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THE WORLD CRISIS
-First American Abridged Edition-
1931
First American Abridged Edition
Charlesn Scribner’s Sons [New York]
Biblio: (Cohen A69.5.a) (Woods A31ba.1)
16mo (866 pages, with 20 fold-out maps, 33 tables and black and white illustrations.)
Hardcover without Dust Jacket [Blue cloth]
Item Number: 212353
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
A very good copy of the First American Abridged edition of Churchill’s history of the First World War, without dust jacket. Like the original six-volume set, the abridged one-volume edition was published first in the U.S. (February 1931). The cloth here is bright and clean, with a closed tear at the spine head. The contents are fine, with an initial ink stamp on the rear pastedown and a touch of light blue staining to the lower fore-edge.