Winston S. Churchill — The Second World War

London, Cassell & Company LTD, 1951-54. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first impression set of the final three volumes of Winston Churchill's monumental magnum opus. The first edition, first impressions, of Volumes IV, V, and VI.Finely bound in a smart unsigned crushed morocco binding, with rampant lions in gilt to the spines.Winston Churchill's influential work discussing the Second World War, his first hand account of the monumental war in which, beside the antagonist, he was possibly the most important figure.Volume IV, 'The Hinge of Fate', published in 1951. Illustrated with four folding maps and one folding plate.Volume V, 'Closing the Ring', published in 1952. Illustrated with three folding maps and one folding plate.Volume VI, 'Triumph and Tragedy', published in 1954. Illustrated with eleven folding maps.Each volume is illustrated with in-text maps and diagrams.Collated, complete. In a full crushed morocco binding. Externally, fine. Spines are faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .