MARLBOROUGH His Life and Times: VOLUME II -First English Edition-

First English Edition Advance Publisher's Proof Copy. The majestic biography of John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough; soldier, statesman, hard-headed Churchillian ancestor. First published in England as a lush four-volume set. Published in the U.S. as a somewhat less deluxe production, subdivided by Scribners into a six-volume set. This is a Publisher's Advance Proof for Volume II of the First English edition. It is a softcover wrapped in a correct Volume II dust jacket, which has rectangular loss across the upper right front face, else fine. The volume itself is in virtually mint condition. It matches the final published edition, including all the elaborately produced folded maps and plans.Unique 8vo (611 pages, illustrated with portraits, maps, plans.) (Cohen A97.2[II].a) (Woods A40aa).