The Great War.

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

Item Number: 116004

London:, 1933-34.

Complete in twenty-six parts, issued “fortnightly”. Octavo, 26 volumes, illustrated. In near fine condition. The collection is housed in two half morocco clamshell boxes made by Asprey. An exceptional set, most rare and desirable in this condition.

Following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain on May 10th 1940, Winston S. Churchill became Prime Minister of England and took the lead in warning about Nazi Germany and in campaigning for rearmament. His speeches and radio broadcasts helped inspire British resistance, especially during the difficult days of 1940–41 when the British Commonwealth and Empire stood almost alone in its active opposition to Adolf Hitler. A non-academic historian, artist, and prolific writer, Churchill won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his overall, lifetime body of work.