Author: Winston S. Churchill
Title: A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
Description: London , The Educational Book Company Ltd, 1956-1958. Cloth. An excellent complete 'Chartwell' edition of Winston Churchill's popular history, complete here with very scarce original glassines. The first printings of the "Chartwell" Edition, being the first illustration edition published simultaneously with the more widely accessible Cassell first editions. Complete in four volumes, with the very scarce original glassines in pleasing condition. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth, with red spine title labels.'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples' is Winston Churchill's well-received history of Britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world. Churchill began this work during the early 1930s, but did not complete it until after his final retirement as Prime Minister in 1956-1958, delayed several times by war and his work on other texts. The volumes cover from Caesar's invasions up to the end of the Second Boer War.With twenty-four plates to volumes I-III, thirty-two plates to volume IV, and numerous in-text illustrations to each. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original glassine wrappers. Externally, very smart, with mild shelf wear and a couple minor marks to the extremities. Glassines have light edge wear and the odd spot to the wraps. With a couple small closed tears. Internally, firmly bound, with light spots to the endpapers, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: Winston S. Churchill A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Illustrated Glassine A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Not Stated
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Title: A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
Description: London , The Educational Book Company Ltd, 1956-1958. Cloth. An excellent complete 'Chartwell' edition of Winston Churchill's popular history, complete here with very scarce original glassines. The first printings of the "Chartwell" Edition, being the first illustration edition published simultaneously with the more widely accessible Cassell first editions. Complete in four volumes, with the very scarce original glassines in pleasing condition. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth, with red spine title labels.'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples' is Winston Churchill's well-received history of Britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world. Churchill began this work during the early 1930s, but did not complete it until after his final retirement as Prime Minister in 1956-1958, delayed several times by war and his work on other texts. The volumes cover from Caesar's invasions up to the end of the Second Boer War.With twenty-four plates to volumes I-III, thirty-two plates to volume IV, and numerous in-text illustrations to each. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with the original glassine wrappers. Externally, very smart, with mild shelf wear and a couple minor marks to the extremities. Glassines have light edge wear and the odd spot to the wraps. With a couple small closed tears. Internally, firmly bound, with light spots to the endpapers, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: Winston S. Churchill A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Illustrated Glassine A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Not Stated
Price: GBP 1295.00 = appr. US$ 1849.24 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 957Y12
- Book number: 957Y12
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