Marlborough his Life and Times:A Complete 4 Volume SIGNED Limited Edition Set.

Winston S.Churchill

Published by George G. Harrap and Co Ltd., London, 1933

About this Item

First Edition:First Printing:A 4 Volume Fine/Near Fine Signed Limited Edition set bound by Leighton Straker Ltd in full orange morocco with five raised bands to the spine, spine decorated with gilt lettering,Marlborough family arms in gilt to the front board, top of pages gilt, marbled endpapers.This SIGNED Limited Edition is one of only 155 sets produced of which only 150 sets were for sale.Volume 1 is signed by Churchill on the Limited Edition page and this set is numbered 48. Book Condition:Volume 1:A Near Fine copy, very gently rubbed top and bottom of the spine, top two corners gently rubbed, top and bottom edge of spine very gently toned, signed by Churchill without dedication to the Limited Edition page, small sticker on front paste down of William Henry Abbey a famous Brewer.Industrialist and Landowner, internally very clean and bright, tight binding.Volume 2:A Fine copy, top two corners very gently rubbed, small sticker on front paste down of William Henry Abbey, internally very clean and bright, tight binding.Volume 3:A Fine copy, very gently bumped top and bottom of the spine, very small mark to back board, internally very clean and bright, tight binding.Volume 4:A Fine copy, internally very clean and bright tight binding. This is the only SIGNED Limited Trade Edition in all of Churchill's works and one of only two publishers leather bound First Edition sets.Overall an exceptional Fine/Near Fine 4 Volume Signed Limited First Edition set.The Marlborough set is one million words long and took Churchill ten years to produce and it is certainly Churchill's greatest biography and some say perhaps his greatest ever works. Free UK and International Shipping on this book set. Seller Inventory # 000610

Bibliographic Details

Title: Marlborough his Life and Times:A Complete 4 ...

Publisher: George G. Harrap and Co Ltd., London

Publication Date: 1933

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition