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Heinemann,, [1967]. 2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt backs, red tops, both near fine copies in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Companion Part 1: 1874-1896; Companion Part 2: 1896-1900.

Heinemann,, [1969]. 3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt backs, red tops, all very good, bright, clean copies in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly browned at edges and with one short closed tear. Companion Part 1 1901-1907; Companion Part 2 1907-1911; Companion Part 3 1911-1914.

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:… Leer más

Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1994. Full Leather. Fine. Massive and comprehensive biography of Churchill, begun by the subject's son, Randolph S. Churchill and finished by Martin Gilbert. Complete in 12 volumes. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. Bound into full burgundy leather with gilt design, lettering, and foredges. 5 raised bands to spine, black spine labels. Moire endpapers and ribbons. Unused Easton Press bookplate laid-in for each volume. Illustrated throughout with maps and photographs. The work was originally published in 8 volumes between 1966 and 1988. This edition has split each of the last 4 volumes into seperate books to make them more managable. Titles are: 1: Youth. 2: Young Statesman. 3: The Challenge of War. 4: The Stricken World. 5: The Prophet of Truth, part 1. 6: Prophet of Truth part 2. 7: Finest Hour, part 1. 8: Finest Hour, part 2. 9: Road to Victory, part 1. 10: Road to Victory, part 2. 11: Never Despair, part 1. 12: Never Despair, part 2. Huge set and extra charges will… Leer más

Heinemann,, [1966-88]. 8 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 7 portrait frontispieces, titles in red and black, very numerous plates, and many maps and genealogical tables (a number folding); red cloth, gilt backs, red tops (a few tops unevenly faded as usual), a remarkably bright, crisp, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper (wrapper of first volume chipped at headband). ALL WRAPPERS ARE THE PREFERRED SOLID COLOUR ISSUES OF THE UNIFORM EDITION. The set comprises: Vol. I: Youth 1874-1900 (1966); Vol. II: Young Statesman 1901-1914 (1967); Vol. III: 1914-1916 (1971); Vol. IV: 1917-1922 (1975); Vol. V: 1922-1939 (1976); Vol. VI: Finest Hour 1939-1941 (1983); Vol. VII: Road to Victory 1941-1945 (1986); Vol. VIII: Never Despair 1945-1965 (1988). Arguably the most important official biography of the twentieth century. The first two volumes were compiled by Winston's son Randolph; following his death in 1968 the torch passed to (later Sir) Martin Gilbert who passed the majority of his career… Leer más

London: Heinemann, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London, Heinemann, 1966 to 1988 (all first editions). Large octavo, 21 volumes (eight volumes of biography, and 13 companion volumes), complete as issued, with all plates as called for. Variously cloth and papered boards; trifling signs of use and age (including some light flecking and rubbing); an excellent set with the excellent dustwrappers occasionally a little sunned and rubbed, with a few short tears). Volumes 4 and 8 of the Biography are not from the Uniform Edition. The biography proper comprises eight volumes, as follows. Volume 1: Youth, 1874-1900 (1966). Volume 2: Young Statesman, 1901-1914 (1967). Volume 3: The Challenge of War, 1914-1916 (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). The companion series comprises thirteen volumes, as follows. Companion Volume I, Part 1:… Leer más