Winston S. Churchill | The World Crisis. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1923-1931
Winston S. Churchill
The World Crisis. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1923-1931
5 titles in 6 volumes, 8vo. Numerous plans and folding maps; some light foxing. Uniformly bound in dark blue cloth, each with original dust-jacket; Volume I (book 1) in second state binding with the errata slip tipped-in opposite pg. 1, jacket has darkened considerably, with edge-chipping, particularly at the spine head, fractional corner losses, and some streaking across the spine; Volume II (book 2) with variant jacket as per Cohen (price printed with “a rather large square point following 30/”), spine panel darkened with fractional losses at the spine head and tail, as well as streaking across the spine; Volume III/Parts 1 & II (books 3 & 4) with Part I considerably fragmented along the spine and Part II with losses at the head and tail, each repaired with archival tape, endpapers toned; Volume IV (book 5) in second state (as per Cohen), with the Errata slip tipped-in opposite Page 9, jacket darkened considerably, particularly spine panel; Volume (book 6) with loss to jacket along the edges, archivally preserved, spine has faded to cream color but with type remaining bright, minor rubbing at corners.
THE DUST-JACKETED FIRST ENGLISH EDITION SET, ALL IN CORRECT DUST JACKETS
REFERENCE:
Cohen A69.2 (I.b, II-IV.a, V.b,VI.a); Woods A31ab
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Winston S. Churchill
The World Crisis. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1923-1931
5 titles in 6 volumes, 8vo. Numerous plans and folding maps; some light foxing. Uniformly bound in dark blue cloth, each with original dust-jacket; Volume I (book 1) in second state binding with the errata slip tipped-in opposite pg. 1, jacket has darkened considerably, with edge-chipping, particularly at the spine head, fractional corner losses, and some streaking across the spine; Volume II (book 2) with variant jacket as per Cohen (price printed with “a rather large square point following 30/”), spine panel darkened with fractional losses at the spine head and tail, as well as streaking across the spine; Volume III/Parts 1 & II (books 3 & 4) with Part I considerably fragmented along the spine and Part II with losses at the head and tail, each repaired with archival tape, endpapers toned; Volume IV (book 5) in second state (as per Cohen), with the Errata slip tipped-in opposite Page 9, jacket darkened considerably, particularly spine panel; Volume (book 6) with loss to jacket along the edges, archivally preserved, spine has faded to cream color but with type remaining bright, minor rubbing at corners.
THE DUST-JACKETED FIRST ENGLISH EDITION SET, ALL IN CORRECT DUST JACKETS
REFERENCE:
Cohen A69.2 (I.b, II-IV.a, V.b,VI.a); Woods A31ab
Condition Report:
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