"Winston Churchill’s monumental Nobel Prize-winning history of World War II, complete in six UK First Edition volumes with their rare original dust jackets."
Sir Winston S. Churchill's masterpiece, The Second World War, is the definitive personal account of the global conflict from the man who led Great Britain through its darkest hours. This epic narrative earned Churchill the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.
Published in London by Cassell & Co. Ltd between 1948 and 1954, this set represents the true British First Edition. The complete 6-volume set comprises: I. The Gathering Storm (1948), II. Their Finest Hour (1949), III. The Grand Alliance (1950), IV. The Hinge of Fate (1951), V. Closing the Ring (1952), and VI. Triumph and Tragedy (1954). Bound in crisp black cloth with gold-gilt spine titling, the set is uniquely preserved with its original 'WSC' patterned dust jackets and contains numerous intricate fold-out military battle maps and tactical diagrams throughout.
