A History of the English Speaking Peoples: Volume IV The Great Democracies by Churchill, Winston (1874-1965) - 1958

NY: Dodd, Mead, 1958. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover_Leather spine. Collectible - Fine/Good. 6"x8.5". 403 indexed pages. BOMC. Gray tweed boards w/gilt facsimile of author's signature on front. Black vinyl spine w/gold letters inside red blacks. Uneven cut side. Book design by Avery Fisher. Maps by James Macdonald. The binding, title page and important headings are set in Perpetua, the creation of Eric Gill. The text throughout has been set in Times Roman, initially designed by Stanley Morison for use in the London Times. Composition, presswork and binding by Kingsport Press, Inc. DJ design by Philip Grushkin. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, & unmarked. Tears to DJ repaired w/archival tape. Includes BOMC insert - a report by John Mason Brown.
"This history will endure; not only because Sir Winston has written it, but also because of its own inherent virtues - its narrative power, its fine judgment of war and politics, of soldiers and statesmen, and even more because it reflects a tradition of what Englishmen in the hey-day of their empire thought and felt about their country's past." The Daily Telegraph
Spanning four volumes and many centuries of history, from Caesar's invasion of Britain to the start of World War I, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples stands as one of Winston S. Churchill's most magnificent literary works. Begun during Churchill's 'wilderness years' when he was out of government, first published in 1956 after his leadership through the darkest days of World War II had cemented his place in history and completed when Churchill was in his 80s, it remains to this day a compelling and vivid history. Source: Goodreads.