POST-WAR SPEECHES. The sinews of peace. - Europe unite. - In the balance. - Stemming the tide. - The unwritten alliance.
Cassell and Company. Ltd. London. 1948 - 1961, 1948.
FIVE VOLUMES. ALL FIRST EDITIONS, and sole printings. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.9 inches). A fine and bright set in the original Light and dark blue, tan, burgundy and red cloth bindings with gilt lettering to the spines. All in the the original dustwrappers. Some rubbing and minor chipping to some edges of wrappers, and a scratch to the spine of In the balance but overall a very good set. The complete post-war speeches, covering the years 1945 to 1959. A difficult set to find, each volume only having been printed once and in small numbers, with the print runs decreasing for the last volumes. First volume; 10,000 copies, second; 12,000 copies, third; 8,200 copies, fourth; 5,500 copies & fifth; 5,000 copies. ---- Ronald Cohen. Bibliography of Winston Churchill: A241.1, A246, A255, A264, A273. With the armorial bookplates of Sir Tom Hickinbotham, KCMG, KCVO, CIE, OBE. (1903 – 1983) British colonial administrator who served as governor of Aden from 1951 to 1956 on front endpapers of the first two volumes, with 'Aden 1950' written neatly below in blue ink. The third volume has an invoice from booksellers W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd, of Cambridge, for that volume, dated 21, 11, 1951, and addressed to Hickinbotham at Government House in Aden. Sir Tom Hickinbotham, KCMG, KCVO, CIE, OBE. (1903 – 1983) British colonial administrator who served as governor of Aden from 1951 to 1956 on each front pastedown endpaper, with 'Aden 1952' written neatly below in red ink. Born in Carnarvon, Western Australia, Hickinbotham attended the Royal Military College at Sandhurst and then went on to join the Indian Army in 1923, serving on the North West Frontier for which he was decorated. In 1930, he transferred to the Indian Political Service and served successively in Aden from 1931 to 1932, 1933 to 1935, and 1938 and 1939; then as political agent in Bahrain in 1937; Muscat from 1939 to 1941, Kuwait from 1941 to 1943; Bahrain from 1943 to 1945; and Qalat from 1945 to 1947. In 1948, Hickinbotham returned to Aden Colony where he served for three years as chairman of the Aden Port Trust, before being appointed Governor and Commander-in-chief of Aden in 1951, a post he held until his retirement in 1956. A highlight of his term in office was the visit to Aden of Queen Elizabeth in 1954.
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