Signed First Edition Set of The Second World War

A set of first edition, first printings of The Second World War; volume 1 signed by Churchill.

• Sold as a set of 6 volumes.
• Winston Churchill (English).
• London: Cassell and Co., 1948.
• Octavo.
• Signed by Churchill and dated 1949 in Volume 1 which itself is accompanied by a custom-made solander box.
• Publisher’s black cloth titled in gilt to spines, in dust wrappers.

“It was wholly appropriate that in 1953 Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature” (Keegan). Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century. It placed number one on the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century by National Review magazine.