Winston Churchill

Finely bound collection the first British Edition of Churchill's speeches.

• Sold as a set of 12 volumes.
• Winston Churchill (English).
• Collection of His Speeches: Into Battle, The Unrelenting Struggle, The End of the Beginning, Onwards to Victory, The Dawn of Liberation, Secret Session Speeches, Victory, The Sinews of Peace, Europe Unite, In the Balance, Stemming the Tide, The Unwritten Alliance.
• London: Cassell, 1941–1961.
• Octavo.
• Full modern navy crushed morocco with gilt, raised bands, lion emblems, teg. A few volumes with very light spotting, otherwise fine.

A finely-bound collection of Churchill's separately published World War II and Post-War speeches, including his rare last book.

The war speeches, published between 1941 and 1946, "constitute a contemporary history of the war with is as lively as it is authoritative...they may be said to be the last word upon the war" (Randolph Churchill). The post-war speeches trace his calls for European Unity during the beginning of the Cold War era.

Finally, this set contains the rare first and only printing of the last book printed in his lifetime, The Unwritten Alliance.