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 1938-1949. Thick 8vo. Orig. full crimson cloth. Gilt. With numerous full-page plates maps many being double or full-page text-illusts and diagrams. A particularly uncommon set with all volumes being in their original cardboard despatch boxes as issued. 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.