VICTORY
The Sixth Volume of Winston Churchill's War Speeches
1946
First English Edition
Cassell and Co. [London]
Biblio: (Cohen A223.1.a) (Woods A112aa)
8vo (338 pages, with frontispiece and five internal photographs)
Hardcover without Dust Jacket [Light blue cloth]
Item Number: 214449
$95.00
Collector's Guide
Victory was the sixth volume of Churchill’s collected World War II speeches (covering 18 January-16 August 1945). The last eight months of the war are here: Yalta, the United Nations, the death of Roosevelt, the German surrender, VE-Day, the Atomic bomb, the surrender of Japan and, finally, the General Election that throws Churchill out of office. Churchill’s speeches were collected and published yearly throughout the war in both the U.K. and the U.S.
Description
This is a very good copy, without dust jacket, of the First English edition/First State (per Cohen) lacking the numeral 1 on page 177. The cloth and gilt titles are fresh and bright, with a few fain white spots on the rear board. The contents are fine, with very scattered foxing largely limited to the prelims and fore-edges.