Six volumes. First editions 1954.
The first illustrated "Chartwell edition" of The Second World War
was published soon after the British first edition and is aesthetically
superior in every respect. It is also the final text, "in which all those
first minor errors are corrected", according to the author.
Publishers red cloth with gilt titles and border.
Raised portrait vignette with gilt border.
Gilt title and gilt bordered panels to spine.
Colour top page-blocks and endpapers.
Volume I.
The Gathering Storm.
xx, 641 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Photographic plates.
Maps and diagrams.
Volume II.
Their Firest Hour.
xx, 592 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Photographic plates.
Maps and diagrams.
Volume III.
The Grand Alliance.
xix, 725 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Photographic plates.
Maps and diagrams.
Volume IV.
The Hinge of Fate.
xix, 802 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Photographic plates.
Maps and diagrams.
Volume V.
Closing the Ring.
xx, 587 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Photographic plates.
Maps and diagrams.
Volume VI.
Triumph and Tragedy.
xix, 619 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Photographic plates.
Maps and diagrams.
This is Churchill's history of the epic struggle that was so indelibly
stamped by his leadership. Seldom, if ever, has history endowed
such a statesman with both singular ability to make history, and
singular ability to write it. Churchill's eloquence and insight frames
the world-defining events of his time in truly enduring prose. This
six-volume epic has been called "indispensable reading for anyone
who seeks a true understanding of the war that made us what we
are today.
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- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 25 x 18 cm
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