Author: A German [Richard Grelling]
Title: J&Apos;Accuse
Description: London, Hodder and Stoughton , 1915. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this anti-war book which was banned in Germany due its condemning of their foreign policies. The first UK edition. Translated by Alexander Gray.In the publisher's original orange cloth. Published anonymously, this book is now known to be written by German lawyer and pacifist, Richard Grelling, who condemns Germany here for their foreign policies that largely contributed to beginning the Great War. Although banned in Germany, the work was translated into many languages and subsequently sold many copies.Printed excerpts in the form of propaganda leaflets from its text were dropped by aircraft of the British Expeditionary Force into the Imperial German Army's trenches in France before the Battle of the Somme in 1916 in an endeavour to undermine the fighting morale of the German troops situated there. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities, most notably to the spine head and tail. A few marks to the boards. Bookplate of one William Low to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the half title and rear endpaper. With the odd spot to the first and last few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: J'accuse Richard Grelling Germany World War I Richard Grelling None


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