Author: Winston S. Churchill
Title: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; Triumph and Tragedy
Description: Boston , Houghton Mifflin Company , 1948-1953. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing trio of volumes from Winston Churchill's magnum opus, detailing the causes and key events of the Second World War. The first editions, first printings of these works, preceding the first UK editions. Comprising the first, second and sixth volumes of Winston Churchill's first hand account of the Second World War. Compiled and enriched with extensive primary sources including memos, letters, orders, speeches and telegrams. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers. Volume One: The Gathering Storm (1948) - Consists of Churchill's critical observations on the settlement of World War I and its place in the causes of the Second World War. Illustrated with eighteen maps and diagrams. Volume Two: Their Finest Hour (1949) - Recounts key events and battles from May to December 1940, including the Battle of France, Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Blitz and Hitler's plans to invade Russia. Illustrated with twenty-two maps and diagrams. Volume Six: Triumph and Tragedy (1953) - Provides in dramatic detail the endgame of the war and the uneasy meetings between himself, Stalin, and Truman to discuss plans for rebuilding Europe.Illustrated with twenty-nine maps and diagrams. Collated, complete. In the original cloth bindings. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, very smart, with only slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Dust wrappers for 'Finest' and 'Triumph' have small chips to the spine head and tail. With general edge wear and handling marks to all wraps. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
Keywords: Winston S. Churchill Second World War History The Gathering Storm Second World War Triumph and Tragedy British History Not Stated
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Title: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; Triumph and Tragedy
Description: Boston , Houghton Mifflin Company , 1948-1953. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing trio of volumes from Winston Churchill's magnum opus, detailing the causes and key events of the Second World War. The first editions, first printings of these works, preceding the first UK editions. Comprising the first, second and sixth volumes of Winston Churchill's first hand account of the Second World War. Compiled and enriched with extensive primary sources including memos, letters, orders, speeches and telegrams. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers. Volume One: The Gathering Storm (1948) - Consists of Churchill's critical observations on the settlement of World War I and its place in the causes of the Second World War. Illustrated with eighteen maps and diagrams. Volume Two: Their Finest Hour (1949) - Recounts key events and battles from May to December 1940, including the Battle of France, Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the Blitz and Hitler's plans to invade Russia. Illustrated with twenty-two maps and diagrams. Volume Six: Triumph and Tragedy (1953) - Provides in dramatic detail the endgame of the war and the uneasy meetings between himself, Stalin, and Truman to discuss plans for rebuilding Europe.Illustrated with twenty-nine maps and diagrams. Collated, complete. In the original cloth bindings. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, very smart, with only slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Dust wrappers for 'Finest' and 'Triumph' have small chips to the spine head and tail. With general edge wear and handling marks to all wraps. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
Keywords: Winston S. Churchill Second World War History The Gathering Storm Second World War Triumph and Tragedy British History Not Stated
Price: GBP 140.00 = appr. US$ 199.92 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 933Y19
- Book number: 933Y19
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