A Partial Gentleman’s Library: Important Books from Around the World
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London: Cassell & Co. Ltd, 1948-1954.
Six volumes, octavo, modern three-quarter burgundy morocco with raised bands, gilt stamped with Churchill lion emblems. Includes The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; and Triumph and Tragedy.
Note: The Second World War is Churchill's account of the war that affirmed his place in history, both as a politician and a writer. Historical narrative and prose combine in this masterpiece for which Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953.