Operations In Persia 1914-1919 (Facsimile Edition) Moberly, Brig.-Gen. F. J. World War I

London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1987. First edition thus. 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches: pp. xxii, 490. Red glossy paper dust jacket with white and black type. Red cloth with gold titles on spine. With illustrations, 8 fold out maps within book and 6 fold out color maps in pocket inside back cover. Appendices and bibliography. With introduction by Dr. Gwyn Bayliss which reveals the history behind the book's suppresion. Dust jacket has light edge and corner wear. US price sticker next to UK price printed on inner flap. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. From the back of the dust jacket. - "Operations in Persia is one of the 'mystery' volumes in the British official history of the First World War. Compiled by Brigadier-General FJ Moberly at the request of the Government of India, it was printed in an edition of five hundred copies by HMSO in 1929 but its existence was kept secret because of political objections on the part of the India Office. Only a small number of these copies are known to be extant.Based on official documents, it presents a detailed account of the British Military involvement in Persia between 1914 and 1919."