The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918. 12 vols. (complete and all published).

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson 1928-1944. Thick 8vo. Original full crimson cloth (some light flecking). Gilt. With numerous full-page plates maps many double or full-page text-illusts. and diagrams. Volume 9 is 1st edition. Some toning and foxing otherwise a very good set. Housed in shelf-soiled and aged original dispatch boxes with some crude tape repairs. As such extremely rare. NOTE: The complete official history of Australia's role in W.W.I including The Story of Anzac The A.I.F. in France The Photographic Record of the War with magnificent pictures taken by the official photographers (Frank Hurley et al.) etc. It was Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (1879-1968) Australia's official war historian who more than any other was responsible for shaping the Anzac Legend.