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Price: US$11.54 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First. 608pp illustrated. Pull out tables. Red cloth with VG dj, slightly sunned to spine and slightly frayed to extreme top of spine. VG
Seller: PEND BOOKS, Newton Stewart, United Kingdom
Price: US$12.70 + shipping
Description: 8vo; pp. xxxvi, 608; frontispiece, illustrations throughout, maps, index, fold-out table at rear; original cloth, chipped dustjacket with closed tears, previous owner's name on front free endpaper, insect damage to cloth, a good copy.
Seller: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australia
Price: US$179.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Eight volume mixed set of the definitive biography of Churchill, the first two volumes written by his son Randolph, and continued after the latter's death by the historian Martin Gilbert from Vol.III to VIII. A Very Good set. Details of each volume: Book Volume I. (1966). First edition. Youth 1874-1900. 608pp. B/w photos in plates, and illustrations in text, fold-out genealogy tables at back. Book Vol.II . (1967). First edition Young Statesman 1901-1914. 775pp. B/w plates & illustrations, maps. Book Vol.III. (1971) First edition. 1914-1916. 988pp. B/w plates & illustrations, maps. Book Vol. IV. (1975). First edition 1916 -1922. 967pp. B/w plates & illustrations, maps. Book Book Vol.V. (1976). First edition. 1922-1939. 1167pp. B/w plates & illustrations. Book Vol. VI. Finest Hour. (1983) First edition . 1939-1941. 1308pp. B/w plates & illustrations, maps. Book Vol. VII. (1986). Reprint Guild publishing edition with illustrated dustjacket. Road to Victory 1941-1945. 1417pp. B/w plates & illustrations, maps. Book Vol.VIII (1988). First edition thus with the illustrated dustjacket. 'Never Despair'. 1945-1965. 1438pp. Condition details: Very Good books in Very Good protected jackets.Volume 3 & 4 have sunning to jacket spines The last two volumes have photo illustrated jackets with some light rubbing to spines . Extra postage will be required for overseas orders. Pictures available.
Seller: David Ford Books PBFA, Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom
Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert. Winston S. Churchill. Heinemann 1966-1976, London, 1966.
Price: US$282.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The illustrated first edition of the first five volume of Winston Churchill's authorized biography, detailing his life from birth to the start of the Second World War. The first five volumes of the official biography of Winston Churchill, in the publisher's original dust wrappers, and each in their first edition. These five volumes cover the years between 1874 and 1939.With the complete eight volumes published between 1966 and 1988, the first two volumes are by the subject's own son, Randolph S. Churchill. Following his death in 1968, the later volumes were completed by Martin Gilbert, after having previously been approached by Randolph Churchill to do so.These are the only official biographies of the former Prime Minister and WWI veteran's life. In May 1960, five years before his death, he wrote to his son: 'I should be happy that you should write my official biography when the time comes. But I must ask you to defer this until after my death. I would not like to release my papers piecemeal, and I think that you should wait for the time being and then get all your material from my own Archives'.With numerous photographic plates, illustrations and folding tables to each volume. Collated, complete.With former owner's inscriptions to front pastedown or free endpaper of each volume. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the publisher's original dust wrappers and two volumes price clipped, and three price unclipped. Minor shelf wear to back strip heads and tails. Paper residue to tail of volume I rear board. Boards otherwise bright and clean. Sunning to dust wrapper back strips. Edge wear to back strip heads and tails. Small loss to head of volume V back strip and tail of volume III front wrap. Closed tear to head of volume II front wrap. Tape reinforcement to reverse of volume III dust wrapper. With a contemporary owner's inscription to the front pastedown or front free endpaper of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Randolph S. Churchill; Martin Gilbert. Winston S. Churchill. Heinemann 1966-1976, London, 1966.
Price: US$801.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A collection of five illuminating first editions of this celebrated biography of Sir Winston Churchill, accompanied by seven companion volumes. The first five volumes of the official biography of Winston Churchill, each in their first edition. These five volumes cover the years between 1874 and 1939, and are accompanied by seven supplementary companion volumes. All twelve volumes are present in the publisher's original dust wrappers.The first two volumes are by the subject's own son, Randolph S. Churchill. Following his death in 1968, the later volumes were completed by Martin Gilbert, after having previously been approached by Randolph Churchill to do so.These are the only official biographies of the former Prime Minister and WWI veteran's life. In May 1960, five years before his death, he wrote to his son: 'I should be happy that you should write my official biography when the time comes. But I must ask you to defer this until after my death. I would not like to release my papers piecemeal, and I think that you should wait for the time being and then get all your material from my own Archives'.Also present are Parts 1 and 2 of the companion to volume I, Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the companion to volume II, and Parts 1 and 2 of the companion to volume III.With numerous photographic plates, illustrations and folding tables to each of the five biographical volumes. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with dust wrappers. With dust wrapper price clipped to one biographical volume and one companion volume, and price unclipped to remaining ten volumes. Shelf wear to spine heads and tails, with the odd instance of bumping. Fading to cloth of back strip and boards of biography volume I, and companion to volume III part 2, with boards otherwise bright and clean. Light discolouration to five of the companion volume dust wrappers, and sunning to dust wrapper back strip of biographical volume IV. Edge wear to back strip heads and tails, with small closed tears to back strip head and tail of 'Companion Volume III Part 2'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom