Lot #4: 5 WWI Era : Barbara Tuchman - Guns of August, Frederic Manning, etc. Folio Society Books in Slipcases.

5 WWI Era : Barbara Tuchman - Guns of August, Frederic Manning, etc. Folio Society Books in Slipcases. Cover conditions as shown. Bindings tight and page blocks intact. Text and illustrations clean throughout. The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman (Folio Society 2-Volume Set with The Proud Tower). This Pulitzer Prize-winning military history provides a vivid, masterly reconstruction of the opening month of World War I in August 1914. It analyzes the diplomatic failures, military miscalculations, and colossal battles on the Western and Eastern fronts that set the tragic trajectory for global conflict. Fortunes of War (The Balkan Trilogy & The Levant Trilogy) by Olivia Manning. This celebrated six-novel sequence (published by Folio Society in two multi-volume slipcased sets) chronicles the semi-autobiographical experiences of an English couple, Harriet and Guy Pringle, navigating life and marriage during World War II. Set against the backdrop of WWII, their journey spans a collapsing Bucharest, an imperiled Athens, and wartime Cairo as Nazi forces advance across Europe and North Africa. Memoirs of a British Agent by R. H. Bruce Lockhart. This captivating autobiographical account details Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart's espionage and diplomatic missions in Russia during World War I and the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. It offers a firsthand perspective on key figures like Lenin and Trotsky, ending in Lockhart's imprisonment in the Kremlin following his alleged role in an Allied plot to overthrow the Soviet regime. Lost Splendour by Prince Felix Youssoupoff. This lavish memoir recounts the luxurious life of Prince Felix Youssoupoff within the inner circle of the Russian Romanov court prior to the 1917 Revolution. It details his eccentric upbringing, his immense wealth, and his central role in the infamous 1916 conspiracy to assassinate the mystic Grigori Rasputin in an attempt to save the Russian monarchy. Pickup category timeslot {A}