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Churchill, Winston S.. The World Crisis 1911-1918. Thornton Butterworth Limited, London, 1931.

Price: US$38.99 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Cloth covered boards bumped and chipped at corners and spine ends, spine edges worn, spine sunned and stained, binding cocked, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, internal hinges chipped, light foxing to endpapers, pp clean, text clear to read, folded maps clean and tidy, map on page 812 chipped along reading edge but clean and clear to read, pp secure in binding. Size: 8vo Thick

Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom

Churchill, Winston S.. The World Crisis 1911-1918. Thornton Butterworth, 1931.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The boards are worn and sunned.Stamp Mark from a Previous Owner.Well bound.Very good copy.Abridged and revised with additional chapter on the battle of the Marne.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa

Churchill, the Right Hon. Winston S.. The World Crisis 1911-1918 (abridged and revised). Thornton Butterworth Ltd, London, 1931.

Price: US$50.68 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Easily removable pencil notes inside rear board. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards with a very slight trace of sunning, a little foxing, dusty top of page edges and no bumping to corners. All maps and charts present and all eight fold-out maps in excellent condition. 831pp. Sir Winston Churchill's acclaimed account of the First World War and the immediate events leading up to it and its aftermath. Abridged and revised edition with additional chapter on the Battle of the Marne. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 9.25 x 6.25 inches

Seller: Godley Books, Hyde, United Kingdom

Winston Churchill. The World Crisis 1911-1918. Thornton Butterworth, Limited, London, 1931.

Price: US$51.98 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The first abridged edition of Churchill's important account of the First World War, complete with folding maps throughout. The first abridged edition of this work.Churchill's detailed first-hand work discussing the First World War, and the events that led up to the War from 1911. With an additional chapter on the Battle of the Marne.Illustrated with eight folding maps, one folding plate, two plates, and many maps and diagrams.Collated, complete.Written by Winston Churchill. Though this work was well received, his best known historical work is 'The Second World War'. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, with some discolouration and marks to the boards and spine, discolouration a little heavier to the front board. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. Spots to the spine and fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd spots. Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Winston S. Churchill. The World Crisis 1911-1918. Thornton Butterworth Limited, London, 1931.

Price: US$51.98 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first abridged edition of Sir Winston Churchill's acclaimed history of the First World War. The World Crisis 1911-8 was originally published in six volumes. This is the first revised, abridged edition of the acclaimed history of the First World War by Sir Winston Churchill, who contributes to the history of the war with a personal account all the events that led up to the war from 1911, and the aftermath. Including an additional chapter on the Battle of the Marne and an introduction by Churchill dated 1 July 1930.Illustrated with numerous maps and plans throughout, ten plates folding. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally generally sound with minor shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine, a minor chipping tot he front board and a touch of fading to the spine. With a pictorial bookplate to the front free endpaper, 'Oliver Jackson,' as well as five small National Trust stickers imprinted £50 and one £200. Internally, firmly bound. Minor faint light spotting to the first and last few leaves only, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with numerous maps and plans throughout, ten plates folding.Collated, complete. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Churchill, Winston. The World Crisis 1911-1918. Thornton Butterworth, 1931.

Price: US$51.98 + shipping

Description: 1st thus abridged and revised edition: inked name dated 1931 on fep. Generally a good copy, 831 pp, and heavy so postage may be extra. Spine has a crease.

Seller: Poor Richards Books, Felixstowe, United Kingdom

Winston S Churchill. The World Crisis 1911-1918. Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1931.

Price: US$550.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1931 1st edition unread no dj

Seller: John Hopkinson - Bookseller, Cremona, AB, Canada

Winston S. Churchill. India. Thornton Butterworth Limited, London, 1931.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Description: This is the first edition, second and final printing, in the quite scarce hardcover binding. India is a collection of ten Churchill speeches as part of his campaign against the India Bill, over which he broke with his party’s leadership. The first edition is most commonly found in orange paper wraps. A much scarcer version of the first edition was issued in a cased (hardcover) binding, featuring a bright orange coarse cloth. A second printing of the first edition was issued in the same month as the first printing. According to Churchill bibliographer Ronald Cohen: "Few cased copies of the second printing are known." Here is one of those very few - a hardcover first edition, second printing. This copy is complete and unrestored, though aesthetically compromised – and priced accordingly. This copy is ex-library evidenced by the printed plate of Northern Ireland’s "Tyrone County Library" affixed to the front pastedown above a small card pocket, a Tyrone County Library sticker on the facing front free endpaper recto, oval Tyrone County Library stamps on the title and final pages, and Library stock stamp on the copyright page hand-dated "8/4/32". The number "954" – the same as written on the copyright page – is written in white on the lower spine. An adhesive fragment, ostensibly from a library sticker, is on the lower front cover. The distinctive orange cloth binding shows a slight forward lean, overall soiling, and fraying to the spine ends, corners, and at points along the joints. The contents appear free of spotting, clean internally (apart from the ex-library markings), the text block edges soiled.India is, in many ways, an archetypal work of Churchill’s "wilderness years" in the 1930s, which saw him out of power and out of favor, unable to leverage the policies to which he nonetheless applied himself with characteristic vigor and eloquence. Churchill spent formative time as a young 19th century cavalry officer fighting on the northwest Indian frontier, about which he would write his first published book. He certainly did not adopt an early progressive attitude toward relinquishing control over the crown jewel of Britain's colonial empire. Nonetheless, it is instructive to remember that many of Churchill's dire warnings about Indian independence proved prophetic. Churchill had warned that too swift a British withdrawal from India would lead to bloody civil war and sectarian strife between Hindus and Muslims, Hindu domination, and destabilizing political balkanization of the subcontinent. All these predictions came to pass and, to a considerable extent, persist today.Nonetheless, relinquishing India seemed more than simply a matter of policy. There was perhaps more than just characteristic wartime defiance in his 10 November 1942 utterance, "We have not entered this war for profit or expansion Let me, however, make this clear I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. For that task, if ever it were prescribed, someone else would have to be found." Someone else was found; Churchill’s wartime premiership fell to Labour in the July 1945 General Election, relegating Churchill to Leader of the Opposition. In that capacity Churchill addressed the House of Commons on 6 March 1947 regarding the Indian Independence Bill of Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s Government: "It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire, with all its glories and all the services it has rendered to mankind at least, let us not add – by shameful flight, by a premature, hurried scuttle to the pangs of sorrow so many of us feel, the taint and smear of shame." On 15 August 1947 the Indian Independence Bill took effect, creating the independent nations of India and Pakistan and birthing the world’s most populous democracy in what was arguably the largest single act of political liberation in history. Independence also unfettered religious and communal strife that has lethally festered and flared ever since, claiming Gandhi himself in January 1948.Reference: Cohen A92.1.d, Woods/ICS A38(a), Langworth p.150.

Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Winston S. Churchill. India. Thornton Butterworth Limited, London, 1931.

Price: US$900.00 + shipping

Description: This is the first edition, first printing, in the striking but fragile orange softcover ("wraps") binding. India is a collection of ten Churchill speeches, part of his campaign against the India Bill over which he broke with his party’s leadership. Though his cause was lost, these speeches are considered to contain some of the finest examples of Churchill's rhetorical brilliance.This first printing is in good plus condition, sound and complete with pardonable aesthetic compromises. The orange wraps binding remains square, the wraps firmly attached, the spine uncreased. This copy appears to be unread. Fractional loss is confined to the spine ends, corners, and one tiny hole just below the printed price on the front cover. The chief detraction is soiling and sunning, the spine and adjacent strips of the covers sunned, the front cover dulled with a stain at the lower right corner. The contents are respectably clean for the edition, age-toning and spotting both mild. We find no previous ownership marks. India is, in many ways, an archetypal work of Churchill’s "wilderness years" in the 1930s, which saw him out of power and out of favor, unable to leverage the policies to which he nonetheless applied himself with characteristic vigor and eloquence. Churchill spent formative time as a young 19th century cavalry officer fighting on the northwest Indian frontier, about which he would write his first published book. He certainly did not adopt an early progressive attitude toward relinquishing control over the crown jewel of Britain's colonial empire. Nonetheless, it is instructive to remember that many of Churchill's dire warnings about Indian independence proved prophetic. Churchill had warned that too swift a British withdrawal from India would lead to bloody civil war and sectarian strife between Hindus and Muslims, Hindu domination, and destabilizing political balkanization of the subcontinent. All these predictions came to pass and, to a considerable extent, persist today.Nonetheless, relinquishing India seemed more than simply a matter of policy. There was perhaps more than just characteristic wartime defiance in his 10 November 1942 utterance, "We have not entered this war for profit or expansion Let me, however, make this clear I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. For that task, if ever it were prescribed, someone else would have to be found." Someone else was found; Churchill’s wartime premiership fell to Labour in the July 1945 General Election, relegating Churchill to Leader of the Opposition. In that capacity Churchill addressed the House of Commons on 6 March 1947 regarding the Indian Independence Bill of Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s Government: "It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire, with all its glories and all the services it has rendered to mankind at least, let us not add – by shameful flight, by a premature, hurried scuttle to the pangs of sorrow so many of us feel, the taint and smear of shame." On 15 August 1947 the Indian Independence Bill took effect, creating the independent nations of India and Pakistan and birthing the world’s most populous democracy in what was arguably the largest single act of political liberation in history. Independence also unfettered religious and communal strife that has lethally festered and flared ever since, claiming Gandhi himself in January 1948.Reference: Cohen A92.1.c; Woods/ICS A38(a), Langworth p.150. First edition, first printing, wraps issue.

Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Winston S. Churchill. India. Thornton Butterworth Limited, London, 1931.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Description: This is the first edition, second and final printing, in the quite scarce hardcover binding. India is a collection of ten Churchill speeches as part of his campaign against the India Bill, over which he broke with his party’s leadership. The first edition is most commonly found in orange paper wraps. A much rarer version of the first edition was issued in a cased (hardcover) binding, featuring a bright orange coarse cloth. A second printing of the first edition was issued in the same month as the first printing. According to Churchill bibliographer Ronald Cohen: "Few cased copies of the second printing are known." Here is one of those very few - a hardcover first edition, second printing. This copy is in good condition. The striking orange cloth binding is square and tight with sharp corners and bright color. Overall soiling is quite light, the spine shows no appreciable color shift, and light shelf wear is primarily confined to extremities. The chief detraction compelling us to grade this copy as only "good" is insect damage along both hinges. The contents are respectably clean. Age toning is mild. Spotting, endemic to the edition, is light. We find no previous ownership marks. The page edges are clean apart from age-toning and a touch of spotting.India is, in many ways, an archetypal work of Churchill’s "wilderness years" in the 1930s, which saw him out of power and out of favor, unable to leverage the policies to which he nonetheless applied himself with characteristic vigor and eloquence. Churchill spent formative time as a young 19th century cavalry officer fighting on the northwest Indian frontier, about which he would write his first published book. He certainly did not adopt an early progressive attitude toward relinquishing control over the crown jewel of Britain's colonial empire. Nonetheless, it is instructive to remember that many of Churchill's dire warnings about Indian independence proved prophetic. Churchill had warned that too swift a British withdrawal from India would lead to bloody civil war and sectarian strife between Hindus and Muslims, Hindu domination, and destabilizing political balkanization of the subcontinent. All these predictions came to pass and, to a considerable extent, persist today.Nonetheless, relinquishing India seemed more than simply a matter of policy. There was perhaps more than just characteristic wartime defiance in his 10 November 1942 utterance, "We have not entered this war for profit or expansion Let me, however, make this clear I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. For that task, if ever it were prescribed, someone else would have to be found." Someone else was found; Churchill’s wartime premiership fell to Labour in the July 1945 General Election, relegating Churchill to Leader of the Opposition. In that capacity Churchill addressed the House of Commons on 6 March 1947 regarding the Indian Independence Bill of Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s Government: "It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire, with all its glories and all the services it has rendered to mankind at least, let us not add – by shameful flight, by a premature, hurried scuttle to the pangs of sorrow so many of us feel, the taint and smear of shame." On 15 August 1947 the Indian Independence Bill took effect, creating the independent nations of India and Pakistan and birthing the world’s most populous democracy in what was arguably the largest single act of political liberation in history. Independence also unfettered religious and communal strife that has lethally festered and flared ever since, claiming Gandhi himself in January 1948.Reference: Cohen A92.1.d, Woods/ICS A38(a), Langworth p.150.

Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Winston S. Churchill. India. Thornton Butterworth Limited, London, 1931.

Price: US$1600.00 + shipping

Description: This is the first edition, second and final printing, in the quite scarce hardcover binding. India is a collection of ten Churchill speeches as part of his campaign against the India Bill, over which he broke with his party’s leadership. The first edition is most commonly found in orange paper wraps. A much rarer version of the first edition was issued in a cased (hardcover) binding, featuring a bright orange coarse cloth. A second printing of the first edition was issued in the same month as the first printing. According to Churchill bibliographer Ronald Cohen: "Few cased copies of the second printing are known." Here is one of those very few - a hardcover first edition, second printing. This copy is in very good condition. The striking orange cloth binding is tight with light wear to extremities, overall soiling, and a modestly sunned spine. The contents are respectable, with no previous ownership marks and light, intermittent spotting. The fore and bottom edges are clean apart from the spotting, the top edge a bit dusty.India is, in many ways, an archetypal work of Churchill’s "wilderness years" in the 1930s, which saw him out of power and out of favor, unable to leverage the policies to which he nonetheless applied himself with characteristic vigor and eloquence. Though his cause was lost, these speeches are considered to contain some of the finest examples of Churchill's rhetorical brilliance. Churchill spent formative time as a young 19th century cavalry officer fighting on the northwest Indian frontier, about which he would write his first published book. He certainly did not adopt an early progressive attitude toward relinquishing control over the crown jewel of Britain's colonial empire. Nonetheless, it is instructive to remember that many of Churchill's dire warnings about Indian independence proved prophetic. Churchill had warned that too swift a British withdrawal from India would lead to bloody civil war and sectarian strife between Hindus and Muslims, Hindu domination, and destabilizing political balkanization of the subcontinent. All these predictions came to pass and, to a considerable extent, persist today. Nonetheless, there is no question that relinquishing India was more than simply a matter of policy. Churchill’s faith in the British Empire’s beneficence and destiny could approach obdurate. There was perhaps more than just characteristic wartime defiance in his 10 November 1942 utterance, "We have not entered this war for profit or expansion Let me, however, make this clear I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. For that task, if ever it were prescribed, someone else would have to be found." Someone else was found; Churchill’s wartime premiership fell to the Labour victory in the July 1945 General Election, relegating Churchill to Leader of the Opposition. In that capacity Churchill addressed the House of Commons on 6 March 1947 regarding the Indian Independence Bill of Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s Government: "It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire, with all its glories and all the services it has rendered to mankind at least, let us not add – by shameful flight, by a premature, hurried scuttle to the pangs of sorrow so many of us feel, the taint and smear of shame." On 15 August 1947 the Indian Independence Bill took effect, creating the independent nations of India and Pakistan and birthing the world’s most populous democracy in what was arguably the largest single act of political liberation in history. Independence also unfettered religious and communal strife that has lethally festered and flared ever since, claiming Gandhi himself in January 1948. Reference: Cohen A92.1.d, Woods/ICS A38(a), Langworth p.150.

Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Churchill, Winston. S. The World Crisis: The Eastern Front. Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1931.

Price: US$1624.43 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Large thick 8vo., navy publisher's boards, embossed with title and author to the lower corner; spine lettered and decorated in gilt; pp.[vi], 7-368; with frontis photograph showing the Emperor Francis Joseph; a further 7 plates, 11 folding maps, including one full-colour to face final page, numerous other diagrams in text; light spotting to edges; and offsetting to endleaves; one loose slip offset to title; the boards a touch rubbed to spine tips and corners, but else exceptionally bright. Provenance: Contemporary ownership inscription of John C. Buchanan to the ffep. First edition. Loosely inserted are also three ephemeral items: a newspaper clipping from the date of publication, a bookmark advertisement from the Royal Exchange, and an advertisement slip for the Omnibus edition of The World Crisis. The World Crisis contains a thorough account of the Great War. Churchill was a notoriously prolific writer, and by the time it came to to the sixth volume of this monumental work, he noted to his publisher "In the previous volumes of the World Crisis I have described only in a few pages the course of events in the Eastern theatre. They have merely been the background of our main drama of the war. But now I think I might write a volume called 'The Eastern Front', which would be separate from but supplementary to our five volume history." In fact, it may have been prophetic: the Eastern Front would prove critical to Churchill's efforts as Britain's leader during the Second World War. Notoriously the hardest title to find in the World Crisis series, rare in this condition.

Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA / ILAB, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom

Winston S. Churchill. India. Thornton Butterworth Limited, London, 1931.

Price: US$1800.00 + shipping

Description: This is an exceptionally clean and well-preserved first edition, first printing, in the striking but fragile orange softcover ("wraps") binding. India is a collection of ten Churchill speeches, part of his campaign against the India Bill over which he broke with his party’s leadership. Though his cause was lost, these speeches are considered to contain some of the finest examples of Churchill's rhetorical brilliance.This first printing is in very good plus condition. The orange wraps binding remains square, the wraps firmly attached, the spine uncreased, clearly unread. The wraps, including the spine, retain strong orange hue and are also quite clean. Trivial loss is confined to the upper and lower front joint and there is only incidental shelf wear to extremities, including a small, faint crease to the lower front corner. The contents are surprisingly bright and clean, with no previous ownership marks. Light spotting appears confined to the bottom edge of the text block. India is, in many ways, an archetypal work of Churchill’s "wilderness years" in the 1930s, which saw him out of power and out of favor, unable to leverage the policies to which he nonetheless applied himself with characteristic vigor and eloquence. Churchill spent formative time as a young 19th century cavalry officer fighting on the northwest Indian frontier, about which he would write his first published book. He certainly did not adopt an early progressive attitude toward relinquishing control over the crown jewel of Britain's colonial empire. Nonetheless, it is instructive to remember that many of Churchill's dire warnings about Indian independence proved prophetic. Churchill had warned that too swift a British withdrawal from India would lead to bloody civil war and sectarian strife between Hindus and Muslims, Hindu domination, and destabilizing political balkanization of the subcontinent. All these predictions came to pass and, to a considerable extent, persist today.Nonetheless, relinquishing India seemed more than simply a matter of policy. There was perhaps more than just characteristic wartime defiance in his 10 November 1942 utterance, "We have not entered this war for profit or expansion Let me, however, make this clear I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. For that task, if ever it were prescribed, someone else would have to be found." Someone else was found; Churchill’s wartime premiership fell to Labour in the July 1945 General Election, and on 15 August 1947 the Indian Independence Bill took effect, creating the independent nations of India and Pakistan and birthing the world’s most populous democracy in what was arguably the largest single act of political liberation in history. Independence also unfettered religious and communal strife that has lethally festered and flared ever since, claiming Gandhi himself in January 1948.Reference: Cohen A92.1.c; Woods/ICS A38(a), Langworth p.150 First edition, first printing, wraps issue.

Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Winston S. Churchill. India. Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1931.

Price: US$2650.00 + shipping

Description: This is the first edition, first printing, in the first variant of the quite scarce hardcover binding. India is a collection of ten Churchill speeches, part of his campaign against the India Bill over which he broke with his party’s leadership. Though his cause was lost, these speeches are considered to contain some of the finest examples of Churchill's rhetorical brilliance. The first edition is most common in orange paper wraps. An unknown but far smaller number were issued in hardcover bindings, of which there are two variants - one with the spine titled horizontally and one with the spine titled vertically. Churchill’s bibliographer, Ronald Cohen, gives precedence to the horizontally-titled variant which, in our experience, is also scarcer.This horizontally titled hardcover first printing is in good plus condition, sound and complete, marred, its defects aesthetic rather than substantive. The striking orange cloth binding is square and tight but significantly dulled and grubby, with irregular toning in addition to the soiling and superficial scuffing. The contents are respectably clean. Spotting, endemic to the edition, is quite light, primarily confined to the prelims. Age-toning is modest, manifest only to the page edges. The sole previous ownership mark appears to have been an inked inscription on the upper rear pastedown that is now so faded as to be barely legible and indecipherable. The binding is protected beneath a clear, removable, mylar cover. India is, in many ways, an archetypal work of Churchill’s "wilderness years" in the 1930s, which saw him out of power and out of favor, unable to leverage the policies to which he nonetheless applied himself with characteristic vigor and eloquence. Churchill spent formative time as a young 19th century cavalry officer fighting on the northwest Indian frontier, about which he would write his first published book. He certainly did not adopt an early progressive attitude toward relinquishing control over the crown jewel of Britain's colonial empire. Nonetheless, it is instructive to remember that many of Churchill's dire warnings about Indian independence proved prophetic. Churchill had warned that too swift a British withdrawal from India would lead to bloody civil war and sectarian strife between Hindus and Muslims, Hindu domination, and destabilizing political balkanization of the subcontinent. All these predictions came to pass and, to a considerable extent, persist today.Nonetheless, relinquishing India seemed more than simply a matter of policy. There was perhaps more than just characteristic wartime defiance in his 10 November 1942 utterance, "We have not entered this war for profit or expansion Let me, however, make this clear I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. For that task, if ever it were prescribed, someone else would have to be found." Someone else was found; Churchill’s wartime premiership fell to Labour in the July 1945 General Election, relegating Churchill to Leader of the Opposition. In that capacity Churchill addressed the House of Commons on 6 March 1947 regarding the Indian Independence Bill of Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s government: "It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire, with all its glories and all the services it has rendered to mankind at least, let us not add – by shameful flight, by a premature, hurried scuttle to the pangs of sorrow so many of us feel, the taint and smear of shame." On 15 August 1947 the Indian Independence Bill took effect, creating the independent nations of India and Pakistan and birthing the world’s most populous democracy in what was arguably the largest single act of political liberation in history. Independence also unfettered religious and communal strife that has lethally festered and flared ever since, claiming Gandhi himself in January 1948.Reference: Cohen A92.1.a, Woods/ICS A38(a), Langworth p.150.

Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Winston S. Churchill. India. Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1931.

Price: US$2650.00 + shipping

Description: This is the first edition, first printing, in the quite scarce hardcover binding. India is a collection of ten Churchill speeches as part of his campaign against the India Bill, over which he broke with his party’s leadership. The first edition is most commonly found in orange paper wraps. An unknown but certainly far smaller number of the first printing were issued in hardcover bindings with two variants - one with the spine title reading horizontally and one with the spine title reading vertically.This vertically spine-titled copy is in very good condition. The orange cloth binding is square and tight with sharp corners and minimal shelf wear. The orange hue remains robust, only slightly spine toned. The chief defect is overall soiling, absent which we would grade this copy as near-fine. The contents are quite unusually clean. Spotting is endemic to this edition. Nonetheless, we find no spotting in this copy. Nor do we find any previous ownership marks. Age-toning is quite mild and even the page edges are notably clean. The binding is protected beneath a clear, removable, mylar cover. India is, in many ways, an archetypal work of Churchill’s "wilderness years" in the 1930s, which saw him out of power and out of favor, unable to leverage the policies to which he nonetheless applied himself with characteristic vigor and eloquence. Churchill spent formative time as a young 19th century cavalry officer fighting on the northwest Indian frontier, about which he would write his first published book. He certainly did not adopt an early progressive attitude toward relinquishing control over the crown jewel of Britain's colonial empire. Nonetheless, it is instructive to remember that many of Churchill's dire warnings about Indian independence proved prophetic. Churchill had warned that too swift a British withdrawal from India would lead to bloody civil war and sectarian strife between Hindus and Muslims, Hindu domination, and destabilizing political balkanization of the subcontinent. All these predictions came to pass and, to a considerable extent, persist today.Nonetheless, relinquishing India seemed more than simply a matter of policy. There was perhaps more than just characteristic wartime defiance in his 10 November 1942 utterance, "We have not entered this war for profit or expansion Let me, however, make this clear I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. For that task, if ever it were prescribed, someone else would have to be found." Someone else was found; Churchill’s wartime premiership fell to Labour in the July 1945 General Election, relegating Churchill to Leader of the Opposition. In that capacity Churchill addressed the House of Commons on 6 March 1947 regarding the Indian Independence Bill of Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s Government: "It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire, with all its glories and all the services it has rendered to mankind at least, let us not add – by shameful flight, by a premature, hurried scuttle to the pangs of sorrow so many of us feel, the taint and smear of shame." On 15 August 1947 the Indian Independence Bill took effect, creating the independent nations of India and Pakistan and birthing the world’s most populous democracy in what was arguably the largest single act of political liberation in history. Independence also unfettered religious and communal strife that has lethally festered and flared ever since, claiming Gandhi himself in January 1948.Reference: Cohen A92.1.b, Woods/ICS A38(a), Langworth p.150.

Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Winston S. Churchill. India. Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1931.

Price: US$2750.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This is the first edition, first printing, in the quite scarce hardcover binding. India is a collection of ten Churchill speeches as part of his campaign against the India Bill, over which he broke with his party s leadership. The first edition is most commonly found in orange paper wraps. An unknown but certainly far smaller number were issued in hardcover bindings, of which there are two variants - one with the spine title reading horizontally and one with the spine title reading vertically. This vertically spine-titled copy approaches very good condition, somewhat soiled and sunned but nonetheless fully intact and unrestored. The striking orange cloth remains square and tight, moderately spine sunned with some toning to the perimeter of the covers as well. Wear is light, mostly confined to the spine ends and corners. Differential toning to the endpapers corresponding to dust jacket flaps testify that this copy must have long been protected by the extravagantly rare dust jacket, which regrettably is lost. The contents are mildly age-toned, but otherwise quite clean internally. Spotting, endemic to the edition, is light, substantially confined to the top edge of the text block, which also shows dust soiling. India is, in many ways, an archetypal work of Churchill s "wilderness years" in the 1930s, which saw him out of power and out of favor, unable to leverage the policies to which he nonetheless applied himself with characteristic vigor and eloquence. Though his cause was lost, these speeches are considered to contain some of the finest examples of Churchill's rhetorical brilliance. Churchill spent formative time as a young 19th century cavalry officer fighting on the northwest Indian frontier, about which he would write his first published book. He certainly did not adopt an early progressive attitude toward relinquishing control over the crown jewel of Britain's colonial empire. Nonetheless, it is instructive to remember that many of Churchill's dire warnings about Indian independence proved prophetic. Churchill had warned that too swift a British withdrawal from India would lead to bloody civil war and sectarian strife between Hindus and Muslims, Hindu domination, and destabilizing political balkanization of the subcontinent. All these predictions came to pass and, to a considerable extent, persist today. Nonetheless, there is no question that relinquishing India was more than simply a matter of policy. Churchill s faith in the British Empire s beneficence and destiny could approach obdurate. There was perhaps more than just characteristic wartime defiance in his 10 November 1942 utterance, "We have not entered this war for profit or expansion Let me, however, make this clear I have not become the King s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. For that task, if ever it were prescribed, someone else would have to be found." Someone else was found; Churchill s wartime premiership fell to the Labour victory in the July 1945 General Election, relegating Churchill to Leader of the Opposition. In that capacity Churchill addressed the House of Commons on 6 March 1947 regarding the Indian Independence Bill of Prime Minister Clement Attlee s Government: "It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire, with all its glories and all the services it has rendered to mankind at least, let us not add by shameful flight, by a premature, hurried scuttle to the pangs of sorrow so many of us feel, the taint and smear of shame." On 15 August 1947 the Indian Independence Bill took effect, creating the independent nations of India and Pakistan and birthing the world s most populous democracy in what was arguably the largest single act of political liberation in history. Independence also unfettered religious and communal strife that has lethally festered and flared ever since, claiming Gandhi himself in January 1948. Reference: Cohen A92.1.b, Woods/ICS A38(a), Langworth p.150.

Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

CHURCHILL, [Sir] Winston Spencer (1874-1965). The World Crisis 1911-1918. [Complete in six volumes, including: 1911-1914; 1915; 1916-1918 Part I; 1916-1918 Part II; The Aftermath; The Eastern Front]. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931, 1931.

Price: US$2923.98 + shipping

Description: [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS. Octavo (24 x 16 x 29cm), pp.[8]; 536; pp.557; [3]; pp.292; pp.x; 293-589; [1]; pp.474; [2]; pp.368. With errata slips, illustrated with black and white plates and folding maps. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spines. A black ink ownership to front pastedown of volumes I and II, otherwise clean unmarked copies, showing a little light toning and occasional spotting. Some light general wear to bindings. A solid, very good set. This comprehensive account of the Great War is both analytical, and on occasions a justification from the author for his part in the proceedings. It is claimed that Churchill considered the work "not history, but a contribution to history." Since its publication both biographers and historians have considered it Churchill's masterpiece, eclipsing his better-known account 'The Second World War.' Indeed, T.E. Lawrence regarded the second volume, '1915', as "far and away the best war-book I've yet read."

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

Winston S. Churchill. India. Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1931.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Description: This is the first edition, first printing, in the quite scarce hardcover binding. India is a collection of ten Churchill speeches as part of his campaign against the India Bill, over which he broke with his party’s leadership. The first edition is most commonly found in orange paper wraps. An unknown but certainly far smaller number of the first printing were issued in hardcover bindings with two variants - one with the spine title reading horizontally and one with the spine title reading vertically.This vertically spine-titled copy is in very good condition. The orange cloth binding is square and tight with sharp corners and minimal shelf wear. The orange hue remains robust, only mildly spine toned. The chief defect is overall soiling, absent which we would grade this copy as near-fine. The contents are atypically bright and clean for the edition. Spotting is primarily confined to the page edges, with only light internal spotting to the first few leaves. The sole previous ownership name, inked on the upper front free endpaper recto, is contemporary, dated "Oct. 1934." The only other marks we find are a tiny, cryptic "13120" inked on the upper left front pastedown. India is, in many ways, an archetypal work of Churchill’s "wilderness years" in the 1930s, which saw him out of power and out of favor, unable to leverage the policies to which he nonetheless applied himself with characteristic vigor and eloquence. Churchill spent formative time as a young 19th century cavalry officer fighting on the northwest Indian frontier, about which he would write his first published book. He certainly did not adopt an early progressive attitude toward relinquishing control over the crown jewel of Britain's colonial empire. Nonetheless, it is instructive to remember that many of Churchill's dire warnings about Indian independence proved prophetic. Churchill had warned that too swift a British withdrawal from India would lead to bloody civil war and sectarian strife between Hindus and Muslims, Hindu domination, and destabilizing political balkanization of the subcontinent. All these predictions came to pass and, to a considerable extent, persist today.Nonetheless, relinquishing India seemed more than simply a matter of policy. There was perhaps more than just characteristic wartime defiance in his 10 November 1942 utterance, "We have not entered this war for profit or expansion Let me, however, make this clear I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. For that task, if ever it were prescribed, someone else would have to be found." Someone else was found; Churchill’s wartime premiership fell to Labour in the July 1945 General Election, relegating Churchill to Leader of the Opposition. In that capacity Churchill addressed the House of Commons on 6 March 1947 regarding the Indian Independence Bill of Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s Government: "It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire, with all its glories and all the services it has rendered to mankind at least, let us not add – by shameful flight, by a premature, hurried scuttle to the pangs of sorrow so many of us feel, the taint and smear of shame." On 15 August 1947 the Indian Independence Bill took effect, creating the independent nations of India and Pakistan and birthing the world’s most populous democracy in what was arguably the largest single act of political liberation in history. Independence also unfettered religious and communal strife that has lethally festered and flared ever since, claiming Gandhi himself in January 1948.Reference: Cohen A92.1.b, Woods/ICS A38(a), Langworth p.150.

Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Winston S. Churchill. India. Thornton Butterworth Ltd., London, 1931.

Price: US$3200.00 + shipping

Description: This first edition, first printing, is the first variant of the quite scarce hardcover binding. India is a collection of ten Churchill speeches, part of his campaign against the India Bill over which he broke with his party’s leadership. Though his cause was lost, these speeches are considered to contain some of the finest examples of Churchill's rhetorical brilliance. The first edition is most common in orange paper wraps. An unknown fraction were issued in hardcover bindings, of which there are two variants - one spine-titled horizontally and one vertically. Churchill’s bibliographer, Ronald Cohen, gives precedence to the horizontally-titled variant which, in our experience, is also scarcer.This horizontally-titled hardcover first printing is in good plus condition, sound, complete, and notably clean within. The striking orange cloth binding is square, tight, and sharp-cornered with only mild spine toning. The chief defects are modest overall soiling and evidence of mild, superficial moisture exposure to the upper right front cover. The contents are compellingly clean. Spotting is endemic to the edition, but here there is only a faint hint of it confined to the top edges of the text block. The sole previous ownership mark is contemporary – an inked name and "1933" date on the upper front pastedown. The only apparent internal toning is some transfer browning to the endpapers from the pastedown glue. The binding is protected with a clear, removable, mylar cover. India is, in many ways, an archetypal work of Churchill’s "wilderness years" in the 1930s, which saw him out of power and out of favor, unable to leverage the policies to which he nonetheless applied himself with characteristic vigor and eloquence. Churchill spent formative time as a young 19th century cavalry officer fighting on the northwest Indian frontier, about which he would write his first published book. He certainly did not adopt an early progressive attitude toward relinquishing control over the crown jewel of Britain's colonial empire. Nonetheless, it is instructive to remember that many of Churchill's dire warnings about Indian independence proved prophetic. Churchill had warned that too swift a British withdrawal from India would lead to bloody civil war and sectarian strife between Hindus and Muslims, Hindu domination, and destabilizing political balkanization of the subcontinent. All these predictions came to pass and, to a considerable extent, persist today.Nonetheless, relinquishing India seemed more than simply a matter of policy. There was perhaps more than just characteristic wartime defiance in his 10 November 1942 utterance, "We have not entered this war for profit or expansion Let me, however, make this clear I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. For that task, if ever it were prescribed, someone else would have to be found." Someone else was found; Churchill’s wartime premiership fell to Labour in the July 1945 General Election, relegating Churchill to Leader of the Opposition. In that capacity Churchill addressed the House of Commons on 6 March 1947 regarding the Indian Independence Bill of Prime Minister Clement Attlee’s government: "It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire, with all its glories and all the services it has rendered to mankind at least, let us not add – by shameful flight, by a premature, hurried scuttle to the pangs of sorrow so many of us feel, the taint and smear of shame." On 15 August 1947 the Indian Independence Bill took effect, creating the independent nations of India and Pakistan and birthing the world’s most populous democracy in what was arguably the largest single act of political liberation in history. Independence also unfettered religious and communal strife that has lethally festered and flared ever since, claiming Gandhi himself in January 1948.Reference: Cohen A92.1.a, Woods/ICS A38(a), Langworth p.150.

Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

CHURCHILL, [Sir] Winston Spencer (1874-1965). The World Crisis 1911-1918. [Complete in six volumes, including: 1911-1914; 1915; 1916-1918 Part I; 1916-1918 Part II; The Aftermath; The Eastern Front]. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931, 1931.

Price: US$3248.86 + shipping

Description: [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS. Octavo (24 x 16 x 29cm), pp.[8] 536; pp.557 [3]; pp.292; pp.x; 293-589 [1]; pp.474 [2]; pp.368. With errata slips, illustrated with black and white plates and folding maps. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spines. Crisp, clean copies showing some toning and spotting to edges and preliminaries of volumes I and II. Moderate wear also to bindings of volumes I and II, and very light wear to remaining volumes. A clean, attractive set. Very good. This comprehensive account of the Great War is both analytical, and on occasions a justification from the author for his part in the proceedings. It is claimed that Churchill considered the work "not history, but a contribution to history." Since its publication both biographers and historians have considered it Churchill's masterpiece, eclipsing his better-known account 'The Second World War.' Indeed, T.E. Lawrence regarded the second volume, '1915', as "far and away the best war-book I've yet read."

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom