THE WAR SPEECHES
-First American Edition Set-
1941-1946
First American Edition Set
G.P. Putnam Sons/Little, Brown and Co./Simon and Schuster [NY]
Biblio: (Cohen A142.3.a, A172.2.a, A183.2.a, A194.2.a, A214.2.a, A223.2.a, A227.2.a) (Woods A66- A114)
8vo
Hardcover without Dust Jackets [Red & Assorted cloth]
Item Number: 212473
$975.00
Collector's Guide
The War Speeches of Winston Churchill were first preserved in seven individual speech compilation volumes, collected and published yearly in the U.K. and in the U.S., beginning in 1941, under the following titles: Into Battle (1938-1940 speeches; published in the U.S. as Blood, Sweat and Tears), The Unrelenting Struggle (1940-1941), The End of the Beginning (1942), Onwards to Victory (1943), The Dawn of Liberation (1944), Victory (1945), and Secret Session Speeches (Various Dates). Unlike the English editions, which were all published by one publisher (Cassell), the American series was initiated by G.P. Putnam with Blood, Sweat and Tears, then carried on by Little, Brown, up till the final volume, Secret Session Speeches, which was published by Simon and Schuster.
Description
This is a seemingly unopened, complete set of the rare First American editions without dust jackets; all virtually mint, save for very light, very scattered foxing to a few top edges only, and a single pinhole to the spine of THE UNRELENTING STRUGGLE, which has also faded a touch. Else fine.