When war was declared in August 1914 The Times under its chief editor, Wickham Steed, embarked on an extraordinary project. As well as authoritative daily war reports in the paper itself, a separate weekly supplement would be produced, with 40 extra, illustrated pages of in-depth analysis. The result was The Times History of the War, collected into 22 massive volumes in 1921: 12,000 pages; 6 million words; thousands of photographs, graphics, illustrations and maps. Vols. 1-21 were issued in weekly parts from Aug. 25, 1914 to July 27, 1920; v. 22 published in 1921 forms general index

Full sets of this authoritative series on the first world war are now rare.

Some of the spines are not perfect and need repair, otherwise the books are in remarkable order considering age. The binding is full maroon morocco-boards, gilt to the front and spine. The spines of Vols IV and VII have been replaced with matching leather-cloth and have been nicely restored. Most of the cover faces are in good or better condition, with some rubbing. Some edges and corners are a little worn.

The pictures show the complete set and some random pages.

Each volume is about A4 size and made of good quality, semi shiny paper. Each volume weighs about 2.2 KG and has 500 + pages.