THE WAR SPEECHES OF THE RT. HON. WINSTON S. CHURCHILL: “DEFINITIVE EDITION”
-First English Edition-
1951-1952
First English Edition Set
Cassell and Co. [London]
Biblio: (Cohen A263.1[I-III].a) (Woods A136a)
8vo (500 pages, 578 pages and 596 pages)
Hardcover in Dust Jacket [Navy blue cloth]
Item Number: 214481
$1,000.00
Collector's Guide
The War Speeches (“Definitive Edition”) repackaged the texts of the original seven, individually-published, wartime volumes of Churchill’s war speeches as a very handsomely produced three-volume set. While “Definitive,” this set was not entirely complete; a handful of speeches deemed to be of “reduced significance” were omitted. Churchill favored greatly the beautiful design of this edition.
Description
This is a very good First English edition set in dust jackets that are uniformly bright but age-darkened along spines that are also edge-chipped, with Volume Three jacket spine filled out archivally. Volume Two jacket is neatly price-clipped. The books are in very good condition, the bindings crisp and tight, the contents fine and unfoxed.