Winston S. Churchill – The Second World War; In Six Volumes – With Newspapers Chronicling Churchill’s Death and Funeral – First Edition Set 1948-54

The Second World War 6 vols., FIRST EDITIONS, original cloth, dust-jackets (not price-clipped), London: Cassell, 1948–1954; together with three original newspapers. The first, The Daily Mail (announcing his death), The Radio Times (announcing his funeral) and The Daily Telegraph (obituary). Churchill’s monumental account of the conflict he did so much to shape remains one of the defining historical works of the twentieth century. Written with the authority of a wartime Prime Minister and the literary skill that would earn him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953, ’The Second World War’ is both an indispensable military history and a deeply personal memoir of Britain’s darkest and finest hours. No other participant in the conflict occupied such a commanding position, and few have left so compelling a record. The six volumes are very good condition, with lightly spotted, square text blocks and the original unclipped dust-jackets well preserved. Two volumes with inscriptions. Some shelf wear are entirely commensurate with age, resulting in an increasingly difficult set to acquire in such well- preserved condition.