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The End of the Beginning: War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill C. H. , M. P. 1942
by Eade, Charles– Compiler
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Cassell and Company Ltd, London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated. Introduction by compiler. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of the Right Honourable Winston Churchill. The text is illustrated with another for black-and-white photographs. Red coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the back strip. A book of speeches given by Winston Churchill in the early part of WWII – 1942. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges; bumping of the book corners with rubbing of the lower book edges. Fading of the top edge of the front panel, back strip and to the first half centimetre of the rear panel, closest to the back strip. A few rubs marks and stains to the book covers with some flecking to the top edge of the rear panel. Light tanning of the text block edges and pages. Offset tanning to the end pages with previous owners' names to the lower edge of the free front end page. The front hinge has oh -so slightly started to crack. There is a small black ink mark to the verso of the frontispiece. First Australian Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII -XIV, 258 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; Speeches; Britain; WW II; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 0287060. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0287060
- Title
- The End of the Beginning: War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill C. H. , M. P. 1942
- Author
- Eade, Charles– Compiler
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Winston Churchill, war speeches, compilation, 1942 Military & Warfare; Speeches; Britain; WW II; Sociology & Culture. Illustrated Unbranded Eade, Charles– Compiler The End of the Beginning: War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winsto
- Bookseller catalogs
- Speeches;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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