"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke

London: Cassell and Company, 1951-1952. [Second World War Speeches] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, First Printings. Three volumes. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 483 [1]; pp.xvi; 560; pp.xvi; 578 [2]. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spines. Each volume with the cream and pink dust-jacket, priced at 21s. Crisp, fresh copies internally, with bright jackets showing only a few light marks and a little wear to edges. A large closed tear and some spotting to front panel of volume II. Near fine. The definitive edition of the War Speeches, compiled by Churchill's literary assistant Charles Eade (1903-1964), editor of the Daily Sketch and the Sunday Dispatch, and editor of Churchill's wartime speeches, speaking notes and the collected volume 'Churchill by His Contemporaries'. Featuring speeches given between May 1938 and August 1945. Item #64127
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