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Sir Winston S. Churchill - The Great War

Title: The Great War
Description: London, George Newnes, Limited, 1933. Paperback. A collection of periodicals dealing with the scenes and various fronts associated with the First World War, in the original twenty-six fortnightly parts. Complete in twenty-six volumes of fortnightly parts. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps throughout. Including a topical photograph to the front panel of each issue, and a portrait frontispiece of the author to the first volume. Written by Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, a British statesman, military officer, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was also a prominent and prolific author of histories, pamphlets, and booklets as well as the occasional fictional work. Churchill's history of the First World War was originally titled The World Crisis and published in six volumes from 1923 to 1931, it was later re-published here under the new title The Great War. These volumes provide an original first-hand account of the conflict. During the Great War, Churchill served as First Lord of the Admiralty, which almost cost him his political career when he was scapegoated for the disaster of the Dardanelles at Gallipoli and forced to resign. He gained favour again before the end of the war and re-joined the Government. With one uniform title page to part one. In the original paper wraps. Externally, sound with light wear and the odd crease to the extremities, with further creasing to the front panel of volume one. Sunning to the spines with light chipping to the head and tail of the spines resulting in light loss to most volumes. The odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Hinges starting but firm, with the hinges of volumes three, four, nine, and twenty-two tender. Hinges failed to volumes five, eight, and ten, with the boards of volume ten detached but present. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. The odd small crease to the page edges with minor age toning to the extremities. A price sticker to the front endpaper of volume one. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

Keywords: Great War First World War Churchill World Crisis First World War None

Price: GBP 220.00 = appr. US$ 314.16 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 955T44

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