Victory by Churchill , Winston S - 1946

Cassell And Company, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1946. First Published. 239 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Six black and white photographic plates through book. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Staining to top edge of rear board. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light sunning to spine and front panel. Water staining to edges. Staining overall.

Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1946. First Published. 239 pages. Blue dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Notable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Brown marks to all. Book has a visible forward lean. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Noticeable tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces.

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1946. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. A very nice copy. Light sunning to spine. Text clean. Binding solid. [Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair.].

Melbourne.: Cassell & Company Limited, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. The Sixth Volume. Australian Edition. 235pp. With half-tone plates. Light foxing to fore-edges and very light to prelims. Jacket has a piece missing from the Head of the back-strip. Else small amounts of edgewear and closed tears.Worming to jacket edges..

London: Cassell & Comapny Ltd, 1946. First Edition (stated). Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Photo Frontispiece. Single date on copyright page and original light blue cover with gilt title. Book is almost like new. An excellent copy, uncommon in the dust jacket.

London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1946. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, only printing, first state of the sixth volume of Churchill's war speeches. Both aptly and ironically titled Victory, this volume contains speeches, broadcasts, messages, statements, a letter, and the text of the Crimea Declaration made, sent, and issued between 18 January and 16 August 1945. Having done so much to win the war, Churchill faced frustration of his postwar plans when his wartime government fell to Labour in the General Election of July 1945. His final speech in this volume - a review of the war delivered on 16 August 1945 to the House of Commons - was delivered as Leader of the Opposition rather than as Prime Minister. In this speech Churchill trenchantly observed “...The bomb brought peace, but men alone can keep that peace, and henceforward they will keep it under penalties which threaten the survival, not only of civilization but of humanity itself…" Condition… Read More

Cassell And Company LTD, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Speeches, 1945 , to the end of his Premeirship. Illustrated. Includes his " Nation's Verdict " remarks. Chip and a small tear at top of spine to dust jacket. Rubbing to dust jacket. Otherwise, in very good condition . Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .

Little, Brown, And Company, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Speeches, 1945, to the end of his Premeirship. Dust jacket has tear at of spine and chips at top and bottom edges . Otherwise a very good copy . Dust jacket is protected with a mylar cover .

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Photo Frontispiece. Stated first publication. The sixth volume of Churchill's war speeches. Book is fine and unmarked. jacket has mild rubbing to spine edges, but is whole, clean and bright, is protected by an archival dj cover. Price intact; no markings. Scarce in dj.

VICTORY, Cassell, 1946, first edition., near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. WAR SPEECHES #6.