The Year 1917 Illustrated by Anon - 1918

London: Headley Bros., 1918. Cloth. G to Vg. Bound in grey cloth with boards covered in mottled brown/grey paper, no dw, coloured frontis, "Emerging", a young family emerging with broken chains, 3 coloured plates, 77 monochrome illustrations, 6 maps, 288pp. That year saw mant momentous events, the Russian Revolution started, the US declared war on Germany and joined the allies. The "Introduction" says, "The Emerging of the Russian people from the yoke of bondage under Tsardom will probably rank as the great outstanding event of the year, wither the Revolution will lead none of us can say", Faint foxing to endpapers and some page margins.