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London: Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 1923-1931, 1923. ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 6 vols., 9-1/8" x 6-1/4", illustrated with maps (some fold-out) and charts, bound in 1/2 blue morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, top edges gilt, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, internally clean and bright, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, a VERY GOOD set.

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.