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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Outstanding 1924 first edition copy. Nice older book in great condition. Pages in good condition. Some light tanning and marking due to age but minimal. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Surely no one ever offered a volume to the public who was quite so deeply indebted to others and I have long looked forward to the opportunity of ex- pressing my gratitude. To do this I must turn back the pages of time to the days when accompanied by my photographic colleague Mr. Harry A. Chase and two other assistants I left America to gather infor- mation and secure a pictorial record of the various phases of the struggle that was then in progress all the way from the North Sea to far-off Arabia. We had set forth early in 1917 and were expected to return at the end of a year or so to help in the work of stimulating enthusiasm for the Allied cause. The late Mr. Franklin K. Lane secretary of the interior suggested that I resign from the faculty of Prince- ton University in order to undertake this. To Secretary Lane Secretary Daniels of the Navy De- partment and Secretary Baker of the War Depart- ment who were responsible for our becoming at- tached successively to the various Allied armies I am indebted for the opportunities which enabled me to obtain the material for this volume. This was before a special appropriation had been set aside for such work; as a result of Secretary Lane’s suggestion. (SP)