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Winston S. Churchill – The Second World War – First UK Editions 1948-54 – With Handwritten Note Tipped In From Winston S. Churchill
£5,000.00
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 to near fine dust wrappers. Lightly spine browned as is usual with these titles. Light wear to the spine of the dust wrappers – some bookplates, no inscriptions – not price clipped and volume one with spotting. Volume four has a hand written note in Churchill’s hand tipped in which reads, ‘With all good wishes/from/Winston S. Churchill’. A superb addition to a lovely set of books
“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 to near fine dust wrappers. Lightly spine browned as is usual with these titles. Light wear to the spine of the dust wrappers – some bookplates, no inscriptions – not price clipped and volume one with spotting. Volume four has a hand written note in Churchill’s hand tipped in which reads, ‘With all good wishes/from/Winston S. Churchill’. A superb addition to a lovely set of books
“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.
