£2,250.00
An increasingly scarce complete set of the British Government’s official First World War history against the Ottoman Empire, distinguished by its essential surviving map material rarely retained intact.
Quarto. Original publisher’s red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Issued with the accompanying maps. Government publication prepared from official archives. Usual toning and handling consistent with reference use; a solid survival.
Year: 1928
Edition: Early edition
Publisher: His Majesty’s Stationery Office
An essential component of the British government’s monumental official history of the First World War. Compiled from dispatches, operational records, and staff papers under the authority of the Committee of Imperial Defence, these volumes form the documentary foundation for the study of the campaign against the Ottoman Empire.
Collectors often encounter broken or incomplete sets. The presence of the map material is critical, as portfolios were frequently separated, misplaced, or exhausted through institutional use. Surviving examples retaining their working apparatus are increasingly scarce.
Modern historians, researchers, and institutions cite these volumes as baseline authorities. They are not narrative reconstructions but structured presentations of the evidence available to the state.
Completeness is everything. When maps remain with the text, desirability and replacement difficulty rise sharply.
