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Auction #122 begins on 03 Apr 2025

Churchill (Winston S.)

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES

Chartwell First Edition.

Published: Educational Book Company, London, 1956-1958

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $180

Approximately:

Estimate: $320-360

Bidding opens: 3 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Apr 16:30 GMT

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4 volumes. Chartwell Edition. 1956-1958.

Publishers navy cloth with gilt title.

Red label with gilt title to spine.

Gilt decorative panels.

Colour top-page blocks.


Volume I.

The Birth of Britain.

xxviii, 458 pages.

Full-page plates.

Full-page and in-text maps and tables.

Volume II.

The New World.

xvi, 3381 pages.

Full-page plates.

Full-page maps and tables.

Volume III.

The Age of Revolution.

xix, 360 pages.

Full-page plates.

Full-page and in-text maps and tables.

Volume IV.

The Great Democracies.

xvi, 352 pages.

Full-page plates.

Full-page maps.

Churchill's history of the two branches of the English-speaking nations,

the British Empire and the United States was begun during his

'Wilderness Years' in the early 1930's, but not completed until after

his retirement from the political stage in the late 1950's.

The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the

writing process, had reconfirmed his belief in the 'Special Relationship',

For the second time in the present century the British Empire and the

United States have stood together facing the perils of war on the largest

scale known among men, and since the cannons ceased to fire and the

bombs to burst we have become more conscious of our common duty

to the human race.

Recorded shipping weight 4000g

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 25 x 17 cm


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