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Churchill, Winston S. (WC). The Second World War.
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1948-54. First UK editions, first impressions. First …
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Churchill, Winston S. (WC). The Second World War.
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1948-54. First UK editions, first impressions. First volume inscribed by the author. The inscription is on an original front free endpaper, foxed, moved to the first volume from a later volume by the binder. Six volumes. 8vo; 4448pp. Fine binding in later 20th century red half morocco, blue cloth boards, lightly rubbed, illustrated with plates of facsimiles and maps (many folding); charts and tables, seldom margins affected by apparent light occasional oil stains, very faintly stained fore edges. Bound by Sotheran. Near fine.
Cohen A240.4; Woods A123(b).
WC was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1953 in considerable part for his war memoirs and no less his "brilliant oratory defending exalted human values". Despite his disappointment in not winning the Peace Prize, he thanked the Swedish Academy humbly. WC, "I hope you have not been biased in any way in your judgement of my literary qualities," he expressed to Ambassador Hägglöf. (Novelist politicians, 9 May). And despite the earlier American editions release of WC's war memoirs, he viewed the UK Cassell editions as definitive, distinguished by the final proof corrections of his work.
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- Dimensions
- 1.67ʺW × 5.75ʺD × 8.25ʺH
- Styles
- English Traditional
- Period
- Mid 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Leather
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Design Modified, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brick Red
- Condition Notes
- Near fine. Near fine. less
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