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Churchill, Sir Winston. THE SECOND WORLD WAR. Boston; 1948-1953: Houghton Mifflin Co., FIRST EDITIONS. Octavo. Complete in six volumes housed in the rare publisher's original wooden box. Vol. #1 THE GATHERING STORM,784pp., THEIR FINEST HOUR, 751pp., THE GRAND ALLIANCE, 903pp., THE HINGE OF FATE,1000pp., THE CLOSING RING, 749pp., TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY, 800pp. A very nice set in unclipped dust jackets showing some wear, tears and chipping, volume two and three with some fading to spines. No names, bookplates or foxing. This is only the second set we have ever encountered in the original publisher's wooden box and quite scarce. [pb.4951]

$1500

Churchill, Sir Winston S. A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES. London; (1956-1958): Cassell and Co. Ltd., FIRST EDITIONS. Octavo. In four volumes, illustrated. The Birth of Britain; 416pp., The New World; 344pp., The Age of Revolution; 332pp., and The Great Democracies; 322pp., all bound in maroon cloth, spine lettering gilt, top edges red, all volumes nearly fine with the exception of volume three which does have an owner's name stamp and a bit of foxing to front endpapers and fore-edges, ghost of bookplate removal. In all quite nice. [pb.4953]

Churchill, Sir Winston S. LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL. London: Macmillan & Co, 1906. First Edition. Octavo. In two volumes, 564, 531pp., bound in original burgundy cloth with Churchill family crest stamped in gilt on the front panel of both volumes, illustrated in color and in black & white. Only a trace of wear at extremities, Bookplate of Colston's Girl's School, Bristol by bequest of of Charles Julious Ryland on front pastedowns, library shelf sticker skillfully removed from lower spines leaving a trace of discoloration, slight fading to spines and front edge of volume II. Internally very clean, with no previous owner's names or stamps. Firs edition of Sir Winston Churchill's acclaimed biography of his father. [pb.4904]

Churchill, Winston S. BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS. New York, [1941: G.P. Putnam, Octavo. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 462pp., bound in red cloth lettered and ruled in gilt, central crest in blind, spine decorated and lettered in gilt and blue, top edge stained green, a handsome copy in very nice dust jacket with minor wear. [pb.0302]

Churchill, Winston S. MARLBOROUGH: His Life and Times. London, 1933-38; George C. Harrap & Co. First edition, Royal Octavo, INSCRIBED by Churchill to the Duke of Bedford. Four volumes in very good dust jackets with a few edge tears repaired, volume one has a few closed tears repaired on the verso, inscribed in the month of publication of volume II as follows: "To Bedford/from/Winston S. Churchill/Oct. 1,1934", Illustrated with maps, plans and facsimile documents. The Duke of Bedford was a cousin of the British philosopher Bertrand Russell. [pb.0066]

Churchill, Winston S. STEP BY STEP 1936-1939. New York; (1939): G.P. Putnam's Sons, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo. Published about a week before the war began, this collection newspaper articles, by Churchill, was prescient in warnings about Hitler and the Nazis. 324pp., bound in blue cloth, letter to upper board and spine silver over red, top edge red. A fine copy in unclipped dust jacket with small lost at spine ends, edge wear and a closed tear on front panel, a small 1/4" chip to upper edge of front panel and a few old tape mends to underside of jacket. [pb.5061]

Manchester, William. THE LAST LION, Winston Spencer Churchill. Boston; (1983 & 1988): Little, Brown and Co, First Edition. Thick Octavo. Two volumes, "Visions Of Glory 1874-1932 " and "Alone 1932-1940", 973pp., 756pp., respectively. Both volumes bound in black cloth centrally stamped in blind with Churchill's coat of arms, spines lettered in gilt over red, vol. one near fine with crease to one page, spine rubbed with some spotting to upper board of volume two, otherwise both volumes very nice in very good unclipped pictorial dust jackets. [pb.4881]