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Rare and modern books

Churchill

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Educational Book Company, 1954

805.50 €

Buddenbrooks Inc.

(Newburyport, United States of America)

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Year of publication
1954
Place of printing
London
Author
Churchill
Publishers
Educational Book Company
Edition
SCARCE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION WITH THE COLOURED PLATES OF
First edition
Yes

Description

6 volumes. The First Chartwell edition, and first illustrated edition with the coloured plates. With color frontispiece in each volume, and a profusion of illustrations, photographs, drawings and maps, many folding. Large 8vo, in the publisher’s fine red cloth bindings, spines elaborately and beautifully decorated in the style of fine leather bindings with multi-gilt ruled panels within the compartments, two brown morocco lettering labels gilt, upper cover with onlay in contrasting morocco with an embossed bust of Churchill bordered in gilt and printed in blind. xx, 641; xx, 592; xix, 725; xix, 802; xx, 587; xix, 619; extensive appendices and index in each volume. A very handsome set, bright and clean and well preserved. Only very minimal evidence of light age mellowing.