THE SECOND WORLD WAR. The Gathering Storm. - Their finest hour. - The Grand Alliance. - The hinge of fate. - Closing the ring. - Triumph and tragedy.
Cassell & Co. ltd. London. 1948-54, 1948.
FIRST EDITIONS. All are first impressions. Six volumes. Complete. 8vo. (8.3 x 5.7 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with maps and plans, many of them folding. A bright and clean set, which has been finely bound in late twentieth century half navy blue morocco by Bayntun of Bath. Spines with raised bands, each with gilt wavy line decoration. Compartments ruled and lettered in gilt. Light blue cloth with single gilt ruled border of the leather on the boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. The spines are sun faded, but the gilt still bright and gleaming. Overall a near fine set of First editions of Churchill's monumental Second World War history.
Item #11621
Price: £1,875.00