PÉRICARD (Jacques) - Verdun 1914-1918. Paris, Librairie de France, 1933; large in-4, 532 pp, publisher's blue cold-edged boards, smooth spine. A reference work on the subject, abundantly illustrated with eyewitness accounts and photographs; a copy of the second printing, with the fold-out map in fine showing the entire Meuse front. A history of the fighting that took place from 1914 to 1918 on both banks of the Meuse. With the collaboration of several thousand veterans. Consultant : Mr. Philippe HENRY

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