Author: Winston S. Churchill
Title: Marlborough: His Life and Times
Description: London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1933-1938. First edition. Cloth. A smart four set collection of Winston Churchill's biography on his ancestor, the first Duke of Marlborough. Complete in four volumes. First editions with volume one being the second impression, and volumes two, three, and four being the first impressions. Churchill's monumental biography on his ancestor, John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough. Marlborough was the husband of Sarah Churchill, the favourite of Queen Anne. Through this marriage and Sarah's relationship with Anne, Marlborough was risen through the ranks, becoming a Duke and seeing an affluent military career Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, two folding maps, two folding plates, thirty-one plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, seven folding maps, three folding plates, thirty plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. Volume III illustrated with a frontispiece, one colour folding map, four folding maps, two folding plates, twenty-three, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. Volume IV illustrated with a frontispiece, three folding maps, twenty-four plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. Written by Marlborough's descendent, the eminent Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spines. The odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Library ink stamp to the front and rear endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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