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London: George C. Harrap, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Four volumes in two, complete and unabridged. Some fading to covers; edges mildly toned. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome set. Numerous illustrations and maps, many fold-out -- all present as listed and in fine condition. 1050;1078pp..

London: George G. Harrap, 1933. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Burgundy cloth with gilt stamped coat of arms to front; many fold outs and illustrations, maps and plates. Vol I: pp. 612. Vol II: 651. Both spines sunned. International customers please note these volumes constitute a monumentally large parcel that will incur further postage charges.

London, George G. Harrap and Co All 1st edition: 1933-1938 [ALL FIRST EDITIONS]. Complete in Four Volumes Hardback, Size 8 x 5.5 inches. Bound in half calf red leather over red cloth boards. with raised bands, bright gilt-titling and intricate tooling (armourial lions) within the compartments. And gilt top edges. Original bound and Sold by Henry Sotheran London In very good conditions. Lovely smart leather bindings. Volume two has small faint mark centre of spine, near front hinge. No penned inscriptions. Inside a few very light foxing spots, half title pages a little tanned on edges, else very clean, bright and tight throughout. A very clean and tight 1st edition Churchill set in fine leather binding. pp.[4] 612; pp.651 [1]; pp.[2] 608 [2]; pp.671 [1]. With 325 illustrations, including a frontispiece to each volume, black and white plates, folding maps and battle plans, and facsimile documents.

Harrap,, [1933-34-36-38]. 4 vols., 8vo., First Edition (one volume a Second Impression), with 4 portrait frontispieces, and numerous plates, facsimiles, maps and plans, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper of first volume; original maroon buckram, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, a very good, bright, crisp, clean set in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. Volume I is a second impression published in the same month as the first edition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Cohen A97.2(I-IV).a, Woods/ICS A40(aa).

London : George Newnes, 1933-38. HARDCOVER . pp.[4]; 612; pp.651; [1]; pp.[2]; 608; [2]; pp.671; [1],325 ills: plates, folding maps and battle plans, frontispieces. Indexes (Orig. 3/4 maroon-red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Text-blocks all very clean, only the occasional evidence of age, SCARCE FIRST EDITIONS ALL IN FIRST ISSUE FORMAT. CHURCHILL S VERY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL WORK ON MARLBOROUGH. Churchill sets out to give a true depiction of his famous ancestor: " It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only to invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes. I hope to show that he was not only the foremost of English soldiers, but in the first rank among the statesmen of our history; not only that he was a Titan, for that is not disputed, but that he was a virtuous and benevolent being, eminently seviceable to to his age and country, capable of drawing harmony and design from chaos, and one who only needed an earlier and still wider… Read More

London: Centenary First Edition: In arrangement with Hamlyn, Harrap, Cassell, 1974. Finely bound set of the major works of Churchill. Octavo, 25 volumes, bound in full dark red pebble grained leather with black title panels on spines, raised bands with the initial WSC, elaborate border to the front panel, all edges are gilt, silk endpapers, illustrated with photographs and maps, frontispiece plates. In fine condition. Winston S. Churchill was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a total of five constituencies. Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.