CHURCHILL, Randolph S. (first two volumes) and Martin GILBERT

Winston S. Churchill [the Official Biography]. Volume 1: Youth, 1874-1900. Volume 2: Young Statesman, 1901-1914. Volume 3: The Challenge of War, 1914-1916. Volume 4: 1917-1922. Volume 5: 1922-1939. Volume 6: Finest Hour, 1939-1941. Volume 7: Road to Victory, 1941-1945. Volume 8: Never Despair, 1945-1965

London, 1966 to 1988 (all first editions).

Large octavo, eight volumes; variously cloth and papered boards as issued; Volume 4 a little flecked; edges of Volume 5 a little foxed; two top edges lightly sunned; an excellent set with the dustwrappers slightly rubbed, creased and torn (and with Volumes 3 and 4 a little sunned on the spines).

The complete Official Biography. + The matching Companion Volumes as follows: Volume 1, Parts 1 and 2; Volume 2, Parts 1, 2 and 3; Volume 3, Parts 1 and 2; Volume 4, Parts 1, 2 and 3; and Volume 5, Part 1 (London, Heinemann, 1967 to 1979; large octavo, eleven volumes [of the thirteen published - lacking only the very scarce Parts 2 and 3 of Volume 5]; cloth; the rear cover of Part 1 of Volume 2 is waterstained and a little bowed, with a light waterstain to the top and bottom edges, not affecting the text; trifling bumps to a few corners; an excellent set with all dustwrappers, slightly sunned and chipped. These companion volumes are an extensive source of previously unpublished primary and secondary Churchillian material). + GILBERT, Martin: The Churchill War Papers (New York, Norton, 1993 to 2000; large octavo, three volumes; cloth; a fine set with the fine dustwrappers. These volumes are regarded as companion volumes to Volume 6 of the Official Biography). [22 items].

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