THE COLLECTED WORKS OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
Library of Imperial History, London, 1974, The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill was published by The Library of Imperial History in 1974 in a limited edition of 3000 sets. They were elaborately produced in full white vellum, decorated in 22 ct gold, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, place markers, in custom dark green slipcases. The full set weighs almost 100 lbs, and takes five feet of shelving. All of Churchill's book length writings were included, many in new reset editions, although some were photoset from earlier editions. There are 50 titles published in 34 voiumes. A very good set, with some toning of the vellum as usual. This set was presented to Sir Ian Stewart and is of special interest as it is the only original set I have seen where all the sliopcases are of the same dark green material. The volumes have the publishers bookplates affixed and made out to Sir Ian Stewart. It appears several volumes were replaced as they instead have a blind embossed stamp of a different Stewart, likley a relative. (AA1). Item #34774
Price: $4,000.00