Churchill, Winston | Churchill's speeches — a group of first editions

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Churchill, Winston

A Group of Churchill's Speeches

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The World Crisis. London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1923, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1931. 5 works in 6 volumes, large 8vo. Numerous plans and folding maps; some scattered foxing. Uniformly bound in publisher's dark blue cloth, covers stamped in blind, spines gilt-lettered; some foxing and browning to fore-edges and endleaves, ownership signatures to some volumes, some rubbing to extremities, particularly to Vol. II. Lacking jackets. A set of the first English edition. Cohen A69.2 (I.b, II-IV.a, V.b,VI.a); Woods A31ab. — Arms and the Covenant. London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1938. 8vo. Half-title, photographic frontispiece; half-title toned. Original blue cloth, covers ruled in blind, spine gilt-lettered; edges foxed. Original light blue jacket; some toning and foxing. First English edition. Woods A44. — Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill P.C., M.P. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1941-46. 7 volumes, 8vo. Photographic illustrations; some minor toning. Publisher's blue cloth, spines gilt-lettered; some rubbing to extremities, foxing to edges endpapers. Original jackets printed in colors; some soiling and rubbing, some restoration to heads and tails of spines, Into Battle price-clipped. Titles include Into Battle (Vol. 1); The Unrelenting Struggle (Vol. 2); The End of the Beginning (Vol. 3); Onwards to Victory (Vol. 4); The Dawn of Liberation (Vol. 5); Victory (Vol. 6); Secret Session Speeches (Vol. 7). A set of the first English edition in original jackets. Wood A66(a), A89, A94, A101, A107, A112, A114. — The Second World War. London: Cassell and Co., 1948-1953. 6 volumes, 8vo. Numerous maps, diagrams, and tables throughout; a few stray spots. Publisher's black cloth, spines gilt-lettered, topstained red, patterned endpapers; some very minor rubbing, some fading to topstaining, a few stray spots to endleaves. Original jackets printed in colors; some staining, closed tears, some repaired, some fractional loss. A set of the first English edition in original jackets. Cohen A240.4 (I.d, II.b, III.a, IV.b, V.a, VI.b); Woods A123ba. — The Post-War Speeches. London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1961. 5 volumes, 8vo. Publisher's cloth, various colors, spines gilt-lettered; foxing to edges and endleaves. Original jackets printed in colors; some relatively minor toning, minor wear at edges and folds, some foxing to flaps Sinews of Peace. Titles include The Sinews Of Peace; Europe Unite; In the Balance; Stemming the Tide; and The Unwritten Alliance. A set of the first English edition in original jackets. Cohen A241.1-A273.1; Woods A124-A142.

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A group of first English editions

"For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all Parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself." - Winston Churchill 

Churchill—recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953—is widely considered to be one of the greatest speakers of the 20th century. Among his most famous speeches were those in 1940, when Churchill rallied a nation with his words and optimism.