CHURCHILL, WINSTON S. — Great Contemporaries

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937. 8vo, 335pp, illustrated with b/w plates. Blind embossed blue cloth with gilt titles, publisher's blue tint to top edge. Biographical essays include: Hitler, the Earl of Rosebery, Kaiser Wilhelm II, George Bernard Shaw, Joseph Chamberlain, Sir John French, John Morley, Hindenburg, H. H. Asquith, Lawrence of Arabia, the Earl of Birkenhead, Marshal Foch, Alfonso XIII, Douglas Haig, Arthur James Balfour, George Nathaniel Curzon, Philip Snowden, Georges Clemenceau, and George V. From his essay on "The Fuhrer": "We cannot tell whether Hitler will be the man who will once again let loose on the world another war in which civilization will irretrievably succumb, or whether he will go down in history as the man who restored honour and peace of mind to the great Germanic nation and brought it back, serene, helpful and strong, to the forefront of the European family circle". "Churchill writes from friendship or acquaintance with the personalities he describes." A very good copy.. Very Good .