A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

London: Cassell and Company, Small 4to (241x152mm). Edition: First Edition. First Printing. , Binding: ). Full publisher’s dark red cloth, with gilt text stamping on flat spine. No dust jackets. , Notes: Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. He is the only British Prime Minister in history to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was also the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples is a four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by Winston Churchill, covering the period from Caesar's invasions of Britain (55 BC) to the beginning of the First World War (1914). It was started in 1937 and finally published 1956–58, delayed several times by war and his work on other texts. The work was one of Churchill's writings mentioned in his Nobel Prize in literature citation., Size: 1956-1958, Illustration: Illustrated with occasional maps. , Volume: Four Volumes, Pages: P. Vol.1. Half title, Blank, Title, Publisher’s Note, Acknowledgments, Blank, Preface (vii-xvii), Blank, Contents (xix-xxi), Blank, 1-416; Vol. 2. Half title, Blank, Title, Publisher’s Note, Acknowledgments, Blank, Preface (vii), Blank, Contents (ix-xi), Blank, 1-344; Vol. 3. Half title, Blank, Title, Publisher’s Note, Acknowledgments, Blank, Preface (vii-viii), Contents (ix-xi), Blank, 1-332; Vol. 4. Half title, Blank, Title, Publisher’s Note, Acknowledgments, Blank, Preface (vii-viii), Contents (ix-xi), 1-332., Category: Book History. Very good condition, lacking dust jackets. Cloth modestly rubbed in areas at the head and heels of the spines and at the tips of the boards. Item #B4558

Edition: First Edition. First Printing. , Binding: ). Full publisher’s dark red cloth, with gilt text stamping on flat spine. No dust jackets. , Notes: Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. He is the only British Prime Minister in history to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was also the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples is a four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by Winston Churchill, covering the period from Caesar's invasions of Britain (55 BC) to the beginning of the First World War (1914). It was started in 1937 and finally published 1956–58, delayed several times by war and his work on other texts. The work was one of Churchill's writings mentioned in his Nobel Prize in literature citation., Size: 1956-1958, Illustration: Illustrated with occasional maps. , Volume: Four Volumes, Pages: P. Vol.1. Half title, Blank, Title, Publisher’s Note, Acknowledgments, Blank, Preface (vii-xvii), Blank, Contents (xix-xxi), Blank, 1-416; Vol. 2. Half title, Blank, Title, Publisher’s Note, Acknowledgments, Blank, Preface (vii), Blank, Contents (ix-xi), Blank, 1-344; Vol. 3. Half title, Blank, Title, Publisher’s Note, Acknowledgments, Blank, Preface (vii-viii), Contents (ix-xi), Blank, 1-332; Vol. 4. Half title, Blank, Title, Publisher’s Note, Acknowledgments, Blank, Preface (vii-viii), Contents (ix-xi), 1-332., Category: Book History.

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