WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL (1874-1965)
The Second World War. London: Cassell, 1948-1954.
Authorial presentation set of the first British edition of Churchill's monumental history of World War II. Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 'for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values'. Woods A123(b).

6 volumes, octavo (206 x 135mm). Numerous maps and charts. Full red morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt spines and edges.

Winston Churchill (authorial inscriptions in all vols, vols III and IV are 'inscribed for Audrey') – 'S.B.' (Christmas gifts lettered in gilt on front turn-ins, excepting vol. II) – Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (bookplates).

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