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    By Winston Churchill
    London   Cassell and Co
    8" by 6" xix, 724; xvii, 683, [1]; xviii, 818; xviii, 917; xviii, 673; xviii, 716pp
    A very smartly bound, early edition set of Winston Churchill's noted book series 'The Second World War'.
    By Winston Churchill

    1949-1954 The Second World War

    London   Cassell and Co
    8" by 6" xix, 724; xvii, 683, [1]; xviii, 818; xviii, 917; xviii, 673; xviii, 716pp
    A very smartly bound, early edition set of Winston Churchill's noted book series 'The Second World War'.
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    : 6kgs / : 714L10

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    Description

    Early Edition, Fine Binding, First Edition

    Volumes III, IV, V and VI are first editions. Volume I and II are reprints, Volume I is a 'New Edition, revised and reset, published November 1949' with volume II being 'New edition, revised, published November 1950'. 

    Binder's stamp to the front pastedown, C Fox London. 

    'The Second World War' starts from the end of the First World War to July 1945 and is split into four sections, 'In War: Resolution', 'In Defeat: Defiance', 'In Victory: Magnanimity', 'In Peace: Goodwill'. 

    This work was written with a team of assistants and was written from Churchill's own personal view of the war.

    Condition

    In a uniform half morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Externally, very smart with just some light rubbing to the raised bands and to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Tidemark to the bottom edge of volume IV, only encroaching on front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with just the odd spot.

    Very Good Indeed

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