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Seventh and final volume of the war speeches. Publishes
five speeches that were initially delivered to the House
in Secret Session and thus unpublished at the time.The
first
edition was published in 1946, again by Cassell.
Slimmer than the other volumes but same series binding
light blue cloth. 96 pages. The dustwrapper is plain
white, unlike the shaded colours of the previous volumes.
The first
American edition had
a new publisher, Simon & Schuster. The binding was
a dull grey with gilt titles that are usually so dull
as to be unreadable. The dustwrapper was a new designed
in red and green.The
Canadian first edition
continued the series binding and jacket style. The Australian
first edition ignored the British jacket
design in white and followed on with series design,
with orange blending to bright blue.
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