War Speeches. Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the Beginning; Onwards to Victory; The Dawn of Liberation; Victory; Secret Session Speeches. [With] Post-War Speeches. The Sinews of Peace. Europe Unite
by CHURCHILL, Winston S
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company, 1943-50.. Mixed editions. Nine volumes. 8vo. Seven volumes of the war speeches in publisher's blue cloth, the post-war volume in publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, three volumes with early inscriptions, dust jackets, early Singapore bookseller's stamp to the front free endpaper of "Victory". Volume I with a frontispiece portrait, volumes II-VI each with a frontispiece and 4 plates, volume VII with 16 plates. Wear to all of the jackets with degrees of loss to the last five volumes, that of "Europe Unite" with some old reinforcements on the verso, some spotting, else a decent set. A complete set of Churchill's war speeches with the first two volumes of his post-war speeches. Volumes I-III are 12th (1947), 3rd and 2nd (both 1943) editions respectively, thereafter all are first editions.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32061
- Title
- War Speeches. Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the Beginning; Onwards to Victory; The Dawn of Liberation; Victory; Secret Session Speeches. [With] Post-War Speeches. The Sinews of Peace. Europe Unite
- Author
- CHURCHILL, Winston S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Cassell and Company
- Date Published
- 1943-50.
- Keywords
- General GENERAL History Military Second World War
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Lewes, East Sussex
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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