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Winston S. Churchill. Complete Inscribed Set of The World Crisis, including:. The World Crisis 1911-1914. ... (Total: 6 Items)
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Wonderful Association Set, All Six Volumes with Inscriptions from Winston Churchill to Charles Hughes
Winston S. Churchill. Complete Inscribed Set of The World Crisis, including:The World Crisis 1911-1914. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, [1930]. Third edition, fifth impression. Inscribed on front free endpaper, "Inscribed for Charles Hughes by Winston S. Churchill April, 1938". Octavo. 536 pages. Publisher's navy blue cloth with blind stamped front board and gilt stamped spine. Lightly rubbed with minor foxing to page edges and mild toning to endpapers. A very good copy.
The World Crisis 1915. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, [1929]. Second edition, third impression. Inscribed on front free endpaper, "Inscribed for Charles Hughes by Winston S. Churchill April, 1938." Octavo. 563 pages. Publisher's navy blue cloth with blind-stamped front board and gilt-stamped spine. Lightly rubbed with toning to endpapers. A very good copy.
The World Crisis 1916-1918. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, [1927]. Second impression. Inscribed on front free endpaper, "Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill April, 1938." Within the inscription, Churchill has crossed out "for" and replaced it with "by" and written "C. Hughes" above. Octavo. 563 pages. Publisher's navy blue cloth with blind-stamped front board and gilt-stamped spine. Lightly rubbed with toning to endpapers. A very good copy.
The World Crisis 1916-1918: Part II. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, [1927]. Second impression. Inscribed on front free endpaper, "Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill April, 1938." Above the inscription, Churchill has written "C. Hughes." Octavo. 589 pages. Publisher's navy blue cloth with blind-stamped front board and gilt-stamped spine. Lightly rubbed with toning to endpapers. Upper portion of boards has some raising and wrinkling to cloth. A very good copy.
The World Crisis: The Aftermath. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, [1929]. Third impression. Inscribed on front free endpaper, "Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill April, 1938." Octavo. 474 pages. Publisher's navy blue cloth with blind-stamped front board and gilt-stamped spine. Lightly rubbed with mild toning to endpapers. A very good copy.
The World Crisis: The Unknown War. London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, [1937]. First Keystone Library impression. Inscribed on front free endpaper, "Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill April, 1938." Octavo. 368 pages. Publisher's navy blue cloth with blind-stamped front board and gilt-stamped spine. Lightly rubbed with sunning along spine and mild toning to endpapers. A very good copy.
Charles Evans Hughes was Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court between 1930 and 1941. He was also governor of New York from 1907 to 1910 and a one-time presidential candidate, losing to Woodrow Wilson in 1916. All six books in this lot appear to have been signed by Churchill at the same time and were possibly purchased by Hughes for the occasion. Seldom found as a complete set with all volumes signed, this set also contains an excellent association between these two men.
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2010 June Signature Rare Books Auction #6043 (go to Auction Home page)
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June, 2010
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