spotting to preliminaries, closed edge tear to margins of illustration of pp.105/106 and pp.129/130. Cream illustrated cloth has slight toning to edges. G+.

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