Winston S. Churchill — The World Crisis 1911–1914 — First Edition (1923)
A solid and complete first issue of the rare first volume in Churchill’s World Crisis sequence
€185.00
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Winston S. Churchill
Thornton Butterworth, London — First Edition, First Printing (1923)
A well-preserved first printing of the opening volume of Churchill’s monumental history of the First World War. Covering the years leading to the outbreak of war and Churchill’s role as First Lord of the Admiralty, this work forms the foundation of his defining narrative of the conflict.
Original navy cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind-stamped front board.
Fold-out map present and intact.
Condition: Good.
Cloth lightly rubbed with minor corner wear; spine ends softened.
Foxing to prelims and intermittently throughout, as common with early printings.
Front hinge showing early weakness but holding soundly.
Bookplate “W.H. Elwood” to front pastedown; faint bookseller pencil notation.
Old paper slips/bookmarks retained between pages — included as found for provenance interest.
Pages clean with age toning; binding generally firm.
A solid and complete first issue of the rare first volume in Churchill’s World Crisis sequence — an essential cornerstone for collectors assembling the full set.