A History of the Great War in Four Volumes by Buchan, John - 1922

Houghton Mifflin Co., 1925. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Hardcover, blue cloth, spine lettered in gold. 603pp., Illustrated with 19 maps [many fold-out] on India paper. No date, circa 1923. Ex-library copy with spine number removed and several previous owner's labels obscuring ref. numbers on contents page. Extra-illustrated by former owner with color plates crudely affixed to endpapers and prelims. Housed in reinforced mylar covers with wrap-around artwork inserted and title and volume number printed on spine. Paste show through on mounted illustrations, lose to two leafs at lower foredge corners, else book is clean, sound and square. Good. Scans sent on request. . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Hardcover, blue cloth, spine lettered in gold. 578pp., Illustrated with 20 maps [many fold-out] on India paper. No date, circa 1923. Ex-library copy with spine number removed and several previous owner's labels obscuring ref. numbers on half-title and contents page. Extra-illustrated by former owner with color plates crudely affixed to endpapers and prelims. Housed in reinforced mylar covers with wrap-around artwork inserted and title and volume number printed on spine. Minor wear to cloth at top of spine and paste show through on mounted illustrations, else book is clean, sound and square. Good. Scans sent on request. . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume III Only. Hardcover. No date. ca.1922. Dark blue cloth, gilt spine titles. 8vo. 603pp. Frontis portrait with guard. Nice folding onionskin maps throughout. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, light soil to edges and endpapers.

Houghton Mifflin. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume II Only. Hardcover. No date. ca.1922. Dark blue cloth, gilt spine titles. 8vo. 578pp. Frontis portrait with guard. Nice folding onionskin maps throughout. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, light soil to edges, offsetting to flyleaf.

Leonaur Ltd. New in New dust jacket. 2014. Hardcover. 1782821953 . This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition with no discernible wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "For many years there were few more highly regarded histories of the momentous Battle of the Somme, 1916, than that written by John Buchan, the renowned author of 'The Thirty Nine Steps,' 'Greenmantle,' 'Huntingtower' and many others. In both his fiction and non-fiction Buchan had the ability to craft a fine narrative in an easy going, economic style. Today Buchan is far less well-known for his non-fiction than for his fiction and that, perhaps, is inevitable. Nevertheless, he was responsible for a very substantial multi-volume history of the First… Read More

LEONAUR, 2014. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8 1/2" tall softcover. Minimal shelf wear to cover. Pages are tight; clean/unmarked. B&W photos and maps throughout. 284+ pages. Book is showing minimal wear and is in Fine or better condition.

Hardcover. Fair. Houghton Mifflin 1922 hardcover. Cover shows moderate wear, with a few areas of discoloration. Binding sound. Text is clean.

Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd, 1921. Hardcover. Good. 1921. First Edition. 578 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Vol II of IV. Rough-cut pages. Missing maps. Light thumb marking, foxing and noticeable tanning to pages. Much more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Mild staining to hinges. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild mottling, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Salesman's dummy for volume one only. Full maroon leather with gilt titles; closed tear to head of spine. Clean text, solid binding.