Author: Sir Winston S. Churchill
Title: The Second World War
Description: London, The Educational Book Company Ltd, 1954. Cloth. The first Chartwell edition of this set of Churchill's history of the Second World War, with illustrations. Complete in six volumes. Chartwell edition. The memoirs of Sir Winston Churchill a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. These writings detail his life and the events throughout the Second World War. This set contains: The Gathering Storm, covering the period from Peace at its Zenith 1922-1931 to Naval losses in the Norwegian campaign April-June 1940. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, forty-four half-tone images across twenty-two plates, and fifteen maps and plans. Their Finest Hour, covering the period from the National coalition to desert victory and ocean peril. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, forty-one half-tone images across twenty-six plates, and twenty maps and plans. The Grand Alliance, covering the period from the widening war to Anglo-American accords. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, forty-eight half-tone images across thirty-four plates, and twenty-six maps and plans. The Hinge of Fate, covering how the power of the Grand Alliance became preponderant, including the onslaught of Japan and the war in Africa. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, fifty half-tone images across thirty-eight plates, and thirty-eight maps and plans. Closing the Ring, covering the period from the conquest of Sicily to the strategy against Japan. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-six half-tone images across twenty-nine plates, and twenty-one maps and plans. Triumph and Tragedy, covering the period from D Day to Potsdam: The Polish Frontiers. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-seven half-tone plates across twenty-seven plates, and twenty-eight maps and plans. Collated complete. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark. Original glassine wrappers are smart with light sunning and creasing to the extremities. The odd small closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .
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Title: The Second World War
Description: London, The Educational Book Company Ltd, 1954. Cloth. The first Chartwell edition of this set of Churchill's history of the Second World War, with illustrations. Complete in six volumes. Chartwell edition. The memoirs of Sir Winston Churchill a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. These writings detail his life and the events throughout the Second World War. This set contains: The Gathering Storm, covering the period from Peace at its Zenith 1922-1931 to Naval losses in the Norwegian campaign April-June 1940. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, forty-four half-tone images across twenty-two plates, and fifteen maps and plans. Their Finest Hour, covering the period from the National coalition to desert victory and ocean peril. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, forty-one half-tone images across twenty-six plates, and twenty maps and plans. The Grand Alliance, covering the period from the widening war to Anglo-American accords. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, forty-eight half-tone images across thirty-four plates, and twenty-six maps and plans. The Hinge of Fate, covering how the power of the Grand Alliance became preponderant, including the onslaught of Japan and the war in Africa. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, fifty half-tone images across thirty-eight plates, and thirty-eight maps and plans. Closing the Ring, covering the period from the conquest of Sicily to the strategy against Japan. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-six half-tone images across twenty-nine plates, and twenty-one maps and plans. Triumph and Tragedy, covering the period from D Day to Potsdam: The Polish Frontiers. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-seven half-tone plates across twenty-seven plates, and twenty-eight maps and plans. Collated complete. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear to the extremities and the odd small mark. Original glassine wrappers are smart with light sunning and creasing to the extremities. The odd small closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .
Keywords: Second World War World War Churchill World Not Stated
Price: GBP 995.00 = appr. US$ 1420.85 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 958T63
- Book number: 958T63
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