Winston S. Churchill — The World Crisis Volume 2 - 1915 — Early 1923 Printing
A remarkably well-preserved early printing of Volume II of Churchill’s masterwork.
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Winston S. Churchill Thornton Butterworth, London — Second Edition (December 1923)
"Far and away the best war-book I've yet read." — T.E. Lawrence
A remarkably well-preserved early printing of Volume II of Churchill’s masterwork.
Published in December 1923—just two months after the first impression—this edition is bibliographically significant.
While designated a "Second Edition" on the copyright page, it is essentially the fourth printing of the British first edition, sharing the identical large-format boards and "shoulder notes" that make the Thornton Butterworth editions the most desirable among collectors.
The Narrative: The Shadow of Gallipoli This volume is the heart of the World Crisis sequence.
It contains Churchill’s brilliant and controversial defense of the Dardanelles campaign—the strategic gamble that nearly ended his political career. From his perspective at the Admiralty to his eventual "exile" to the trenches, Churchill weaves personal memoir with grand strategy in prose that many historians consider his finest.
Features:
Original Navy Cloth: Smooth dark blue cloth with vivid gilt spine lettering and the classic blind-stamped "box" on the front board.
Marginal "Shoulder Notes": Features the summary notes in the outer margins, a hallmark of the premium British editions that was removed in later, cheaper reprints.
Maps & Charts: Profusely illustrated with fold-out maps and strategic diagrams, all present and in crisp condition.
Condition: Very Good.
Binding: Exceptionally square and tight. The navy cloth is remarkably clean, showing far less of the "bubbling" or wear typically found on these 1920s editions.
Gilt: Spine gold remains bright and displays beautifully on a shelf.
Interior: Pages are clean with the expected light age-toning to the edges. No previous ownership inscriptions or heavy foxing.
An essential cornerstone for any Churchill collection, offering the most famous and debated chapters of his Great War history in its original, aesthetically superior format.