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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill 1932-1940 Alone
by William Manchester
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316545120
- ISBN 13
- 9780316545129
- Seller
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San Antonio, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover cloth 756 pages. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stated First Edition First Printing 1988 with matching number line and MV. Worn black cloth binding with gold print and red title box on spine. Red endpapers; front and rear are chronology. Previous owner's signature front endpapers. Tight and sound with the usual shelf wear. No marks, highlights or bookplates. A good reading copy of this terriffic book. An unclipped dust jacket clean and brilliant with the usual shelf wear - a tears, scratches, wrinkles and chips.
Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940 is the second volume of the outstanding three volume The Last Lion, the ultimate Churchill biography from the award-winning historian, William Manchester.
In this triumphant biography, William Manchester, contends that Churchill's lonely battle against appeasement, even more than his leadership in war, was the Last Lion's finest hour. Politically isolated in Parliament, sometimes jeered at and scorned when he warned of the growing Nazi threat, Churchill stood alone, a beacon of hope amid the gathering storm.
Synopsis
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill is a planned trilogy of biographies. Two have already been published, on Winston Churchill, by author and historian William Manchester. The last volume is being completed by Paul Reid. - [*Wikipedia*][1] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Lion%3A_Defender_of_the_Realm
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- Bookseller
- River House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 656768
- Title
- The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill 1932-1940 Alone
- Author
- William Manchester
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316545120
- ISBN 13
- 9780316545129
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 756
- Size
- octavo
- Keywords
- CHURCHILL, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- World War 2; Biography; Politics; First Editions;
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I ship domestically in the US using the Post Office and internationally using consolidation services. Books are always wrapped then packed in cardboard boxes with padding to protect the contents. International shipments are double boxed with shipping paperwork attached to the outside of the box using a special envelope. And a complete duplicate of all the paperwork packed inside the outer box in case the attached set wanders off.
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