1948-1954 The Second World War

Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first editions, first impressions of Winston Churchill's history of the Second World War. Complete in six volumes.

Complete with the publisher's unclipped dust wrappers.

This definitive historical memoir comprises Churchill's own notes and official documents he had access to while still serving as Leader of the Opposition. The works trace the build up and commencement of the Second World War largely from the perspective of a leading participant in the direction of the war. 

Volume I: 'The Gathering Storm' (1948) - With one folding map. 

Volume II: 'Their Finest Hour' (1949) - With three folding maps. 

Volume III: 'The Grand Alliance' (1950) - With three folding maps.

Volume IV: 'The Hinge of Fate' (1951) - With four folding maps. 

Volume V: 'Closing the Ring' (1952) - With three folding maps.

Volume VI: 'Triumph and Tragedy' (1954) - With eleven folding maps. 

Collated, complete.