The Second World War. 6 Vols. (Complete)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. Chartwell Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xxxii, [6] 784pp., [17] 751, [18] 903, [18] 1000, [12] 749, [17] 800pp. Original half blue leatherette over beige cloth with "View of Chartville" plate of painting laid to cover, gilt lettering and ruling on spine, red labels. Beige top edges. Color map on endpapers. Frontispiece photographs. Title pages printed in blue and black. Illustrated with maps throughout.
"Of all the histories of the Second World War – and they are legion – these six volumes by Winston Churchill must be accounted, I think, the greatest. In my opinion they constitute one of the masterpieces of history as literature. akin to those of Thucydides, Gibbon, Michelet, and Mommsen. (Shirer) Vol. 1: The Gathering Storm. Vol. 2: Their Finest Hour. Vol. 3: The Grand Alliance. Vol. 4: The Hinge of Fait. Vol. 5: Closing the Ring. Vol. 6: Triumph and Tragedy. Bindings with minor blemishes, Near fine to fine condition. Item #55437
Price: $225.00