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Melbourne: Thomas Nelson, 1978. Publishers original brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. Shelf wear to lower edge and bumping to extremities. Dustwrapper: unclipped, chipping to edges, sunned spine and now protected in Brodart. 372pp with numerous black and white illustrations throughout text. This is the story of World War 1 in the words of the men, nearly 8000 diaries and letters read by the author before writing this book. These men who sailed away from Australia to the greatest holocaust the world has ever known. Their simple letters and diaries tell more vividly than any conventional history what life was like in that appalling pageant, the Great War. A fascinating book on the history of World War 1. A good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.