THE WAR SPEECHES
-First American Edition Set Without Dust Jackets-
First American Edition Set
G.P. Putnam Sons/Little, Brown and Co./Simon and Schuster [NY]
Biblio: (Cohen A142.3.a, A172.2.a, A183.2.a, A194.2.a, A214.2.a, A223.2, A227.2.a) (Woods A66- A114)
8vo
Hardcover without Dust Jackets [Cloth]
Item Number: 214377
$1,750.00
Collector's Guide
The War Speeches of Winston Churchill were first preserved in seven individual speech compilation volumes, collected and published yearly in the U.K. and in the U.S., beginning in 1941, under the following titles: Into Battle (1938-1940 speeches; published in the U.S. as Blood, Sweat and Tears), The Unrelenting Struggle (1940-1941), The End of the Beginning (1942), Onwards to Victory (1943), The Dawn of Liberation (1944), Victory (1945), and Secret Session Speeches (Various Dates). Unlike the English editions, which were all published by one publisher (Cassell), the American series was initiated by G.P. Putnam with Blood, Sweat and Tears, then carried on by Little, Brown, up till the final volume, Secret Session Speeches, which was published by Simon and Schuster.
Description
A complete set of First American Edition First Printings without dust jackets, in very good condition; virtually mint, with excellent shelf appearance.The contents of all volumes are fine and unfoxed.
BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS is uniquely pristine, the cloth fresh, the gilt lettering bright, the binding crisp, the topstain still bright.
THE UNRELENTING STRUGGLE is in similar condition, with perhaps a hint of fading along the spine and a vintage bookplate on the front pastedown.
THE END OF THE BEGINNING cover has a slight dent to the front edge, else fresh and fine, with the same vintage bookplate on the front pastedown.
ONWARDS TO VICTORY also has the same vintage bookplate on the front pastedown. Else fine.
THE DAWN OF LIBERATION has a different vintage bookplate on the front pastedown. Else fine.
VICTORY has the same vintage bookplate on the front pastedown as Volumes 2-4. Else fine.
SECRET SESSION SPEECHES spine and frontis lettering have nominally dimmed. Else fine.
Quite a lovely set.