Bidspirit auction | [HISTORY] - Clausewitz in English:

[HISTORY] - Clausewitz in English: First Edition of On War, 1873 - CLAUSEWITZ Karl von (1780 - 1831) - CLAUSEWITZ, General Karl von - On War, 3 parts in 1 vol., first English edition, 1873, translated by Colonel J. J. Graham from the third German edition. Small 4to (213x165 mm), portrait frontispiece, a few illustrations, 20th cent. bleu cloth, title in gold on spine, internally in good condition. Clausewitz's celebrated treatise on war. This edition is rare, we can trace only 3 complete copies at auction in the last 50 years. ”These thousand pages of 'On Warfare' occupy a unique position among military writings of any age and nation.” [cf. PMM 297 (first German edition)]. (1)