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William Collins. Good in Good dust jacket. 2013. Hardcover. Hardback; blemish to edge of pages otherwise good in creased dustjacket. ; Accessible account of the build up to, and early months of the First World War. Illustrations & maps; +xlipp. ; 628 pages .

London: William Collins. Hardcover. First Edition. The book offers some answers to the huge and fascinating question 'what happened to Europe in 1914?', through Max Hastings's accustomed blend of top-down and bottom-up accounts from a multitude of statesmen and generals, peasants, housewives and private soldiers of seven nations. His narrative pricks myths and offers some striking and controversial judgements. An essential book for new readers and a worthy addition for those previously gripped by the author's bestsellers. Illustrated. 628 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 2018.

UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line1.Originally published by HarperCollinsPublishers in 2013.See my book ID rja705617 for an example.This is the WILLIAM COLLINS issue/edn,so 1st thus.] FINE-/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,part coloured sepia photographic illustration,with embossed gilt,and embossed white lettering to front panel of dw/dj,similar coloured lettering to photographic spine/backstrip,and rear panel with white lettered critics' reviews for this title; with negligible shelf- wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine,as new - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread, apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered - top front+rear corners minimally bumped,publisher's original grey paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a pale cream headband and… Read More