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The Second World War (Chartwell Edition-United States) by Winston Churchill from Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston.
A deluxe edition of Winston Churchill's six-volume memoir, The Second World War, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953, for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.
Bound in an attractive yellow gold and blue cloth and with additional colored maps and photographs not available in the original Cassell's edition.
Titles as follows:
I. The Gathering Storm (1948).
II. Their Finest Hour (1949).
III. The Grand Alliance (1950).
IV. The Hinge Of Fate (1950).
V. Closing The Ring (1951).
VI. Triumph and Tragedy (1953).
- Creator:Houghton Mifflin & Co. (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Width: 13.25 in (33.66 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1983
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Fine overall condition - Wear commensurate with use - Some wear to cover illustration - Variations from book to book and set to set.
- Seller Location:Austin, TX
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