The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918.12 Vols. (Complete set).

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

Sydney 1923-1943. Thick 8vo. Orig. cloth. Profusely illust. Vol. VII is publishers complimentary copy. Slight foxing and toning on endpapers and text-blocks throughout varying in intensity. Some flecking and discolouration on cloth. Ex-lib. borrowing card and pocket on back endpaper of Vol. IV. Part of Vol. VIII title-page neatly cut out. A working set. 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 reproductions of 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.