Italy's Great War and Her National Aspirations

268pp, plus three of the called for four maps, two of which are coloured and fold-out, and twenty further sepia-toned plate illustrations. In plain, stiff card covers, with decorations and black titles front and spine. Tall 16mo. Covers worn, scuffed and soiled but still firm. Text block edges, endpapers and page margins browned. Binding fragile, one signature loose. Poignant gift inscription on front free endpaper, 'To Annie, from Will, 4 November 1918, Armistice Day on the Italian Front'. An account of Italy's experience in the great war (first world war) from war time perspective, with a highly critical examination of Austria's influence.