Brown cloth binding with gilt title on the spine.

We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available. 

•    Note: This book carries a £5.00 discount to those that subscribe to the F.B.A. mailing list

Please view our photographs: “Lord Grey and the World War” by Hermann Lutz is a critical historical examination of Sir Edward Grey’s foreign policy and British foreign relations leading up to World War I. Published just a decade after the armistice, this particular 1928 George Allen & Unwin first English edition (translated by E.W. Dickes) is highly valued by historians for providing a contemporary, critical European perspective on pre-war diplomacy. 

Book Summary & Specifications

• Author: Hermann Lutz (translated by E.W. Dickes)
• Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London
• Year: 1928 (First Edition in English)
• Physical Profile: Approximately 6 x 8.8 x 1.2 inches (Standard Octavo size).
• Significance: The book serves as a direct, academic counter-analysis to Viscount Grey’s own memoirs (Twenty-Five Years), scrutinising the secret alliances and diplomatic decisions that led to the outbreak of war in 1914. 

Market Value & Collectibility

For a copy in Good condition—meaning the binding remains tight, the pages are clean with minimal foxing, and the cloth cover shows only light shelf wear—the estimated market value generally ranges between £15.00 and £25.00.