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Churchill, Winston. THE AFTERMATH. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Description: Octavo; 496 pages; G+; Brown spine with gold text; Textblock has tearing along front interior hinge, small dimple on head edge which creates divets on 19 pages, Writing on front endpaper and rear endpaper, pencil check marks, brackets and notations in margins throughout; Two maps (partially in color) are included. 1367925. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third printing in year of publication. 6-1/4" x 9", xv + 502pp + 4 tipped in folding maps in colour. Printed on off white acidic paper and bound in sewn signatures in dark maroon cloth boards. Missing jacket. Bottom corners are moderately bumped, otherwise minor edge wear, shelf wear to cover. Binding is cocked but remains strong. Previous owner's name in pencil on front free end paper. There is a 2" closed vertical tear from the middle bottom of the back free end paper. Top edge is age discolored / dust soiled. Pages are gently aged toned but clean and unmarked.
Seller: The People's Co-op Bookstore, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Churchill, Winston S.. THE AFTERMATH.. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
Price: US$57.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-library usual stamps, completion of Churchill's The World Crisis-1918-1928 about the Great War, hinges cracked, text block unmarked, illustrated with maps, 502pp, G-/--.
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original Marron/brown cloth binding with gilt titles on front cover and spine.Top and bottom of spine and corner bumped. Spine is faded. Contents clean, bright and sound.
Seller: Old Favorites Bookshop LTD (since 1954), Stouffville, ON, Canada
Churchill, The Right Honourable Winston S.. The World Crisis: 1918-1928, The Aftermath. , 1929.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1929, Scribner's, published March 1929, reprinted April 1929, HB (no dj, maroon boards with gilt titles) 502pp, VG (corners rubbed and bumped, spine darkened, gilt titles on front cover bright, interior clean and unmarked, previous owners' bookplate, front hinge loose, fold-out maps intact)
Seller: Jennifer Duncan, North Aurora, IL, U.S.A.
Churchill, Winston. The World Crisis : The Aftermath. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xiv, [1], 502 pages, with all maps. Light abrasion to cloth (silverfish?); spine slightly faded and with a nick to head. Top edge dulled and spotted; a few spots of foxing to fore-edge. Former owner's name penciled to first leaf; else unmarked. Binding is sound.
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Churchill, Winston S.. THE AFTERMATH. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The World Crisis, 1918-1928. Third printing. 502 pp. Light foxing on the endpapers, with previous owner's inscription and bookplate on front endpapers. Red cloth with gilt titles. Spine and front top edge faded, corners bumped. VG Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Churchill, Winston. THE AFTERMATH. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
Price: US$143.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The World Crisis, 1918-1928. 502 pages. Pages v/g condition, clean. Illustrated with maps and charts, some are fold out plates. Endpapers show light wear. Previous owner's name stamp top of ffep andf a name and number on front paste down endpaper. Brown cloth, gilt title on upper cover and spine. Head/tail of spine and corners lighlty worn and bumped. Lower title bumped, creased at top corner. VG
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: This is a jacketed U.S. first edition, first printing, of the fifth and penultimate volume of Winston Churchill's monumental history of The First World War. A quarter of a century before the Second World War endowed him with lasting fame, Winston Churchill played a uniquely critical, controversial, and varied role in the "War to end all wars". Then, being Churchill, he wrote about it. The World Crisis was originally published in six volumes between 1923 and 1931, with the first four volumes spanning the war years 1911-1918 and the final two volumes covering the postwar years 1918-1928 (The Aftermath) and the Eastern theatre (The Eastern Front). Unusual among Churchills many published books, the U.S. first edition of The World Crisis initially preceded the British, making the U.S. the true first edition.The Aftermath addresses some of the complications and disappointments of peace following the Armistice that ultimately set the stage for the Second World War. In 1929, the year The Aftermath was published, Churchill faced his own complications and disappointments. In the 1929 General Election, the Conservatives lost 10 Downing Street and Churchill his Cabinet post as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The ensuing 1930s would come to be called Churchills "Wilderness Years" a decade he spent out of power and out of favor, warning about the dangers of a rising Nazi Germany, often at odds with both his party leadership and prevailing public sentiment.This U.S. first edition, first printing is lovely, near fine copy in a good dust jacket. The binding is square, tight, and exceptionally bright and clean with sharp corners. We note only trivial wrinkling and wear to the spine ends. The contents are likewise notably clean - mildly age-toned but with no spotting and retaining a crisp, unread feel. The sole previous ownership mark is contemporary - an inked name and date of "12/2/29" on the front free endpaper recto. The dust jacket is unclipped, retaining the original "$5.00" upper front flap price. There is a roughly 1.75 x 2 inch (4.4 x 5.1 cm) loss at the upper left rear face, a .75 x .5 (1.9 x 1.3 cm) loss at the lower left rear face, shallow strip loss at the spine ends, and fractional chipping to the upper front face and front flap fold. The jacket spine is lightly toned, soiled, and scuffed. The flap folds are likewise scuffed and toned. The jacket is protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover.In October 1911, aged 36, Winston Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. He entered the post with the brief to change war strategy and ensure the readiness of the worlds most powerful navy. He did both. Even Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener, with whom Churchill had been variously at odds for nearly two decades, told Churchill on his final day as First Lord "Well, there is one thing at any rate they cannot take from you. The Fleet was ready." (The World Crisis: 1915, p.391) Nonetheless, when Churchill advocated successfully for a naval campaign in the Dardanelles that ultimately proved disastrous, a convergence of factors sealed his political fate. Churchill was scapegoated and forced to resign, leaving the Admiralty in May 1915. By November, Churchill resigned even his nominal Cabinet posts to spend the rest of his political exile as a lieutenant colonel leading a battalion in the trenches at the Front. Before war's end, Churchill was exonerated by the Dardanelles Commission and rejoined the Government, foreshadowing the political isolation and restoration he would experience two decades later leading up to the Second World War. Despite Churchill's political recovery, the stigma of the Dardanelles lingered. Hence Churchill had more than just literary and financial compulsion to write his history.References: Cohen A69.1(IV).a, Woods/ICS A31(aa), Langworth p.103.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: This is a jacketed U.S. first edition, first printing, of the fifth and penultimate volume of Winston Churchill's monumental history of The First World War. A quarter of a century before the Second World War endowed him with lasting fame, Winston Churchill played a uniquely critical, controversial, and varied role in the "War to end all wars". Then, being Churchill, he wrote about it. The World Crisis was originally published in six volumes between 1923 and 1931, with the first four volumes spanning the war years 1911-1918 and the final two volumes covering the postwar years 1918-1928 (The Aftermath) and the Eastern theatre (The Eastern Front). Unusual among Churchills many published books, the U.S. first edition of The World Crisis initially preceded the British, making the U.S. the true first edition.The Aftermath addresses some of the complications and disappointments of peace following the Armistice that ultimately set the stage for the Second World War. In 1929, the year The Aftermath was published, Churchill faced his own complications and disappointments. In the 1929 General Election, the Conservatives lost 10 Downing Street and Churchill his Cabinet post as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The ensuing 1930s would come to be called Churchills "Wilderness Years" a decade he spent out of power and out of favor, warning about the dangers of a rising Nazi Germany, often at odds with both his party leadership and prevailing public sentiment.This U.S. first edition, first printing is very good in a very good dust jacket. This copy would be near fine if not for a few unobtrusive aesthetic flaws. The maroon cloth binding is beautifully bright, as well as tight, square, and clean, with only a few exterior blemishes. The contents retain a crisp, unread feel, modestly age-toned but notably with no spotting. The sole previous ownership mark is a name inked on the upper front free endpaper. The defect which prevents our grading this copy better than "very good" is a tide mark, to a maximum height of .75 inch (1.9 cm) affecting the bottom edges of the first few leaves of the prelims, through page 3. Close examination of the binding reveals a faint corresponding indication of moisture exposure to the bottom edges of the covers. The dust jacket is unclipped, retaining the original "$5.00" upper front flap price. Shallow chip losses are confined to the spine ends and corners, the spine lightly toned and scuffed, the faces clean and bright. There is a closed tear at the upper rear hinge. The jacket is protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover.In October 1911, aged 36, Winston Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. He entered the post with the brief to change war strategy and ensure the readiness of the worlds most powerful navy. He did both. Even Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener, with whom Churchill had been variously at odds for nearly two decades, told Churchill on his final day as First Lord "Well, there is one thing at any rate they cannot take from you. The Fleet was ready." (The World Crisis: 1915, p.391) Nonetheless, when Churchill advocated successfully for a naval campaign in the Dardanelles that ultimately proved disastrous, a convergence of factors sealed his political fate. Churchill was scapegoated and forced to resign, leaving the Admiralty in May 1915. By November, Churchill resigned even his nominal Cabinet posts to spend the rest of his political exile as a lieutenant colonel leading a battalion in the trenches at the Front. Before war's end, Churchill was exonerated by the Dardanelles Commission and rejoined the Government, foreshadowing the political isolation and restoration he would experience two decades later leading up to the Second World War. Despite Churchill's political recovery, the stigma of the Dardanelles lingered. Hence Churchill had more than just literary and financial compulsion to write his history.References: Cohen A69.1(IV).a, Woods/ICS A31(aa), Langworth p.103.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.