Winston S. Churchill – The Second World War: The Gathering Storm – First Edition 1948
£125.00
First editions, first printing, published by Cassell in 1948. A very good (or better) copy with spotting to the page edges. No inscriptions. In a very good unclipped wrapper (25s still present), with some nicking to the edges and to the spine tips. Stain to the foot of the spine. Minor chip therein. Some light internal tape repairs. A very presentable copy indeed.
“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.
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First editions, first printing, published by Cassell in 1948.A very good (or better) copy with spotting to the page edges. No inscriptions. In a very good unclipped wrapper (25s still present), with some nicking to the edges and to the spine tips. Stain to the foot of the spine. Minor chip therein. Some light internal tape repairs. A very presentable copy indeed.
“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.