The Franco-German War, 1870-1871. From the Outbreak of Hostilities of the Battle of Gravelotte (Volume 1, Parts I & II, and two map volumes)

Francis Coningsby Hannam Clarke; Lonsdale Hale; Prussia (Germany). Armee. Grosser Generalstab. Kriegsgeschichtliche Abteilung II.; Great Britain. Foreign Office. Library,

 London : Printed under the Superintendence of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1874

[Prussia's account of the Franco-Prussian War, Deutsch-Franzosische Krieg, with interesting American provenance] 4 volume set. Bound in publisher's red cloth. Includes: Part 1. History of the war to the downfall of the empire: Vol.1. From the outbreak of hostilities to the battle of Gravelotte; Vol.1, Part I, Maps (22 fold out maps, in case.  Note: The case has a split); Vol.2. From the battle of Gravelotte to the downfall of the empire.; Vol.2, Part 2. Maps (11 maps, in case).  Pagination:  Vol. 1: pt. 1: viii, 439, 143 p., 1 map ; pt. 2: iv, 543, 120 p., 2 maps. Water damage, cover wear to V.1, part 1, with the front board nearly detached.  The text is generally in good condition though.

Interesting provenance:  From the estate of Colonel Truman Smith (1893-1970). Smith was personal advisor to General George C. Marshall. Yale class of 1915. Awarded the Silver Star and Distinguished Service Medal. The volume was owned by his father, Capt Edmund Dickinson Smith. E.D. Smith (1857-1900), was killed in the Spanish American War in Sogod Island, Cebu Philipines. Smith was the son of Senator Truman Smith of CT. Signed, "E.D. Smith 19' Inf." West Point, class of 1879.