A SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER... IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, AUGUST 20th 1940.
Baynard Press. London. 1940, 1940.
FIRST EDITION. Printed stapled wraps. 16pp. (9.5 x 6 inches). Staples a bit rusted but still firm. A few very minor small spots otherwise a bright, clean copy throughout. Overall a better than very good copy of this fragile pamphlet, much better than usually found. Housed in a felt lined clamshell box with black morocco spine. Raised bands, the compartments ruled in blind, decorated with gilt stamped Rampant Lion device, and lettered in gilt. Black cloth on boards. Printing and the mind of man. No.424 -----The Lion`s Voice. "If the Gettysburg Address is one of the most moving statements of democracy confronted by tragedy, Churchill`s historic exhortations are its equal in their ringing assertion of democracy confronting the seemingly irresistible forces of tyranny". First edition of Churchill`s famous rousing speech, commenting on the first months of the war and giving thanks to British Airmen. "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
Item #11611
Price: £1,350.00