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The World Crisis 1911-1918. [Complete in six volumes, including: 1911-1914;
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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] -

by CHURCHILL, [Sir] Winston Spencer (1874-1965)

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London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931. [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.
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  • Title 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]
  • Author CHURCHILL, [Sir] Winston Spencer (1874-1965)
  • Publisher London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 65142

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