THE SECOND WORLD WAR BY WINSTON S. CHURCHILL 1948-54 FIRST EDITION SET

[CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.]. The Second World War. London: Cassell and Company. Ltd., 1948-1954.

FIRST UK EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS. Complete in six volumes [I: The Gathering Storm; II: Their Finest Hour; III: The Grand Alliance; IV: The Hinge of Fate; V: Closing the Ring; VI: Triumph and Tragedy]. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (21 x 13.5 cm); pp. xv, 640; xvii, 684; xvii, 818; xviii, 917; xviii, 673; xviii, 716. English text. Handsomely bound in half leather by C. Fox of London; gilt titles to spines; speckled page edges; half-titles; with maps and plans throughout (some folding) plus illustrations and tables; rear indexes in double columns. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated compete. Bindings tight and secure, the hinges and joints intact. Trivial rubbing to extremities. Contents well-preserved and without previous ownership markings. A handsome set.