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Lucien Jones, VERDUN and ARMEE ANGLAISE, signed.

[Military Art]. Lucien Jones illustrations. 2 Titles. Paris: Libraire Dorbonne-Aine. 4to. Beige cloth lightly soiled and worn, second volume front cover stained upper edge. ++ Verdun, Mars-Avril 1916. 106 plates, color and b&w reproductions of 53 charcoal drawings by Jones, mostly WWI French army officers and various buildings/cities where combat or bombardment took place. #18 of 50 initialed grand luxe copies (limitation statement mounted on rear endpaper, with original drawing on front cover signed by Jones of a French soldier, with title and soldier's uniform hand-colored light blue, and tipped in a full color original signed drawing of a seated soldier. ++ Armee Anglaise Juin 1915. Front cover hand-titled and signed by artist. With 55 plates: 25 reproduced charcoal drawings in b&w of British Army officers and 30 of Indian officers and soldiers under British command. One of 300.