The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

Item Number: 128102

London: Cassell & Co, 1948-54.

First editions of Winston Churchill’s masterpiece, boldly signed by Winston Churchill in volume two. Octavo, six volumes bound in three quarters morocco by Morrell, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page in volume two, Their Finest Hour, “Winston S. Churchill 1949.” In fine condition. An exceptional presentation, rare and desirable signed.

"Winston Churchill himself affirmed that ‘this is not history: this is my case" (Holmes, 285). Churchill was re-elected to the post of Prime Minister in 1951. "The Second World War is a great work of literature, combining narrative, historical imagination and moral precept in a form that bears comparison with that of the original master chronicler, Thucydides. It was wholly appropriate that in 1953 Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature" (Keegan). Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century. It placed number one on the 100 best non-fiction books of the twentieth century by National Review magazine.