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London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1939. [Politics] FIRST EDITION, third impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.365 [3]. With a map of China, and a folding map of Europe to rear. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Light spotting to edges and endpapers, with a black ink ownership of John G. Geddes to half-title; otherwise internally clean. Light wear to cloth, with some toning and spotting to spine. Very good. A collected edition of Churchill's foreign affairs articles from 1936 to 1939, chronicling Britain's loss of air parity, France's decline, and the renascent Germany of Adolf Hitler, leading ultimately to the outbreak of war in September 1939. Item #74186
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