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The War Speeches: Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the Beginning; Onwards to Victory; The Dawn of Liberation; Victory, Secret Session Speeches
by Churchill, Winston Spencer
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company, 1946. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First editions, first printings. Volume I is in the first state. Illustrated with half-tone plates. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Dustwrappers are unclipped except for Vol. IV. Bookplate in volume I, neat ownership names in the remaining volumes. The set overall is near fine.
Cohen A142.
Later printings of Volume I have a leaf inserted (128a-128b) with an additional speech. We include a second volume of Volume I in a later printing containing this leaf.
Condition Specifics:
I. Fine/Fine
II. Fine/Near fine
III. Endpapers foxed. Closed marginal tear on dustwrapper.
IV. Textblock edges foxed. Dustwrapper is price-clipped. Crease and closed tear on rear panel repaired from within with archival tape.
V. Spine gilt darkened. Dustwrapper is soiled and has a small repair along top.
VI. Endpapers foxed. Dustwrapper has two short tears at flap ends, an abrasion at the foot of the spine, sunning to top of rear panel.
VII. Light wear to boards. Dustwrapper foxed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18358
- Title
- The War Speeches: Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the Beginning; Onwards to Victory; The Dawn of Liberation; Victory, Secret Session Speeches
- Author
- Churchill, Winston Spencer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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