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    By Winston S. Churchill
    London   Cassell & Co.
    8.5" by 5.5" xvi, 640;
    The first impression of Winston Churchill's account of the Second World War, the first three volumes retracing from 1919 to the joining of Soviet Russia and the USA into the conflict.
    By Winston S. Churchill

    1948-50 The Second World War

    London   Cassell & Co.
    8.5" by 5.5" xvi, 640;
    The first impression of Winston Churchill's account of the Second World War, the first three volumes retracing from 1919 to the joining of Soviet Russia and the USA into the conflict.
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    First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

    The first edition, first impression of the first three volumes of six of Winston S. Churchill's account of the Second World War. These volumes retrace the history of the war from its beginnings in 1919 to Soviet Russia and USA joining the conflict in 1941. Written from Churchill's personal point of view, from own notes and privileged access to official documents while still working as a politician, hence some facts had to remain secret. Considered a personal memoir by a leading participant in the direction of the war rather than a comprehensive history by a detached historian. 

    Vol. II in its unclipped dust wrapper, lacking to the other two volumes. Maps and plans in text throughout, six are folding. Collated, complete. 

    Comprising the first three volumes in the series; The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and general light soiling to the boards and spine. Vols. I and II clipped to the half title. The dust wrapper to vol. II is unclipped and smart with minor shelf wear and a minor chipping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, with a touch of sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Odd minor spotting to the edges, affecting only slightly the occasional leaf, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with maps and plans in text throughout, six are folding. Collated, complete.

    Very Good Indeed

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