THE WORLD CRISIS 1911-1918
-First English "Times Book Club" Abridged One-Volume Edition-
1931
First English "Times Book Club" Abridged One-Volume Edition
Thornton Butterworth Ltd. [London]
Biblio: (Cohen A69.6.a) (Woods A31ba.2)
8vo (832 pages, illustrated with maps and plans.)
Hardcover (without Dust Jacket) [Blue cloth]
Item Number: 212366
$475.00
Collector's Guide
The World Crisis is Churchill’s highly subjective history of the First World War. Comprising five volumes (in six books) written over eight years, the initial titles were first published in the U.S. (by a matter of days), making the American edition the true first edition. Volume I (1911-1914) and Volume II (1915) were published in 1923. Volume III (1916-1918 ) was published in two parts in 1927 (hence the five/in six volumes ultimate format). Volume IV (The Aftermath 1918-1928) was published in 1929; and Volume V (The Unknown War/The Eastern Front) in 1931. A one-volume abridgment by the author was soon issued. Most subsequent re-issues have been incomplete, abridged, or otherwise condensed versions of the original text.
Description
This a very good copy, without dust jacket, of the rarely-seen First English “Times Book Club” Abridged One-Volume Edition, which is not mentioned in the Cohen bibliography.
Aside from the usual toning to the endpapers, the book is virtually mint, with a tiny “The Times Book Club” plate affixed to the rear pastedown and an ink-stamped date on the rear free endpaper: “5 Dec. 1932.” Conforms in all respects to the First Printing of the First English Abridged edition.