The Wonder Book of Soldiers for Boys and Girls by Harry Golding, in an album edition about the British Army during World War I, with six double-pages and four color plates and over a hundred pictures. Published by Ward Lock & Co., London, Melbourne and Toronto [1915].
A book for boys and girls about the British Army, its internal structure, battlefield actions, how one becomes a soldier in the British Army during war, a soldier's life, heroism stories from the battlefield during World War I on various fronts engaged by the British Army, military ethics, the British artillery force, Boy Scouts and their connection to the army, and more. Accompanied by many photographs of British Army scenes, and six double-page color lithographic folding plates. Impressive cover featuring a British soldier against a backdrop of the royal flag.
This book was published in several editions; before us is the fifth edition published during World War I.
264 [1] p. Good condition.
