THE SECOND WORLD WAR VOLUME IV The Hinge Of Fate by Churchill, Winston S - 1951

Cassell And Company, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. 2nd edition. 917 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Volume IV. Fold-out parts. Upper text block edge red. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Cassell & Co Ltd, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. No Edition Noted. 917 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with pencil inscriptions to front endpaper and heavier foxing and tanning to text block edges. Rear hinge is cracked with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have heavy rubbing and moderate bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends and visible rubbing to spine. The book is forward leaning.

Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

CASSELL, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. First Edition. 917 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Volume IV. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Cassell & Co Ltd, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1966. 917 pages. White jacket over black cloth. Volume IV. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Clean and firmly bound with an old gift inscription inside, some marks on the closed page edges. Jacket not price clipped with some wear, mostly along the top edge with a litle chipping at the top of the spine.

London: The Folio Society, 2000. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp: xiv [5] - 846. Bound in dark brown cloth spine, lettering and gilt in trim, over pictorial cloth boards. Includes several sections of black and white photographs, and numerous maps and diagrams. This classic history of the Second World War is one of six volumes published by The Folio Society. A near fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. Without slipcase.

London England: Cassel & Co. Very Good/No Jacket. 1951. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardback Mr. Churchill has called this volume The Hinge of Fate because in it the Western powers turn from almost uninterrupted defeat to almost unbroken success. On the 17th January, 1942, Mr. Churchill landed once more at Plymouth, and it is at this point that the narrative of the present volume opens. It tells first of the heavy blows which fell upon the newly-formed Alliance as the Japanese struck by land and by sea, and in Libya the Afrika Korps advanced to its farthest points with some tanks cruising almost in the outskirts of Alexandria. From the nadir, enought to bring despair to all but the most resolute, there follows the slow but thereafter ever-steady climb to a vastly changed position of comparative security. From the line of Alamein Rommel is thrown back. In North Africa the British land and fight soldier to shouldier for the first time with… Read More

London England: Cassel & Co. Very Good. 1951. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hardback Mr. Churchill has called this volume The Hinge of Fate because in it the Western powers turn from almost uninterrupted defeat to almost unbroken success. On the 17th January, 1942, Mr. Churchill landed once more at Plymouth, and it is at this point that the narrative of the present volume opens. It tells first of the heavy blows which fell upon the newly-formed Alliance as the Japanese struck by land and by sea, and in Libya the Afrika Korps advanced to its farthest points with some tanks cruising almost in the outskirts of Alexandria. From the nadir, enought to bring despair to all but the most resolute, there follows the slow but thereafter ever-steady climb to a vastly changed position of comparative security. From the line of Alamein Rommel is thrown back. In North Africa the British land and fight soldier to shouldier for the first time with their as-yet… Read More

London England: Cassel & Co, 1951. Hardback Mr. Churchill has called this volume The Hinge of Fate because in it the Western powers turn from almost uninterrupted defeat to almost unbroken success. On the 17th January, 1942, Mr. Churchill landed once more at Plymouth, and it is at this point that the narrative of the present volume opens. It tells first of the heavy blows which fell upon the newly-formed Alliance as the Japanese struck by land and by sea, and in Libya the Afrika Korps advanced to its farthest points with some tanks cruising almost in the outskirts of Alexandria. From the nadir, enought to bring despair to all but the most resolute, there follows the slow but thereafter ever-steady climb to a vastly changed position of comparative security. From the line of Alamein Rommel is thrown back. In North Africa the British land and fight soldier to shouldier for the first time with their as-yet untried American allies. Mr. Churchill journeys to Moscow, to Cairo, to Casablanca, and once… Read More