Winston churchill the second world war first edition
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Item Number: 120965
London: Cassell & Company, 1948-54.
First editions of Churchill’s World War II masterpiece. Octavo, six volumes, original black cloth, patterned endpapers, maps present. Boldly signed by Winston S. Churchill on the half-title page of volume four. Each are near fine in near fine dust jackets. Housed in a custom slipcase. A very sharp set, rare and desirable signed.
"Winston Churchill himself affirmed that ‘this is not history: this is my case" (Holmes, 285). Churchill was re-elected to the post of Prime Minister in 1951. "The Second World War is a great work of literature, combining narrative, historical imagination and moral precept in a form that bears comparison with that of the original master chronicler, Thucydides. It was wholly appropriate that in 1953 Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature" (Keegan). Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century. It placed number one on the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth ce
Hardcover. First edition, first printing. This inscribed U.S. first edition of The Grand Alliance, the third volume of Winston S. Churchill's Second World War memoirs, represents a compelling convergence of lives. First, the recipient - Lady Davina Woodhouse, the daughter of Churchill's first great love, Pamela Plowden. Second, Davina's husband, Monty Woodhouse, who inhabits some of the history recounted in this book, and who would likewise prove integral to geopolitical events during Churchill's second and final premiership. Third is the man Davina did not marry, Anthony Eden, Churchill's long-time lieutenant and long-delayed, ill-fated successor as Prime Minister.The inscription, five lines inked in blue on the front free endpaper recto, reads "To | Davina | from | Winston | 1950".Condition of this inscribed copy approaches very good minus in a very good plus dust jacket. The red cloth binding remains bright and clean with minor shelf wear confined to extremities. The contents are respectably bright and clean. We find no previous ownership marks other than the author's presentation inscription. The front hinge is slightly tender, but nonetheles
The Second World War: The Gathering Storm (volume 1)
Book Details
| Title: | The Second World War: The Gathering Storm (volume 1) |
| Author: | |
| Published: | 1948 |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Company |
| Tags: | history, memoir, non-fiction, World War II, Churchill |
| Description: | Volume 1 of Winston Churchill's legendary retelling of the story of the Second World War, written as a memoir to Churchill's own historic contribution to the war effort. [Suggest a diverse description.] |
| Downloads: | 17,655 |
| Pages: | 766 |
Author Bio for Churchill, Winston S. (Spencer)
Winston Churchill (1874–1965) was a British statesman, army officer, and writer. Born in Oxford in 1874 to an aristocratic family though not well-to-do, he attended boarding school as was the norm for children of his class at the occasion. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the army at the age of 21. He participated in the Boer War and was capt
Winston S. Churchill – The Second World War – First UK Editions 1948-54 [The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy]
Winston S. Churchill – The Second World War – First UK Editions 1948-54 [The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy]
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A set of first edition, first printings of ‘The Second World War’ published by Cassell between 1948-1954. All are in very good condition in very good dust wrappers. Some volumes spine browned as is usual with this title. Light wear to the spine of the dust wrappers some light internal repair. Small loss to the top corner of the dust wrapper of volume one – small name and some spotting. A very good set.
“It was wholly appropriate that in 1953 Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature” (Keegan). Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century. It placed number one on the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century by National Review magazine. A superb set, rarely found in this condition.
Hardcover. First edition, third printing. This British first edition, third printing, of the third volume of Winston Churchill's monumental history of The First World War is warmly inscribed to his sister-in-law, Nellie Hozier Romilly. Churchill wrote in black ink in four lines on the second free endpaper: "Nellie | with love | from | Winston S. C."This third printing occurred in the same month as the first March 1927 and is virtually identical, apart from notation of the 2nd and 3rd printings on the title page verso. Condition is very good. The blue cloth binding is clean and tight, the spine gilt bright, the navy hue unfaded on both covers and spine. The covers and spine show only trivial overall blemishes and superficial scuffing, the spine ends wrinkled, the lower corners bruised. The contents remain bright, with age-toning manifest only to the text block edges. Spotting, endemic to the edition, is substantially confined to the prelims and text block edges, with only light, occasional intrusions elsewhere in the text. Margaret "Nellie" Nelly Ogilvy Romilly (n�e Hozier, 1888-1955) was the only surviving sister of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baron