CENTENARY FIRST EDITIONS of THE MAJOR WORKS of Sir Winston S. Churchill
Diners Club, London, 1974, hardcover. The very scarce CENTENARY FIRST EDITIONS of THE MAJOR WORKS of Sir Winston S. Churchill as issued by Diners Club UK. A lavish production done in Switzerland in dark red pebble grained leather with black title panels on spines, with raised bands, large script initials WSC on spine and front board, extensive gold tooling on front and around insides of boards, all edges gilt, satin moiré endpapers, placemarker, tipped in frontis portrait. The full set as issued consists of 25 vols: The Second World War (6), The World Crisis (5), My Early Life (1), Marlborough (4), Lord Randolph Churchill (2), The War Speeches (3), HESP (4) . Far scarcer than The Collected Works. When issued at £30 a book the set cost £750.00, a huge sum in 1974 money. A fine clean set, clearly never read, a few small marks in the gilt edges as usual. (AA2). Item #36797
ISBN: B00IIX4QKQ
Price: $1,250.00