[CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER]. The World Crisis: The Aftermath. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1929.
THIRD IMPRESSION. Leather-bound, hardcover, octavo (23 x 15 x 5 cm), pp. 474. English text, with maps and plans throughout. Handsomely rebound in full calf gilt, all page edges gilt, marbled endpapers, half-title, 8 maps and plans (4 of these folding), printed sidenotes, appendix, rear index in double columns. Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Very light shelf wear to covers. Interior well-preserved. Without previous ownership markings. An excellent copy.
Notes: British first edition, third printing of the fifth and penultimate volume of Churchill's monumental history of the First World War. A quarter of a century before the Second World War endowed him with lasting fame, Winston Churchill played a uniquely critical, controversial, and varied role in the "War to end all wars". This volume deals with the postwar years 1918 to 1928. A Beautifully bound example.
