The Great War

Description

The Great War by Winston S. Churchill, published in 1934 by George Newnes.

Quarto, [in three volumes], 512, iv pp; 513-1024, iv pp; iv, 1025-1668pp. Publisher’s purple blue cloth, stamped in blind with gilt lettering. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Free of marks or notations within the text block. Decorative endpapers. Light spotting to cloth covers, some rubbing to tips. Fully illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings and maps. (Woods A31a) (Cohen A69.9.c) An attractive example.

Originally published as The World Crisis in six volumes, this three-volume edition is the first illustrated compilation of Churchill’s work. Churchill biographer William Manchester references the book and notes: “His masterpiece is The World Crisis… Magnificently written, it is enhanced by the presence of the author at the highest councils of the war and in the trenches as a battalion commander.”