The Second Great War: A Standard History – 9 Volumes Sir John Hammerton.

The Second Great War: A Standard History 9 Volumes 

Author: Sir John Hammerton. Editor Maj.-Gen. Sir Charles Gwynn

Publisher: The Waverly Book Company in Association with The Amalgamated Press 

Edition: First Circa 1947 | 1948   

ISBN: Not stated 

Language: English  

Condition: Good. Clean copies with tight binding. The original boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. The books have no inscriptions. 

Binding: Hardcovers, no dustjackets 

Pages: Various per volume  

Additional Information

The most impressive British pictorial record of the Second World War, with thousands of photographs, many of which have not been published elsewhere from a variety of official and commercial sources   

This massive compilation first appeared as 'The War Illustrated', published in 255 parts beginning with Issue I (16 September 1939) and concluding with Issue 255 (11 April 1947). The series was issued first fortnightly, then monthly (due to the shortage of paper), then again fortnightly in the final year. The partwork was then revised and reset with continuous pagination in nine volumes and published by Amalgamated press.

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