THE POST-WAR SPEECHES
-First American Edition Set without Dust Jackets Complete in Four Volumes-
First American Edition Set
Houghton Mifflin Company [Boston]
Biblio: (Cohen A241.2-A264.2) (Woods A124-A137)
8vo
Hardcover without Dust Jackets [Cloth]
Item Number: 213099
$500.00
Collector's Guide
The Postwar Speeches of Winston Churchill were published beginning in 1948 with The Sinews of Peace, which collected late-1945-1946 speeches, including Churchill’s historic Fulton, Missouri “Iron Curtain” speech. This was followed by Europe Unite in 1950 (1947-1948 speeches), In the Balance in 1951 (1949-1950 speeches), Stemming the Tide in 1953 (1951-1952 speeches), and The Unwritten Alliance in 1961 (1953-1959 speeches). The Unwritten Alliance appeared in England only and is thus the rarest of the postwar speech volumes.
Description
This is a very good First American edition set without dust jackets of the four post-war speech volumes, as published in the U.S.
SINEWS OF PEACE is virtually mint, with a vintage bookplate on the front pastedown. IN THE BALANCE is similarly mint, with a very faint tape shadow on the rear pastedown. EUROPE UNITE is modestly faded along the spine, else fine. The contents are fine, with a pencil erasure on the front free endpaper. STEMMING THE TIDE is virtually mint, with light chipping to the spine head.
A handsome set.