Description

Title: Official History of Australia at War 1914 – 1918: 12 Volume Set

Volume I – The Story of ANZAC from the outbreak of war to the end of the
first phase of the Gallipoli Campaign, May 4, 1915 (1st Edition – 1921)

Volume II – The Story of ANZAC from 4 May 1915 to the Evacuation of
the Gallipoli Peninsula (4th Edition – 1936)

Volume III – The Australian Imperial Force in France, 1916 (4th Edition
– 1936)

Volume IV – The Australian Imperial Force in France, 1917 (2nd Edition –
1935)

Volume V – The Australian Imperial Force in France during the Main
German Offensive, 1918 (1st Edition – 1937)

Volume VI – The Australian Imperial Force in France during the Allied
Offensive, 1918 (1st Edition – 1942)

Volume VII – The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine, 1914
– 1918 (3rd Edition – 1936)

Volume VIII – The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern
Theatres of War, 1914 – 1918 (4th Edition – 1935)

Volume IX – The Royal Australian Navy, 1914 – 1918 (3rd Edition – 1935)

Volume X – The Australians at Rabaul. The Capture and Administration of
the German Possessions in the Southern Pacific (3rd Edition – 1936)

Volume XI – Australia During the War (1st Edition – 1936)

Volume XII – Photographic Record of the War (12th Edition – 1939)

Author: Bean, C E W et al

Condition: SECOND HAND – Very Good to Very Good Plus

Edition: Various

Publication Date: Various

Cover: Hard Cover without Dust Jacket

Comments: Official histories are “official” in the sense they are commissioned by government as the national record of Australia’s involvement in particular conflicts. The official historians are granted unrestricted access to closed period and security classified government records. The Australian official war histories contain the authors’ own interpretations and judgements and do not follow any official or government line.

The works are the first published official record of Australia’s involvement in war. They are a detailed, chronological record of all services and theatres of conflict. They comprise an invaluable resource for researchers at all levels, from the scholar to the general reader. The official war histories are our enduring national record providing a comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible account of the Australian experience of war.

The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 is a 12-volume series covering Australia’s involvement in the First World War. The series was edited by the official historian Charles Bean, who also wrote six of the volumes, and was published between 1920 and 1942. The books, with their familiar covers, “the colour of dried blood” in the words of one reviewer, rapidly became highly regarded internationally. Bean’s work established the tradition and set the standard for all subsequent Australian official war histories.

Overseas customers please note that postage outside of Australia will be very expensive given the weight of the 12 books (22kgs via International Air Mail).

Overall condition is considered to be very good to very good plus. Internally all copies clean with foxing.  Volume V1 has a slack hinge. As is usually the case with these books the covers have been subject to attack by insects that are responsible for the mottled appearance. There are a few 1est editions amongst the set, this and the overall condition is a factor that the set has been priced at.