The Second World War

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, c. 1948-1953, 1948.. Ex Libris’ Fred Gordon Stulberg, fresh publisher’s red cloth; text clean and crisp; overall a very good copy. . Edition: First U.S. Edition. , Binding: Full red publisher’s cloth with flat spine; front edges uncut for vols. 2-6., Notes: “The Second World War” is a history of the period from the end of the First World War to July 1945, written by Winston Churchill. This work was largely responsible for Churchill being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. Churchill labeled the ‘moral of the work’ as follows: ‘In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill’. Churchill wrote the book with a team of assistants, using both his own notes and privileged access to official documents while still working as a politician. , Size: 8vo (212x142mm). , Illustration: Each volume is illustrated with black-white maps and diagrams, Volume: 6 volumes, Pages: Vol.1: Title, printer’s note, preface iii-v, blank, acknowledgments, moral of the work note, theme of the volume, blank, contents xi-xiii, list of maps and diagrams xv-xvi, 1-667, blank, appendices 669-763, blank, index 765-784; vol.2: Half-title, blank, title, printer’s note, preface, blank, acknowledgments, moral of the work, theme of the volume, blank, contents xi-xiii, blank, list of maps and diagrams xv-xvi, 1-632, appendices 633-725, blank, index 727-751; vol. 3: Half-title, title, printer’s note, preface v-vi, acknowledgments, moral of the work, theme of the volume, publisher’s note, contents xi-xiii, blank, list of maps and diagrams xv-xvi, 1-711, blank, appendices 717-871, blank, index 873-903; vol.4: Half-title, blank, title, printer’s note, preface v-vi, acknowledgments, moral of the work note, theme of the volume, blank, contents xi-xiii, list of maps and diagrams xv-xvi, 1-831, blank, appendices 833-963, blank, index 965-1000; vol.5: Half-title, blank, title, printer’s note, preface v-vi, acknowledgments, moral of the work, theme of the volume, blank, contents xi-xiii, blank, list of maps and diagrams xv-xvi, 1-633, map, blank, appendices 637-717, blank, index 719-749; vol.6: Half-title, blank, title, printer’s note, preface v, blank, acknowledgments, moral of the work, theme of the volume, blank, contents xi-xiii, blank, list of maps and diagrams xv-xvi, 1-676, appendices 677-775, blank, index 717-800. , Category: Book History; Book Literature