CHURCHILL, Winston. The Second World War. (The Gathering Storm - Their Finest Hour - The Grand Alliance - The Hinge Of Fate - Closing The Ring - Triumph and Tragedy). (ALL FIRST UK EDITIONS - 1948-54)
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AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston.
TITLE: The Second World War. (The Gathering Storm - Their Finest Hour - The Grand Alliance - The Hinge Of Fate - Closing The Ring - Triumph and Tragedy).
PUBLISHER: London: Cassell & Co., Ltd., 1948 - 54.
DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 6 volumes, 8-1/2" x 5-7/8", illustrated, fold-out maps, bound in full blue morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, covers ruled in gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, by Zaehnsdorf.
CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, A FINE SET.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Churchill's masterpiece, the single most important historical account of the Second World War, and a major factor in Churchill being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953.
