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Front cover portrait of Brigadier-General H.B. de Lisle, C.B., D.S.O., Commanding 2nd Brigade of Cavalry. How the British Army Crossed the Aisne. Photos and illustrations: Vandalism at Soissons; Diagrammatic view of the Aisne valley, showing how the German trenches were disposed; Human moles at Aisne; Positions of the rival armies during the closing days of September, 1914, looking northward from the city of Rheims; War life in a 3-tier deep sandpit behind the British lines in the Champagne country; 'Searchlight' fired from a gun - a parachute light-ball shell illuminates a night battle field; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Cover portrait of Peter I., King of Serbia. Centerfold photo montage entitled "With the Men of the First Canadian Contingent on Salisbury Plain.' Contains best accounts of Battles of the Aisne. Battles and bombardments of the Aisne and Suippes. Photos and illustrations include: under and above ground along the Aisne; French Alpine Chasseurs; President Poincare's Bombarded Villa at Sampigny; Fugitives at Senlis Station; Desolation in Senlis; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Worthy reference copy. Book
Cover portrait of Commodore Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, C.B. The Railway Battles of Northern France. Centerfold illustration of 'Charge of the French Light Cavalry after the German artillery had been destroyed at Lassigny'. Photos and illustrations: The Town of Metz; Infantry advance near Arras; Sir William Robertson; Wrecked Hotel De Ville and belfry at Arras; Full-page photo of a hasty wayside breakfast with General Joffre at the front; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Front cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir George Patey, K.C.V.O., Commanding the Australian Squadron. Early gains and losses in the war by sea. Plot and counterplot among the arming neutrals. Centerfold entitled 'How the Germans were Cleared from a French Village with the aid of a '75' gun". Photos and illustrations include: German cruiser Emden's exploit at Madras; Sectional view of a German submarine / unterseeboote; British naval losses in the North Sea on September 22nd, 1914, when the Aboukir, Hogue, and Cressy were torpedoed by German submarines; Torpedo-boat harbours under construction in Heligoland; and more. Above-average wear. Covers secured with tape. Does not include Photogravure of Admiral Beatty. Book
Front cover portrait of Lieutenant-General W.P. Pulteney, K.C.B., D.S.O. The clash of Slav and Prussian Brilliantly Described. Centerfold illustrates how "The Cossacks harried Hindenberg in his attempt to take Warsaw." Photos and illustrations include: Retreat of the Kaiser's Troops in East Prussia; Russian soldiers breaking ice on a Polish river; The German advance on Warsaw; The 'Lava' method of attack used by the Cossack army; and more. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. Book
Front cover portrait of H.I.M. The Emperor Yoshihito of Japan. Japan's part in the Great War described and pictured. The Story of Tsingtau. Centerfold photo montage entitled "End of the 'German Gibraltar' in the Far East - the fall of Tsingtau. Germany's world-wide campaign of intrigue. Photos and Illustrations: Japanese seige guns; The Japanese in Tsinan-fu; Japanese Red Cross; The Japanese Expeditionary Force landing at Laichow; Full-page photo of the funeral of the Captain and Officers of the torpedoed Japanese Cruiser Takichiho; Japan's enthusiastic welcome home to General Kamio; and more. Covers secured by tape. Magazine
Front cover portrait of General Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., D.S.O., R.A. Progress of the war in the air described and pictured. Centerfold illustration entitled "The first used of Zeppelin airships against British Men-of-War. Photos and illustrations: New Zealanders bridge-building in Egypt; Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Camp on Salisbury Plain; Commander Charles Rumney Samson; Photo of a French aeroplane pursuing a German airship; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Book
Pages 57-84. Front cover photo of Field-Marshal Sir John French. Contents: Conclusion of Chapter V; First part of Chapter VI: Germany on the Eve of War - by an eyewitness. Photos of: the Belgian infantry; The Citizen Army of Territorials (C.I.V.'s) march along the Strand; Algerian sharpshooters cross France; Belgian armoured cars; effects on civil life; Torlemont; Mouland; Belgians burn their own houses; Dogs help on the battlefield; The British Army crosses the Channel; Centerfold illustration of a French dirigible protecting British naval assets; Young Brits join the army; H.R.H. the Prince of Wales handles his rifle; Swanse women register for army pay; Irish Nationalist Volunteers; H.M. Seaplane 126, complete with quick-firing gun; Cut communication wires in Belgium; and more. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Front cover portrait of Lieutenant-General Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, C.B. The Russian Stand on the Five Rivers and the Battle of the Carpathians; Photos and illlustrations include: Germany's Christmas Day Air Raid on London; Bird's-eye view of Cuxhaven Harbour, at the mouth of the River Elbe; Full-page photographic portrait of Lieut.-General W.P. Pulteney, K.C.B., D.S.O., Commanding Third Army Corps; Austrian General Steger Steiner and staff in Galicia; 28-ton Austrian seige gun which fires a thousand pound projectile; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Book
Front cover portrait of General Sir Standish Monteith Hamilton, G.C.B., D.S.O. The Fight for the Dardanelles. Centerfold photos of the great attack on the Turkish defences of the Dardanelles/ Kum Kale Fort on fire. Photos and Illustrations include: Channel Islanders in wartime; Photo of shrapnel bursting over the Belgian trenches in Flanders; Australians on the Gallipoli Peninsula and ready to advance in the Dardanelles operations; The sinking of the H.M.S. Irrisistible; The last of the French Battleship Bouvet; Turkish torpedo attack on the British transport Manitou; and more. Covers secured by tape. Above-average wear. Book
Front cover portrait of Colonel H.H. The Maharaja of Bikaner. The fight for the Dardanelles. The Great Wave of Loyalty and Imperial enthusiasm in India. Centerfold devoted to photos of Indian leaders and soldiers at work. Photos and illustrations: French soldiers in camp at Seddul Bahr; British encampment near the western entrance of the Dardanelles; Landing operations in the Dardanelles; Indian troops disembark; Many Asian dignitaries; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Front cover portrait of Lieutenant-Commander Norman D. Holbrook, V.C. The Development of Submarine Warfare. Przemysl and the battles of the Mountains and Rivers. Centerfold illustration of the Lusitania going down - Germany's 'Grand Coup' in crime. Photos and Illustrations: simulation of the hole blasted in the side of the Lusitania; Destruction of the Dresden off Juan Fernandez; The March of Millions - Russian troops on the way to Crakow; and more. Covers secured by tape. Above-average wear. Book
Przemysl and the Battles of the Mountains and Rivers. Przemyssl and the Advance of the Great German Phalanx. Photos and illustrations: last moments of the H.M.S. Majestic; A Trench in Flanders; Where the ground bristled with bayonets; the Fongorijski Regiment; Russian troops in full dress; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Cover portrait of Major-General Sir C.F. Nevil Macready, Adjutant-General, British Expeditionary Force. The British Offensive and the second battle of Ypres. Centerfold shows (top half) Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C. inspecting the Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps. Canadian heroics (page 18). Photos and illustrations: the awful effect of a French mine explosion under a German trench; German shell burts near British transport wagon; Map of Ypres; Full-page portrait of Admiral Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, K.C.B.; and much more. Please note: does not include photogravure of Belgium's Queen. Covers secured by tape. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Cover portrait of Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert C.O. Plumer, K.C.B. The fighting around the Persian Gulf. Centerfold shows two wide photos of first the British Cyclist Section, then the Regiment of chasseurs Alpins, marching past General Joffre and others. Botha's Victorious Campaign in German South-West Africa. Photos and illustrations: The first territorial V.C. - Second-Lieutenant Geoffrey Harold Woolley, of the Queen Victoria Rifles; Three Highlanders who defeated fifty Huns; Poison gas; Camera pictures of the campaign in the Persian Gulf; Full-page photo of General Joffre with Sir John French and Sir Douglas Haig at the front; Indian Cavalry; 10th Mule Corps; Map of German South-West Africa; Map of Mesopotamia; General Smuts; and much more. Covers secured by tape. Above-average wear. Book
Front cover portrait of The King of Italy - Victor Emmanuel III. Italy and the War. Centerfold features illustrations of Italians in action. The Battles of Hooge, Rouges Bancs, and Festubert. Photos and Illustrations: life in the trench; full-page portrait of General Count Luigi Cadorna, Italian Commander-in-chief; Italy's famous soldier-mountaineers - the Alpini; photos from Italy; the 81st Italian Regiment; and more. Covers secured by tape. Faint ink stamp to front cover. Book
Cover portrait of Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, President of the British Red Cross Society. The Marvelous work of the Red Cross. Italy's entry into the war. Centerfold presents four excellent photos from Braunkopf Hill, Alsace. Photos and Illustrations: the capture of Monte Nero; full-page portrait of Lieut.-General Sir Henry S. Rawlinson, K.C.B., commanding the Fourth Army Corps; many Red Cross photos; and more. Please note: does not include photogravure of Mr. Lloyd George. Covers secured by tape. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
Cover portrait of General Sir Archibald Hunter, G.C.B., D.S.O.. German Life in the first year of the war. The work of the Red Cross. Photos and Illustrations: 5 photo one-page montage of 'how officer-prisoners fared at Friedberg; 4 photos of everyday life of British POWs in Germany; One-page portrait of General Sir Ian Hamilton, commanding the Expeditionary Forces in the Dardanelles; Centerfold presents two photos of French engineers convoying war horses across a French river; Germans hand over their valuable gold, etc.; collection of domestic copper; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
Cover portrait of General de Castelnau. The Strategy of General Joffre and the war of attrition along the French Front. Photos and Illustrations: many from France; Full-page photo of a 'German trench shattered beyond recognition by a tornado of British shells'; Full-page photo of General Joffre wth General d'Urbal and General Foch; Four centerfold photos of General Joffre; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Cover portrait of Lieut.- Colonel Lord Brooke, A.D.C. to Sir John French. Russia's unbroken retreat from Galicia. The fall of Lemberg. Photos and Illustrations: scenes from Galicia; Full-page portrait of Major-General Sir Sam Hughes, Canadian Minister of Militia; Centerfold features 4 photos of high-ranking Allied leaders in French trenches; images of Russian scorched earth policy in Galicia; and more. Covers secured by tape. Unmarked. Average wear. Book
Pages 113-140. Contains the conclusion of Chapter VIII and the first part of Chapter IV entitled "The German Host Falls on Belgium. Over fifty war illustrations/photos including: Hard-fought British retreat in Belgium; British Marines protect Ostend; Heroic defenders of Belgium; Germans in Liege; Belgium's King Albert on horseback; Antwerp defenses; Belgian lancers; German spy caught in Montreal; Zepellin bombardment of Antwerp in defiance of the Hague Convention; Centerfold illustrations of the British navy and its leaders; German cavalry raiders in canvas boats; French Cavalry moving to Namur; Indian troops for Europe; Sikh regiment; American volunteers for the French army on their way to enlist; and more. Sound unmarked copy with somewhat above-average wear. Book
Cover portrait of Admiral Sir Percy M. Scott, K.C.B., K.C.V.O. The War and the Worker - The Battles Round Hooge. The Battle of Rue D'ouvert and Stoney Mountain and the Struggle for Round Hooge. Photos and Illustrations: periscope attachment for rifles in action; 4-photo montage of England's youth making bombs; full-page photo of French troops removing their dead and wounded from a trench in Argoonne; Full-page photo portrait of Rear-Admiral Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee; Centerfold depicts munitions-making in England; multiple photos of anti-poison gas masks worn by allied troops; Flanders crater photo; Photo of captured German 'Flammenwerfer' or flamethrower/projector in use; and more. Sound unmarked copy with moderate wear. Book
Cover portrait of Brigadier-General The Earl of Cavan, C.B., M.V.O. The Wonderful Recovery of the Belgian Army. Photos and Illustrations: Full-page photo of Belgium's King Albert visiting French forces plus many other photos from the same visit; Full-page portrait of Lieut.-General Sir Herbert C.O. Plumer, K.C.B.; underground warfare - photos of Allied sappers and their tunnels; and more. Covers secured by tape. Book
Cover portrait of Lieut.-General Sir Archibald James Murray. Intrigue and treachery in the Balkans. Photos/Illustrations: British troops reach Salonika; Rumanian Infantry; Bulgarian artillery; Centerfold contains 4 photos of artillery in Serbia; the Montenegrin Army in the field; Bulgarian air assets; the allies land at Salonika; and more. Please note: this issue does not contain the Dardanelles photogravure. Book
Cover portrait of Brigadier-General Charles Macpherson Dobell. The conquest of Togoland and the Cameroon. The Breaking of the Russian Fortress Line. The New Cabinet and its work - Politics and Munitions. Photos/Illustrations: Photo Montage of Czar Nicholas II; the building of munitions; Centerfold photos of King George at the front; The fall of Garua; and more. Covers secured by tape. Average wear. Unmarked. Book