THE END OF THE BEGINNING
The Third Volume of Winston Churchill's War Speeches
1943
First American Edition
Little, Brown & Co. [Boston]
Biblio: (Cohen A183.2.a) (Woods A94a)
8vo (322 pages, with a splendid pictorial dust jacket)
Hardcover in Dust Jacket [Red cloth]
Item Number: 214391
$100.00
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 First American edition in a bright unclipped dust jacket that is fine on the front and rear faces, edge-chipped, with closed tears and fractional losses on the bright and unfaded spine The contents are fine, with a tiny vintage bookseller’s tag on the front free endpaper.