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THE WORLD CRISIS: THE AFTERMATH
by CHURCHILL, Winston S.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Thornton Butterworth. March 1929. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Signed by Winston Churchill. Publisher's original dark blue cloth with titles in blind to the lower front board, titles in gilt to the spine. Illustrated with eight maps, four are folding, two of which are coloured. A very good copy, the binding firm with a bumping and minor fraying to the spine tips, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, somewhat spotted to the prelims and text block edge are otherwise clean throughout. All of the maps are present and in fine condition. Inscribed by the author in black ink on the second blank endpaper "Inscribed by / Winston S. Churchill / June 21. 1929". The fifth and penultimate volume of Churchill's monumental history of the First World War, of which 7500 copies of the first printing were published on 7 March 1929. [Woods A31a (vol IV); Cohen A69.2 (IV).a] Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23864
- Title
- THE WORLD CRISIS: THE AFTERMATH
- Author
- CHURCHILL, Winston S.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First UK edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Thornton Butterworth. March 1929
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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