DOYLE, Arthur Conan (1859-1930). A group of 13 military related titles, including:
The Great Boer War. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900. Original blue cloth. Provenance: James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959), bookplate of the New York billionaire and heir to The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. During WWI, Hyde converted his home and a Paris rental property into French Red Cross hospitals. When the U.S. entered the war, Hyde was commissioned as a Captain and assigned as an aide to the High Commissioners of the American Red Cross in France; Embassy of the United States of America (embossed book label). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- The Green Flag and Others Stories of War and Sport. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900. Original red cloth. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- A Glimpse of the Army [in: The Strand Magazine, Sept 1900, Vol. 20 No. 117]. Original pictorial wrappers. -- Great Britain and the Next War. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1914. Original printed red boards. FIRST EDITION. -- The Story of British Prisoners. London: C. & E. Layton, 1915. Original printed wrappers. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. -- The British Campaign in France and Flanders. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916-20. 7 volumes, 8vo. Original blue cloth. Mixed set. Also, with a first American edition set in 7 volumes. -- A Visit to Three Fronts. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916. Original printed wrappers (rubberstamp on front wrapper). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Also, with a first American edition.
Together, 13 works in 25 volumes, condition generally good or better.