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First edition, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title "To A. J. Salisbury from Winston S. Churchill. Aug 1. 1929". The recipient was Churchill's neighbour Alfred J. Salisbury (1880-1943), who lived at Northfield, a country house close to Chartwell. Salisbury was involved in the modernisation of Chartwell. A number of letters in the Churchill Archives relate to the works there. He is recorded as prominent in the district, interested in farming and gardening, both activities which appealed to Churchill for his country retreats (see Salisbury's obituary, Sevenoaks Chronicle, 3 September 1943). The Aftermath was the fifth volume in Churchill's monumental history of the First World War, dealing with the peace treaties, Russian civil war, and post-war conflict. Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes, chairman of Forbes Magazine, and presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 US elections; his book label is loosely inserted. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in blind. With 4 folding maps, 4 maps in text. A little rubbed: a very good copy. Cohen A69.2(IV).a (first state, without errata).

The fifth volume in Winston Churchill’s monumental history of World War I, The World Crisis: The Aftermath tells the story of the dissolution of the empires following the war and the challenges faced by the new world order.