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Churchill, Sir Winston. The Second World War. Volume 1. The Gathering Storm. Cassell & Co., 1948

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Churchill, Sir Winston. The Second World War. Volume 1. The Gathering Storm. Cassell & Co., 1948

8vo, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by churchill to his housekeeper at chartwell ("To Mrs Jean Kennedy from Winston S. Churchill 1948"), original black cloth, dust-jacket, jacket torn; together with copies of "Great Contemporaries" and "Painting as a Pastime" (reprints, both inscribed by Jean Kennedy); one of Mrs Kennedy's typed memoranda on house arrangements for a visit by Churchill, Montgomery and others; eight (chiefly press) photographs; two albums of Churchill presscuttings (1948-51); other presscuttings; a Churchill Christmas card; and one of churchill's havana cigars which Mrs Kennedy preserved as a souvenir