Churchill, Winston | The first complete edition of Churchill's celebrated wartime speeches

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Churchill, Winston 

The War Speeches of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1951-1952

3 volumes, small 4to. Half-titles, titles printed in red and black; corners of a few leaves in Vol. I just crinkled. Publisher's navy cloth, spines gilt-lettered. Original cream jackets printed in pink and gray' spines slightly sunned, minor toning, a few stray spots, one or two nicks with fractional loss. 

First complete edition — the definitive edition

A complete set of Winston Churchill's celebrated wartime speeches, beginning with the articulation of his concerns over the development of events in Germany in 1938, and including those speeches delivered to the British people during the darkest years of the war.

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Wood A 136