Great Contemporaries
by Winston S. Churchill
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Fontana - Collins, 1972. Paperback. Acceptable. 1972. 5th Impression. 317 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Slight cracking to binding, pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining and tears to some pages, text remains unaffected. Minor dog-eared corners. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Creasing to spine with splits to spine edges.
Synopsis
Great Contemporaries is a collection of 25 short biographical essays about famous people written by Winston Churchill. The original collection of 21 essays published in 1937 were mainly written between 1928 and 1931. Four were added to the book in the 1939 edition, about Lord Fisher, Charles Stewart Parnell, Lord Baden-Powell and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1712138346ABS
- Title
- Great Contemporaries
- Author
- Winston S. Churchill
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Fontana - Collins
- Date Published
- 1972
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