CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965). The World Crisis . London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931. 6 volumes, 8° (232 x 155mm). Numerous maps, charts, and photographs. (A few occasional creases and light browning, vol. VI with last page repaired and map with small marginal repair.) Original dark blue cloth, front cover stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt (some small stains, extremities lightly rubbed, inner hinges, lightly cracked). Provenance : Winston Spencer Churchill (inscription dated 1948 in vol. I)-- Graham Crump (ownership inscription in vol. VI). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Churchill's landmark account of the First World War with errata slip in vols I and IV, but not in vol. III. This work was such a financial success for Churchill that Woods notes: ' The World Crisis' bought Chartwell for him'; with another work by Churchill: The Great War (London, 1934). Woods A31(a). (9)
CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965). The World Crisis . London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931. 6 volumes, 8° (232 x 155mm). Numerous maps, charts, and photographs. (A few occasional creases and light browning, vol. VI with last page repaired and map with small marginal repair.) Original dark blue cloth, front cover stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt (some small stains, extremities lightly rubbed, inner hinges, lightly cracked). Provenance : Winston Spencer Churchill (inscription dated 1948 in vol. I)-- Graham Crump (ownership inscription in vol. VI). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Churchill's landmark account of the First World War with errata slip in vols I and IV, but not in vol. III. This work was such a financial success for Churchill that Woods notes: ' The World Crisis' bought Chartwell for him'; with another work by Churchill: The Great War (London, 1934). Woods A31(a). (9)
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