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Winston S. Churchill – The Second World War – First UK Editions 1948-54 [The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy]
£1,250.00
A set of first edition, first printings of ‘The Second World War’ published by Cassell between 1948-1954. All are in very good to near fine condition in very good (or better) dust wrappers. None are price clipped – lightly spine browned as is usual with this title. Light wear to the spine of the dust wrappers some light internal repair. Volume 1 has a few spots and browning to the spine of the wrapper. Volume 2 has the wrap-around band.
“It was wholly appropriate that in 1953 Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature” (Keegan). Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century. It placed number one on the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century by National Review magazine. A superb set, rarely found in this condition.
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A set of first edition, first printings of ‘The Second World War’ published by Cassell between 1948-1954. All are in very good to near fine condition in very good (or better) dust wrappers. None are price clipped – lightly spine browned as is usual with this title. Light wear to the spine of the dust wrappers some light internal repair. Volume 1 has a few spots and browning to the spine of the wrapper. Volume 2 has the wrap-around band.
“It was wholly appropriate that in 1953 Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature” (Keegan). Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century. It placed number one on the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century by National Review magazine. A superb set, rarely found in this condition.
