Author: Winston Churchill
Title: The Second World War
Description: London, Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1948-1954 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, complete set of Winston Churchill's important memoir of the Second World War, each volume complete with a bright example of the unclipped dust wrapper. The first editions, first impression.Complete in six volumes.An excellent example of the work, complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrappers. Winston Churchill's influential work discussing the Second World War, his first hand account of the monumental war in which, beside the antagonist, he was possibly the most important figure.Volume I, 'The Gathering Storm', published in 1948. Illustrated with one folding map. Two errata slips are present.Volume II, 'Their Finest Hour', published in 1949. Illustrated with three folding maps.Volume III, 'The Grand Alliance', published in 1950. Illustrated with three folding maps.Volume IV, 'The Hinge of Fate', published in 1951. Illustrated with four folding maps and one folding plate.Volume V, 'Closing the Ring', published in 1952. Illustrated with three folding maps and one folding plate.Volume VI, 'Triumph and Tragedy', published in 1954. Illustrated with eleven folding maps.Each volume is illustrated with in-text maps and diagrams. Bound in the publisher's black cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with the odd light mark to the cloth and a few spots to the fore edge. Dust wrappers are very smart, with light edge wear and a few marks. Light spots to the verso of the wraps and a little sunning to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright, with a few light spots, mainly to the first and last pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: Winston Churchill Second world war memoir the gathering storm Second world war the grand alliance closing the ring Not Stated
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Title: The Second World War
Description: London, Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1948-1954 . First edition. Cloth. A fine, complete set of Winston Churchill's important memoir of the Second World War, each volume complete with a bright example of the unclipped dust wrapper. The first editions, first impression.Complete in six volumes.An excellent example of the work, complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrappers. Winston Churchill's influential work discussing the Second World War, his first hand account of the monumental war in which, beside the antagonist, he was possibly the most important figure.Volume I, 'The Gathering Storm', published in 1948. Illustrated with one folding map. Two errata slips are present.Volume II, 'Their Finest Hour', published in 1949. Illustrated with three folding maps.Volume III, 'The Grand Alliance', published in 1950. Illustrated with three folding maps.Volume IV, 'The Hinge of Fate', published in 1951. Illustrated with four folding maps and one folding plate.Volume V, 'Closing the Ring', published in 1952. Illustrated with three folding maps and one folding plate.Volume VI, 'Triumph and Tragedy', published in 1954. Illustrated with eleven folding maps.Each volume is illustrated with in-text maps and diagrams. Bound in the publisher's black cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with the odd light mark to the cloth and a few spots to the fore edge. Dust wrappers are very smart, with light edge wear and a few marks. Light spots to the verso of the wraps and a little sunning to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright, with a few light spots, mainly to the first and last pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: Winston Churchill Second world war memoir the gathering storm Second world war the grand alliance closing the ring Not Stated
Price: GBP 950.00 = appr. US$ 1356.59 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 944Q3
- Book number: 944Q3
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