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CHURCHILL, Winston S.. THE WORLD CRISIS: 1916-1918. London: Thornton Butterworth. April, 1927.
Price: US$4134.07 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, fourth impression. Two volumes. Signed by Winston Churchill in volume I. Publisher's original dark blue cloth with titles stamped in blind to the lower front board, titles in gilt to the spine. Part I with 12 maps and charts (6 of which are folding) and a further 10 illustrations throughout the text; Part II with 9 folding illustrations and a further 8 throughout the text. Both volumes are uniformly very good or better, the bindings firm with some bumping to the spine tips and corners, the cloth and gilt bright. The contents, with toning to the paper are otherwise clean throughout. Publisher's postcard loosely laid in to volume I. A very attractive set. Signed and dated '24.5.27' by Winston Churchill in black ink on the second blank endpaper of the first volume. The third part (in two volumes) of Churchill's monumental history of the First World War. The first printing was published on 3 March 1927 in an edition of 7523 copies, the majority of which were pre-subscribed. The fourth impression, as here, was issued on 28th April with a print run of 2000 copies. [Woods A31a (vol III, part I & Part II)] Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
Price: US$5724.10 + shipping
Description: [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS, third impressions, INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPIES, referencing to a key point in Churchill's political career. Octavo (24 x 16 x 7cm), pp.292, pp.x; 293-590. Illustrated with black and white plates, maps and other inserts, some folding. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spines. With author's signed inscription, as Chancellor, to first volume: 'Inscribed by / Winston S. Churchill / 1. June 1927.' The second volume is poignantly inscribed by Mrs. Churchill: 'I often think of the Leicester / election & remember your / great help & kindness - // Clementine S. Churchill.' Edges toned, some spotting and toning to first and final gatherings, discreet later ownership of Charles Losely to both vols., covers show light handling. Very good indeed. Churchill had famously 'crossed the floor' from Conservative to Liberal in 1904, gaining the reputation of a radical. For nearly twenty years he enjoyed a successful political career in several Liberal cabinet posts including President of the Board of Trade, Home Secretary, First Lord of The Admiralty and War Secretary. After a year out of politics (writing The World Crisis), and sensing the rise in Labour support, he returned to contest the Leicester West seat for the Liberal party at the 1923 General Election. Churchill lost, and the overall result was a hung parliament, after which Labour led a coalition with tacit support from the Liberals. This proved to be Churchill's final act as a Liberal Party member, re-joining Baldwin's victorious Conservative Party for the October 1924 election, following which he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position he held until 1929.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom