"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] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, All First Printings. Three volumes. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 483 [1]; pp.xvi; 560; pp.xvi; 578 [2]. Recently rebound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and lions rampant to spines, and matching cloth over boards. Top edges gilt, others lightly trimmed. Crisp, clean copies in attractive new leather bindings. 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 #65128
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