Winston Churchill - The World Crisis, Odhams, Vol II in original shipping box

Description: The World Crisis, Volume II of the first two-volume set in the publisher's original shipping box Winston S. Churchill London: Odhams Press Limited, 1939 Condition: Near Fine Normal 0 false false false EN-CA JA X-NONE This is a rare time capsule for collectors - the second volume of the first two-volume set of Churchill's history of the First World War still housed in the publisher's original shipping box. The box itself is fully intact including the original closing flap, fully enfolding the book within since it was originally shipped to a "P.R. Brown" in Kent according to the hand-addressed original shipping label printed "BOOKS WITH CARE". The box shows some toning and staining, but both the original shipping label and postage sticker remain fully intact. The blue binding of the book within remains perfectly clean and vividly bright with no appreciable wear. The cost of its long residence in the cardboard shipping box is spotting to page edges. This is more than compensated by bright, crisp contents and strikingly bright blue top stain. Churchill was in a special position to write the history of the First World War, which nearly cost him both his political and corporeal lives and in which he played such a critical, controversial, and varied role. First Lord of the Admiralty from 1911 until 1915, after the Dardanelles disaster, Churchill was scapegoated and forced to resign. He spent political exile as a lieutenant colonel of a battalion in the trenches. Before war's end, Churchill was exonerated and rejoined the Government, foreshadowing the political isolation and restoration he would experience nearly two decades later leading up to the Second World War. Despite Churchill's political recovery, the stigma of the Dardanelles lingered. Hence Churchill had more than just literary and financial compulsion to write his history. Churchill titled his history The World Crisis, which was originally published in six volumes between 1923 and 1931. This first two-volume set was published in 1939, the year the Second World War began and Churchill returned to the Admiralty and to war. Though only two volumes, the set contained not only the complete unabridged text of the original first four volumes (which covered the war years 1911-1918), but also the revisions and new material from the 1931 abridgement. This was a handsome and substantial edition, bound in blue leatherette cloth with a blind stamped bust of Churchill and his gilt signature on the cover, gilt titles and rules on the spine, and blue top stain. Volumes still housed in the publisher's original shipping boxes are quite scarce. Reference: Cohen A69.11.c, Woods/ICS A31(fa), Langworth p.121 Ref #: 007591 CHURCHILL BOOK COLLECTOR We are Churchill Book Collector, a professional bookseller specializing in books and other published works by and about the great twentieth century statesman and acclaimed writer, Sir Winston Churchill. We offer both a singular inventory and approachable expertise. The integrity of our inventory is backed by our membership in the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Churchill's official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, rightly called Churchill's long life "remarkable and versatile". Statesman, soldier, war correspondent, ardent social reformer, combative cold warrior, painter - Churchill was many things, but perhaps above all a master wordsmith. We’re here to help Churchill’s words find your shelves. Our extensive inventory features some of the rarest material offered – including fine first editions and inscribed copies – as well as reading copies and works about Churchill’s life and time. While we specialize in Churchill, our inventory also includes noteworthy first and collectible editions by other authors, ranging from Xenophon to T. E. Lawrence, spanning exploration and empire to twentieth century fiction. We are able to help with anything from finding individual books to assembling full collections, working closely with individual collectors to identify and accommodate their preferences and budget. We are also able to commission preservation cases and fine bindings. Please contact us if you have books to sell. We buy, and in some cases consign, fine and collectible individual items, as well as whole collections.

Price: 180 USD

Location: San Diego, California

End Time: 2024-12-30T03:34:55.000Z

Shipping Cost: 20 USD