THE WORLD CRISIS 1911-1918
-Abridged One-Volume Edition-
1949
First American Abridged and Revised Edition (Third Printing)
Charles Scribner Sons [New York]
Biblio: (Cohen A69.5.c) (Woods A31ba.2)
8vo (832 pages, illustrated with maps and plans.)
Hardcover [Red cloth]
Item Number: 212352
$150.00
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 is a very good copy of the Third Printing of the First American abridged edition,without dust jacket. The contents are fine.