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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Important Official history of the campaign in Macedonia in WWI. Full set two text and two map volumes, xvi + 409pp & xvi 365pp., 22 folding maps in matching map cases, + maps in the end pockets of each text volume 4 folding panoramas, 7 plates HMSO 1933/1935. Original red cloth, minor blemishes, wear to one rear pocket, else very nice condition. Above average weight.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. First English Edition. A very good copy of the first volume in what was a two-volumes set. The red cloth is faded variably, particularly along the spine. The contents are fine, including the complete fold-out colored maps folder tipped-in at the rear.This copy belonged to the co-author, "Map Compiler" Major Archibald .F Becke, whose name in ink is floridly inscribed on the the half title beneath his personal bookplate. 8vo (409 pages, maps, illustrations, index, bibliography, map endpapers). Signed.…

FIRST EDITION. A set of five parts in total, comprising three text volumes and two bookform map cases. 8vo. (21.5 x 13.5 cm). Original red cloth with gilt-lettered spines, text volumes with the original drab dust-jackets (worn). The text volumes are profusely illustrated with field sketches, diagrams and photo plates. 39 folding maps (with the additional folding map in rear sleeve of volume 2, part 1). An authoritative account of British military operations during the war in Egypt, Palestine and Syria, and of certain operations connected with them. These include the Arab Revolt against the Turks in the Hejaz, the expedition against Darfur, and the Turkish attacks on Aden. After a deadlock following the Second Battle of Gaza, the British War Cabinet decided upon invading Palestine and dispatched Allenby to succeed General Murray. The first volume is concerned with the defence of Egypt against invasion, with the concentration of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Egypt after the Gallipoli evacuation, advancing to the Turkish frontier, and the expulsion of enemy forces from the Sinai Peninsula. The second volume provides information on large-scale operations including the offensive at Gaza and Beersheba, and the subsequent battles in the Judaean Hills for the capture and defence of Jerusalem (from the end of October 1917 to December 1917). It continues with operations in the Jordan Valley in February 1918 until the date of the Armistice From the series entitled History of the Great War based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. …

2 vols of books, 2 vols of maps, all maps & plates present, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 409pp (vol1), xvi + 365pp (vol2), illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, moderate fading to spines, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, moderate cracking to gutter of pg 320/321 - spine slightly shaky (vol1), light bruising to spine extrems, small chip less than 1cm to rear cover of vol 1).…