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The complete eight-volume set of the official biography of Winston S. Churchill, 1874-1965
by [CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer] CHURCHILL, Randolph S. (first two volumes) and Martin GILBERT
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Heinemann, 1967 to 1988 (all first editions, with the exception of Volume 3, a second impression in the same year as the first edition). Octavo, eight volumes, approximately 10,000 pages in all, plus numerous plates. Red cloth with top edges dyed red (or papered boards with plain top edges on Volumes 6 and 8); some cloth-bound volumes slightly flecked, with the top-edge dye a little faded in places; Volume 6 has an 'Illustrated London News' review clipping mounted on the front free endpaper, and a small light stain to the leading edge, with minimal cockling to the top corner-tip of the first 30 leaves; minimal signs of age and use; an excellent set with the dustwrappers (three of them price-clipped, the first three slightly chipped, with slightly bubbled laminate and a few short tears, and all but Volumes 6 and 8 the uniform edition version). Specific details of the individual volumes are as follows.
Volume 1: Youth, 1874-1900 (1965).
Volume 2: Young Statesman, 1901-1914 (1967).
Volume 3: The Challenge of War, 1914-1916 (1971/ 1971).
Volume 4: 1917-1922 (1975).
Volume 5: 1922-1939 (1976).
Volume 6: Finest Hour, 1939-1941 (1983).
Volume 7: Road to Victory, 1941-1945 (1986).
Volume 8: Never Despair, 1945-1965 (1988). [8 items].
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 136129
- Title
- The complete eight-volume set of the official biography of Winston S. Churchill, 1874-1965
- Author
- [CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer] CHURCHILL, Randolph S. (first two volumes) and Martin GILBERT
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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