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Winston S. Churchill | A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. London: Cassell and Co., 1956-1958

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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