THE END OF THE BEGINNING
The Third Volume of Winston Churchill's War Speeches
1943
First English Edition (Second Printing)
Cassell and Co. [London]
Biblio: (Cohen A183.1.b) (Woods A94a)
8vo (272 pages, with frontispiece photo of the author [by Walter Stoneman], illustrated with four additional photographs)
Hardcover in Dust Jacket [Light blue cloth]
Item Number: 117
$125.00
Collector's Guide
The End of the Beginning was the third volume of Churchill’s collected World War II speeches (covering 1942). It is a gloomy assemblage until the Battle of Alamein: “I have never promised anything but blood, tears, toil and sweat. Now, however, we have a new experience. We have victory – a remarkable and definite victory.” Churchill’s speeches were collected and published yearly throughout the war in the U.K. and the U.S.
Description
This is a very good copy of the Second Printing of the First English edition in a price-clipped dust jacket that is edge-chipped with fractional loss at the spine head. The contents are fine, save for light foxing to the fore-edge.