HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES
-Illustrated 23-Volume Edition-
1973
First Thus
Purnell Book Services, Limited [London]
4to (3,000+ pages, lavishly illustrated)
Hardcover [Red faux leather]
Item Number: 214167
$350.00
Collector's Guide
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples was Winston Churchill’s last great work; a sweeping, four-volume history of England, her colonies, and the language that Churchill so venerated and ennobled in his own writings. Published nearly twenty years after Churchill composed his first draft in the late-1930s, the books were released after the war simultaneously in Britain, the U.S., and Canada over a period of three years. The original English edition was handsomely printed, the American and Canadian editions less so. Subsequent re-issues and abridgments abound.
Description
Initially published in 112 weekly magazine parts, this edition is not entirely the work of Winston Churchill. Profusely illustrated in color and monochrome images, the text consists of excerpts from Churchill’s original four-volume opus with additional annotation notes, treatises and sidebars contributed by other distinguished writers. Once all the parts were issued, the publisher bound them in a variety of formats. This 23-volume set in handsome red faux leather is the most attractive and accessible. The bindings here are rubbed at some spine heads, with fractional losses to a few volumes and very light shelf-wear here and there. The contents are fine,