The best-selling six-volume history that helped gain Churchill a Nobel Prize for literature. Published first in the U.S., the ensuing English edition contained numerous corrections and even a few additional maps. It is therefore considered more definitive, though the First American edition is decidedly rarer. The six volumes were issued over a period of six years under the following titles: THE GATHERING STORM (Volume 1), THEIR FINEST HOUR (Volume 2), THE GRAND ALLIANCE (Volume 3), THE HINGE OF FATE (Volume 4), CLOSING THE RING (Volume 5) and TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY (Volume VI). This is an excellent set of the increasingly hard-to-find, and always tricky to confirm, authentic First American edition, without dust jackets.The books are all in beautiful condition, virtually mint, save for very faint, variable fading to the spines and topstains, with a scattering of white paint (?) sprinkles along the upper fore-edge of Volume VI.Else fine. 8vo (Maps, diagrams and tables throughout.) (Cohen A240.3[I-VI]) (Woods A123aa). Seller Inventory # 144333

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Title: THE SECOND WORLD WAR -First American Edition...

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company 1948-1953, Boston

Publication Date: 1948

Binding: Hardcover without Dust Jacket

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

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Chartwell Booksellers is the only standing bookshop in the world devoted to the writings of Sir Winston Churchill. Now in our 40th year as an independent bookstore in the heart of midtown-Manhattan, we offer the finest selection anywhere of rare Churchill first editions, books about Winston Churchill, newly-published works, and autographed Churchilliana, including signed books, letters, documents and all manner of paper ephemera. We are your source for value in the Churchill market. We guarantee the authenticity of every item we sell. And have been doing so for over 40 years. Chartwell Booksellers also offers an, array of Military books, classic English Literature in hardcover, rare Photography books, Art books, and Literary Collectibles.

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