The World Crisis, Six Volumes

Thornton Butter worth Limited, London, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First English edition. All First editions. First Published April, 1923 stated on copyright page of first volume, and then all other volumes have subsequent dates. Volume 3 is INSCRIBED by Churchill on a front free end paper to Kenneth Dewar, who was a prominent and controversial figure in the British navy as well as a top adviser to Churchill. From Wikipedia --Churchill wrote an anti-Jellicoe tract in his World Crisis, Volume III which in large measure shared Dewar's views on tactics and even some diagrams.[38] Although Dewar would later become a supporter of the Labour Party, after Churchill was passed over for a cabinet position in 1931 Dewar wrote to him on 16 November, "I am very sorry to see that you are not in the new Cabinet. I had hoped you would go to the Admiralty and do very necessary work for the Navy." Volume 4 is annotated by Dewar with some fascinating comments on Churchill's version of events in which he had personal knowledge. Thornton Butterworth, London, 1923-1931. Original blue cloth. Original dust jackets. Books and dust jackets are all correct firsts. Books are all generally in very good condition with some wear and soiling, and some volumes have darkening on front free end papers. Dust jackets are in very good condition, some wear and tanning; vol. 4 is in fair condition with flaps detached from panels, pieces missing, spine from other dust jacket; vol. 6 has a closed tear on spine from top to almost bottom. Housed in custom-made slipcases.