lxxi 649 pages, index illustrated, maps. The pages are tanned, and the head of the spine is very lightly damaged, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. Volume IX of The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918. First published 1928. "Arthur Wilberforce Jose (4 September 1863 - 22 January 1934) was an English-Australian historian....In 1915 Jose resigned his position with The Times and was attached to the intelligence branch of the Royal Australian Navy with the rank of captain. After the war Jose was appointed editor of the Australian Encyclopaedia, the first volume of which appeared in 1925 and the second in 1926. In 1920 he commenced writing the volume on the Royal Australian Navy in the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 which appeared in 1928" (Wikipedia