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May 20, 03:22 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Winston S. Churchill
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. London: Cassell and Co., 1956-1958
4 volumes, 8vo. Numerous maps and tables. Full cognac-colored leather, covers gilt-ruled, spines with raised bands in six compartments, each gilt-ruled, second and third gilt-lettered, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; minor sunning to spines, texblocks trimmed for binding.
First English Edition Set, in handsome leather binding by the legendary London-based Joseph William Zaehnsdorf, author of The Art of Bookbinding.
REFERENCE:
Cohen A267.1(I-IV).a; Woods A138a