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— Abraham Lincoln

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1939. [Politics / Second World War] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.366. With two maps; one folding at rear. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Black ink ownership to fly-leaf; toned throughout. Corners bumped. Spine toned, with rubbing to head, tail and joints. Good. A collected edition of Churchill's foreign affairs articles from 1936 to 1939, chronicling Britain's loss of air parity, France's decline, the renascent Germany of Adolf Hitler, leading ultimately to the outbreak of war in September 1939. Item #57874
Price: £210.00