A SPECTACULAR FIRST EDITION SET OF ‘THE SECOND WORLD WAR PERFECTLY SIGNED BY WINSTON CHURCHILL
An excellent presentation set of Churchill’s wartime memoirs, inscribed by Winston Churchill. Inscribed by the author in Vol. III, ” Winston 1951″ The set is comprised of the first US editions. The earliest presentation copies are always the US editions, which were published ahead of the UK editions. Presentation copies are often in subsequent printings. Cohen A240.1(I).c, A240.1(II-IV & VI).a [Vol. V a variant not noted by Cohen]; Woods A123(a). Martin Gilbert, In Search of Churchill, 1994; Roy Jenkins, Churchill, 2001. Six vols, octavo. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered spines, front covers with facsimile of Churchill’s signature gilt on a black ground, pale red top edges. With supplied dust jackets. Maps and diagrams throughout.