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The World Crisis 1911-1914.

Stock Code 113746

London, Thornton and Butterworth, 1923

Original price $3,618.00 - Original price $3,618.00
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A superlative account of the prelude to and events of the First World War. It is still regarded as a defining work of twentieth-century history, reconstructing the action on the Western and Eastern Fronts, the wars at sea and in the air and the advent of tanks and U-boats. Churchill describes the Lusitania's sinking, the heroics of the Battle of Jutland, Verdun's 'soul-stirring frenzy', the bloodshed of Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele, as well as the USA's entry into the conflict. It confirmed the author's reputation as a brilliant historian.

First editions; 5 volumes in 6, a staggered publication from 1923 - 1931; 8vo (245 x 170 mm); illustrated throughout with portraits, maps and plans, some folding, some spotting mostly to first and last few leave, a couple of roughly cut, corners to vol. I but in the main, clean and bright; publisher's navy blue cloth, blind printed panels to upper boards, gilt lettering to spine, corners and spine ends mildly rubbed and bumped, commensurate with age, the odd superficial mark, very mild toning to edges, otherwise a a very good set.

First editions; 5 volumes in 6, a staggered publication from 1923 - 1931, vols I, IV & V with the errata slip; 8vo (245 x 170 mm); illustrated throughout with portraits, maps and plans, some folding, some spotting mostly confined to preliminary leaves of vol. I but in the main bright; publisher's navy blue cloth, blind printed panels to upper boards, gilt lettering to spine, corners and spine ends mildly rubbed and bumped, commensurate with age, the odd superficial mark, some vols with spotting and offsetting to endpapers, otherwise a very good set.

Bibliography: Woods A31(a); Langworth 103.
Provenance

Provenance:Sir Charles Morrison-Bell, Bart., of Otterburn Hal, Northumberland (his armourial book-plate to all but one upper paste-down).

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The World Crisis 1911-1914.

CHURCHILL, Winston.

Stock code: 113746

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