The Second World War
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
[Complete set].
BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
Published: Cassell, [1948-54]
Stock code: 47275
Price: £1,100.00
6 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous maps and plans (a number folding and coloured in outline); black cloth, gilt backs, red tops , patterned endpapers, an unusually bright, clean, crisp set in unclipped dustwrapper.
Crisp set with uniformly vibrant red tops and red volume titles (often faded) bright and clear (save last volume with is lightly dulled but wholly legible). The set comprises The Gathering Storm (1948), Their Finest Hour (1949), The Grand Alliance (1950), The Hinge of Fate (1951), Closing the Ring (1952), Triumph and Tragedy (1954). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE INCREASINGLY SCARCE. Cohen A240.4; Woods, A123(b).