1948, ISBN: 952766fa7ef66380b6391c5376551499

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[SC: 11.67], [PU: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948-53], BOOKS SIGNED COPIES PRESENTATION & INSCRIBED MILITARY NAVAL WORLD WAR 2 NOISBN, An excellent presentation set of Churchill's … Mehr…

[SC: 11.67], [PU: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948-53], BOOKS SIGNED COPIES PRESENTATION & INSCRIBED MILITARY NAVAL WORLD WAR 2 NOISBN, An excellent presentation set of Churchill's wartime memoirs, inscribed in four volumes by the author to Sylvia Henley, "one of those who had known Churchill best, and longest. a frequent guest at Chartwell" (Gilbert, p.307). Four volumes are inscribed by the author: "For Sylvia from Winston 1948" (Vol. I), "For Sylvia from Winston 1951" (Vol. IV), "To Sylvia from Winston S. Churchill 1952" (Vol. V), and "Sylvia from Winston 1954 Bezique Grand Cup" (Vol. VI). Sylvia has noted in pencil after the inscription in the sixth volume "This refers to W's victory over me at Chartwell Jan 3 1954". Sylvia Henley (1882-1980) was Clementine Churchill's cousin, with whom she had a particularly "strong and long-lasting friendship" (Jenkins, p. 138). Along with Jock Colville, Sylvia was one of Churchill's most frequent and favoured Bezique opponents; Bezique was Churchill's favourite game, he was an expert player and inevitably devilishly competitive. During the war it provided a welcome distraction, and he played for hours on end. After the war he continued to play it almost daily and kept a meticulous account of scores and victories. The set is comprised of the first US editions, including first printings of Volumes II-IV and VI, a third printing of Volume I, and a later printing of Volume V (without date on the title page, removed following the first). The earliest presentation copies are always the US editions, which were published ahead of the UK editions. He was evidently delivered batches of copies by the publisher in a mix of printings. Presentation copies even to key figures are often in subsequent printings. The rear free endpapers have brief pencilled page references. Loosely inserted at the rear of Volume V is a letter from the insurers R. G. Hennell & Sons to Henley. Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes. Cohen A240.1(I).c, A240.1(II-IV & VI).a [Vol. V a variant not noted by Cohen]; Woods A123(a). Martin Gilbert, In Search of Churchill, 1994; Roy Jenkins, Churchill, 2001. 6 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered spines, front covers with facsimile of Churchill's signature gilt on a black ground, pale red top edges. With supplied dust jackets. Maps and diagrams throughout. Light rubbing and a few nicks at extremities; unclipped jackets with a few minor chips and short closed tears at extremities, light rubbing, else bright: a very good set in very good jackets.<

1997, ISBN: 952766fa7ef66380b6391c5376551499

[SC: 9.95], [PU: Pimlico], 9780712673488 CHURCHILL’S ROOSEVELT’S RESISTANCE BARBAROSSA AMPHIBIOUS PRODUCTION STALINGRAD RECAPTURE ESPIONAGE STRATEGIC CAMPAIGNS 1939-1945 ARDENNES EUROPEAN… Mehr…

[SC: 9.95], [PU: Pimlico], 9780712673488 CHURCHILL’S ROOSEVELT’S RESISTANCE BARBAROSSA AMPHIBIOUS PRODUCTION STALINGRAD RECAPTURE ESPIONAGE STRATEGIC CAMPAIGNS 1939-1945 ARDENNES EUROPEAN OVERLORD ATLANTIC MILITARY STALIN’S HITLER’S BRITAIN DILEMMA CARRIER CRIMEAN BALKANS GENERAL OKINAWA HISTORY JAPAN’S COVERED VISTULA BATTLES WESTERN BOMBING AIRBOME FALAISE SUPPLY SECOND BATTLE 940.54 EUROPE DEFEAT RUSSIA WINTER DANUBE BERLIN HARBOR LEGACY TOJO’S SUMMER MIDWAY SOUTH WORLD RHINE PEARL DATES ITALY CRETE SIEGE KURSK TANK AIR THE WAR AND OF TO IN II NOISBN, Paperback. Physically Trade Paperback (9¼" x 6") (0.8 kg); 514pp; Index; Illustrated with black and white photographs. ISBN: 0712673482 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #164755|| Condition: Very Good. Previous owners' inscription to the reverse of the upper wrap. Pages very gently age-tanned.<