The Island Race
by Churchill, Winston
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Cassell& Co. Ltd, 1964. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Lavishly illustrated history of England, in 312 pages, representing an abridgement by Timothy Baker of the original four-volume work by Churchill, "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples,'' orig. published 1956-1958. This is the First Edition, first printing from 1964. Huge (folio) hardcover with green cloth-covered boards, darker green cloth-wrapped spine shows slight fading. Condition is Near Fine: completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white, with a couple of random foxed spots to endpapers. Only other flaw is former owner's name & long commentary on title page; NO writing/underlining/highlighting; NOT ex-lib. NO DJ. Please see our photos--they show the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Descriptions & photos property of Gargoyle Books. Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: book is too large for expedited domestic or any international shipping due to postage costs.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017420
- Title
- The Island Race
- Author
- Churchill, Winston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Cassell& Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- BRITISH ISLES GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND ENGLISH HISTORY HISTORICAL CHURCHILL EUROPE UK UNITED KINGDOM
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La Mesa, California
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Foxed
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- Spine
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