Winston S. Churchill – The Second World War – First UK Editions 1948-54 – SIGNED to Volume I

Description

First Edition, First Printings, published by Cassell and Co., 1948. Six volumes. 8vo. Publisher’s black cloth titled in gilt to spines – spotting to four volumes. Very good indeed in like dustwrappers, light toning to spine panels, slight shelfwear and a little chipping to volume 2, but strong and handsome. Internally clean. Signed by Churchill and dated 1949 in Volume 1 which itself is accompanied by a custom-made solander box.

“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. Excessively scarce to find any volume signed and dated by Churchill.