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The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War, Part 215, October (Oct.) 17, 1918 The Truth About Trench Fever - Medical Science and the Pests of War

1918Topics: Tropical medicine before the war; the new efforts; insects and public health; Flies and Mosquitoes; Malaria; Its prevention secured; Bubonic Plague and Rats; The Rat Flea; Prevention of the Plague; The Tsetse Fly; Trench Fever; The Disease and its Cause; The Battle Against Lice; New Discoveries; Infection of Volunteers; Trench Fever and Soldiers' Heart; Treatment; Other Parasites; The Stimulus of War and Public Health. Quite a detailed treatment of the topic with dozens of black and white photos and diagrams. Very informative. Average wear. Bit of liquid paper on front cover else unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine

The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War, Part 259, August (Aug.) 5, 1919 The British Army in the West (Dec. 1917 - Nov. 1918)

1919Great black and white photos. Topics include: Mr. Lloyd George as War Premier; Caporetto and the Rapallo Conference; The German Offensive of March 21; The Campaign for the Channel Ports; Unity of Command; The Strategy of Marshal Foch; The Allied Counter-Offensive; The Achievements of the British Army; THe Contributions to Victory of the Canadian and Australian Armies; The Armistice; Sir Douglas Haig's Review of the War. Average wear. Staples rusty. Covers almost loose from staples. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Magazine

The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War, Part 247, May 13, 1919 The Allied Advance Continued, September 1918

1919Great black and white photos. Topics include: The Great Advance of the Allies; Development of Their Plan; The Simultaneous Offensives; By the French and Americans from Reims to the Meuse; By the British and French on the Cambrai; St. Quentin Front; By the Belgians; British and French in Flanders; German Opinion; The Work of the Allied Air Forces. Includes index and list of illustrations for Volume XIX. Average wear. Staples rusty. Covers almost loose from staples. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Magazine

The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War, Part 249, May 27, 1919 The American Army in Europe

1919Great black and white photos. Topics include: America's Contribution; Military Unpreparedness; Conscription of the Nation; The American Divisions; Transport of the Army; The First Troops in France; Reorganization of the French Ports; Vast Work of Transport and Supply; Horses, Staffs, Artillery, Aeroplanes; Training; First Operations; Cantigny; Chateau-Thierry; The Allied Offensive; The Marne; July 18, 1918; St. Mihiel; Advance in the Argonne; March on Sedan; The Armistice; America's Achievement. Average wear. Staples rusty. Covers almost loose from staples. Bit of writing on front cover else unmarked. Magazine

The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War, Part 106, Vol. 9, August (Aug.) 29, 1916 - The Battle of Verdun (III)

1916Pages 41-80. This issue deals with the Battle of Verdun and includes the following photos and illustrations: General Joffre with General Nivelle, a French bell to warn soldiers of German gas attacks, large photo of corduroy road on the French Front, French troops, one-page photo of devastation along a road after a German bombardment, a French mortar being loaded, scenes of destruction in Verdun, captured German soldiers carrying their machine gun to the French lines, trench scenes, fantastic one-page photo of a gangly French observation balloon at Verdun, the Fort des Paroches. Extensive damage and soiling to covers which are free of staples but present. Contents in sound condition. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine

The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War, Part 108, Vol. 9, September (Sept.) 12, 1916 - The Battle of Jutland Bank, May 31-June 1, 1916

1916Pages 121-160. This issue deals with the Battle of Jutland Bank, May 31-June 1, 1916. Cover illustration of the end of the "Shark". Photos and illustrations include Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, map of the battle area, Photo of ther German dreadnought battleship "Kaiser", Vice-Admiral Scheer, Vice-Admiral Hipper, Sir David Beatty, O. De B. Brock, W.C. Pakenham, Horace L.A. Hood, E.M. Phillpotts, F.C. Dreyer, Arthur L. Cay, Charles J. Wintour, Sir C.R. Blaine, German battle-cruiser "Seydlitz", Sir Charles Madden, Lionel Halsey, German light cruiser "Rostock", German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship "Pommern", Sir Doveton Sturdee, Sir Cecil Burney, Arthur C. Leveson, Ernest F.A. Gaunt, Sir Thomas Jerram, Alexander L. Duff, Hugh Evan-Thomas, T.D.W. Napier, Herbert L. Heath, Charles E. Le Mesurier, Sir Robert Arbuthnot, E.S. Alexander-Sinclair, William E. Goodenough, E.G.S. Bingham, photo of brave lad John Travers Cornwell who bravely died in action. Covers pulling from staples. Ink stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. Average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine

The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War, Part 109, Vol. 9, September (Sept.) 19, 1916 - The Western Front in May and June, 1916 / The Work of the Y.M.C.A.

1916Pages 161-200. Cover illustration of a rifle grenade. Considerable text is supported by the following photos and illustrations: exploding German howitzer shell, blowing up barbed-wire entanglements, Private Morrow of the 1st Royal Fusiliers - an Irish V.C., great photo of a British heavy gun ready for action, British heavy howitzer on a railway mounting, snipers on the western front, one-page photo of Lieutenant Jean Navarre in flight, German airmen Immelmann and Boelcke, Lieut. McCubbin, Shell-makers at Woolwich lined up for dinner at YMCA, Lloyd George, Sir George Williams, J.J. Virgo, Lord Kinnaird, A.K. Yapp, photos of the YMCA entertaining troops at home and abroad, Lady Askwith, 'cabbage patch' in London, and more. Moderate external wear. Ink stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine

The Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War, Part 110, Vol. 9, September (Sept.) 26, 1916 - The Russian Offensive of 1916 - Second Phase

1916Pages 161-200. Cover illustration of a rifle grenade. Considerable text is supported by the following photos and illustrations: exploding German howitzer shell, blowing up barbed-wire entanglements, Private Morrow of the 1st Royal Fusiliers - an Irish V.C., great photo of a British heavy gun ready for action, British heavy howitzer on a railway mounting, snipers on the western front, one-page photo of Lieutenant Jean Navarre in flight, German airmen Immelmann and Boelcke, Lieut. McCubbin, Shell-makers at Woolwich lined up for dinner at YMCA, Lloyd George, Sir George Williams, J.J. Virgo, Lord Kinnaird, A.K. Yapp, photos of the YMCA entertaining troops at home and abroad, Lady Askwith, 'cabbage patch' in London, and more. Moderate external wear. Ink stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine