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48 Seiten. Mit Abbildungen. OKart. Gut erhaltenes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 135.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback. Published by The Library of Imperial History, for the Waterloo Committee in 1974. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN:

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. 1st Thus. In a loose polythene protector. An EX-REFERENCE LIBRARY BOOK typically with a label or number at the base of the spine (sometimes removed or partly removed), a label at the start of the book and a library stamp on the title page (or verso) often stamped withdrawn but no other library marks. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Paper Covers, 48 P. Condition: Good++. Colour and Black and White Photo Reproductions , Map. 2 Postcards of Waterloo (illustrator). First Edition. S13 2.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Volume III of The Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill Centenary Limited Edition. (London): Library of Imperial History, (1974). Large 8vo. 343pp, Index. Black cloth, gilt letters, gilt steam boat on front cover, top edges gilt. Fine condition, no dj. Small private library shelf location sticker on rear pastedown. Works published to mark the centenary of Churchill's birth, 1874. 8 Illustrations, 22 Maps. Volume III of the Limited Centenary Edition of Churchill's Works. First published in 1899, Churchill's account of the British Army's involvement in Sudan, under the commanded by General Kitchener, the Battle of Omderuman, the death of General Gordon. ISBN 0903988038 ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 343 pages.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Adapté en français par Henri Bernard.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing/this is the a4 sized booklet advertising the forthcoming 34 volume collected works.it states it will be limited to 2000 sets at the price of £945.the 20 page brochure has full details of the set along with extracts,technical details,endorsements,photos etc.also an unfilled card for the potential purchaser to fill in.near fine card copy.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Covers are bound in blue cloth, with gold lettering on the spine. Corners are square and binding is tight. Previous owner's name is written on the front-attached end-paper in black pen, along with a note in pencil on the front-free end-paper. But, there are no other marking throughout the book. 368 clean and bright pages. Overall, this book is in very good condition. This volume comes from the Churchill collection of Prof. Chris Sterling. Sterling was a passionate collector, author, and member of several Churchill Societies. We have several hundred volumes from his collection in other listings as well as in our physical store. Please inquire for a link to the complete catalogue. Note: if there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that Amazon put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book. Please email with questions or to request photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Neat owner's name to fep. Very light sunning to spine. Almost As New Hardcover. No d/w (As Issued?).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Blue cloth with gold lettering, 5 1/2 X 8 3/4 inches, 406 pages. Fine in Fine un-clipped jacket.

Full Vellum. Condition: Fine. pp 385; 134; plates, the publisher's full vellum binding, arms gilt on upper cover, all edges gilt, a virtually mint copy but lacking the slipcase. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. (Great Britain): Library of Imperial History, with Hamlyn Publishing Group, (1974). Large 8vo. 854pp, Index. Full red cloth, top edges gilt, gilt letters and crest. Near fine condition, top corner of few pages bumped. Small private shelf location sticker to each rear pastedown.16 Illustrations. Limited Centenary Edition. ISBN 0903988062; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 854 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. No Jacket. pristine unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: issued without. First UK edition. Octavo, printed on Archive Long Life Text paper, bound in full vellum, all edges gilt, with 24-carat gold lettering, in bumped publisher's slipcase with gilt-stamped heraldic crest. This volume contains Baroness Clementine Spencer-Churchill's "Preface to The Collected Works". Promoted as an edition limited to 3000 sets for the world, in fact only 1700 were sold. This volume is a "Subscriber's Proof Copy": it was sent to R. Hunt as a sample volume, and it may lack some textual corrections, and may have redrawn maps. It was directed to be returned to the publisher after examination. Its binding matches the published volumes. Only complete sets of 34 + 4 volumes were to be sold by the publisher. The General Editor for this set was Frederick Woods, the bibliographer of Churchill [ See the Woods bibliography p. 391].

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Special Edition. Wolff, Michael, The Collected Essays of Sir Winston Churchill, The Centenary Edition. Published by the Library of Imperial History, 1976. Volumes I-IV. Stately design with quarter black leather binding and royal blue covers. Beautiful insignia/coat of arms with gilt edges. Essays include Volume I, Churchill and War, Volume II, Churchill and Politics, Volume III, Churchill and People and Volume IV, Churchill at Large. Excellent condition, as new. Please inquire with seller for shipping costs as there are 4 volumes in the set.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition:First Printing:Book Condition:A Fine 4 Volume Centenary Limited Edition set bound in the original publishers Quarter Blue Morocco with matching marbled end papers, complete with gilt bands and gilt lettering to the spines.The top of the page edges on each volume are gilt and all volumes are internally very clean and bright and have tight bindings.Overall A Fine 4 Volume First Edition book set with FREE UK and INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING.

Full Vellum. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. 34 vols (comprising 50 books) plus 1 vol publishers' proof. Wanting 4 supplementary volumes of Essays (pub'd 1976). 1st ed. Full vellum gilt and all edges gilt in slip-cases. (with some delamination of slip-cases often found in this publication, due to sticky varnish in storage). Images available on request.

hardback, large 8vo, xx,528pp, maps, page edges gilt, clean and tight, no inscriptions, gilt-decorated full vellum binding, Very Good condition in gilt-decorated leatherette slipcase. ISBN: 0903988232.

Hardcover. This is a lovely edition of the penultimate volume of Winston Churchill's monumental history of the First World War.The British first editions of The World Crisis were originally published in six volumes between 1923 and 1931. This volume, the fifth, deals with the postwar years 1918 to 1928 experience which fundamentally informed the experience and perspective Churchill brought to bear as Britain's leader during the Second World War.This lovely edition was produced in very limited numbers using sheets from the 1974 Collected Works printing that were never bound by the original publisher. The text was photo-reproduced from the British first edition. The result is the superb contents of the collected works - printed on 500-year archival paper - in a binding the same style and color as the British first edition, enabling collectors to put a crisp, new copy on the shelf at a price far less than a British first edition in equivalent condition. The attractive binding is navy blue cloth with the same spine gilt, blind rules, and blind front cover title box as the British first edition. This is a handsome and scarce production. Condition is fine. The binding and contents are nearly pristine. We note only a negligible dent to the upper rear fore edge of the binding and a hint of soiling to the upper fore edges. A quarter of a century before the Second World War endowed him with lasting fame, Winston Churchill played a uniquely critical, controversial, and varied role in the "War to end all wars". Then, being Churchill, he wrote about it.In October 1911, aged 36, Winston Churchill was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. He entered the post with the brief to change war strategy and ensure the readiness of the world's most powerful navy. He did both. Nonetheless, when Churchill advocated successfully for a naval campaign in the Dardanelles that ultimately proved disastrous, a convergence of factors sealed his political fate. Churchill was scapegoated and forced to resign, leaving the Admiralty in May 1915. By November, Churchill resigned even his nominal Cabinet posts to spend the rest of his political exile as a lieutenant colonel leading a battalion in the trenches at the Front. Before war's end, Churchill was exonerated by the Dardanelles Commission and rejoined the Government, foreshadowing the political isolation and restoration he would experience two decades later leading up to the Second World War. Despite Churchill's political recovery, the stigma of the Dardanelles lingered. Hence Churchill had more than just literary and financial compulsion to write his history.Reference: Cohen AA1.11.

Vellum. Limited Ed. Large 8vo, pp 563, original full cream gilt decorated vellum, all edges gilt, seven full-page b&w maps, two facsimile b&w plates, original gilt decorated green slipcase. Limited edition. Near-fine in very good slipcase. From the lavishly produced complete centenary edition of Churchill's works. This volume covers 1915, including a detailed account of the Dardanelles campaign, with maps. Number 638 of a limited edition of 3,000 (apparently only around 1,700 sets were eventually produced.) In unusually clean condition for cream vellum, very nearly fine in good slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London: The Library of Imperial History, in Association with the Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1975, First Edition Thus. ONE VOLUME ONLY. Original full vellum, armorial device to upper board gilt, gilt titles to spines, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, silk bookmark bound in, with the green covered slipcase with the same gilt device to the front. Originally part of a set of 34 volumes. Volume XI ONLY sold here. Edition limited to 2000 copies for the UK and 1000 for the USA. Bound in full vellum with gilt titles and lines on the spine, and a gilt crest and lines on the front boards, silk bookmark bound in. All edges gilt. Silk ribbon markers. Each volume has its dark green faux leather covered slipcase which has the gilt crest on one board. The best edition of the works of Britain's greatest 20th century statesman. Pagination: 474pp, 1pp catalogue of the whole set. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 9 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition there is some crunching to the boards, when opening, which is common to every copy we have dealt with. Page edges very good condition. Slipcase good condition marks and wear. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition. Paste downs very good condition. End papers very good condition. Title very good condition. Pages very good condition. Binding very good condition.

1st edition orig. cloth As New octavo 385 + 134pp., b/w pls., maps, Bound in original full vellum, armourial device to upper board gilt, gilt titles to spines, all edges gilt, marbled end papers, silk bookmark bound in. This copy is a 'subscribers' proof copy, 'does not form part of the official collected edition and is issued to registered subscribers only as an uncorrected proof copy for examination. It remains the property of the Library of Imperial History.' With a stamp stating 'To be returned to the Library of Imperial History.' Owners bookplate o/w a lovely copy. Very scarce item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Volume 2 only. Bound in quarter leather. The boards are a touch shelf rubbed and edge worn but remain otherwise strong and sturdy. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat, crisp and complete. The binding is secure. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. More blood and guts reportage by young Winston, the war correspondent, here in his second book delivering a brilliant history of British involvement in the Sudan and an account of the fierce campaign for its reconquest that Churchill himself participated in and, in many significant ways, disapproved of. Originally published in two large, lavish and, today, extremely rare volumes. This is a virtually mint copy extracted from the legendary 34-volume "Centenary Edition" of Churchill's Collected Works, which was published on the occasion of what would have been Churchill's 100th birthday. A deluxe limited edition reprinting of every book-length title, the set was issued initially in full white vellum bindings. Only 1750 of the intended 3000 sets were ever actually bound. Subsequently, the unbound pages were discovered and rebound in a variety of styles. This single volume was elegantly rebound in an excellent facsimile of the First Edition's original black cloth design, complete with the gilt-stamped illustration of a gunboat steaming down the Nile. The text was taken from Churchill's later Abridged Edition of THE RIVER WAR. The book is in virtually mint condition. An especially attractive alternative to more common reprintings of THE RIVER WAR. Large 8vo (343 pages, including reproductions of the original maps and photographs) (Cohen AA1)(Woods AA1).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 38 volumes, octavo (23.3 by 15 cm), published between 1973 and 1976. Profusely illustrated with maps, plans, facsimiles and photographic reproductions. Publisher's full vellum, lettered and ruled in gilt with Churchill's arms in gilt at the front cover. All edges gilt; green silk ribbon markers. Housed in original publisher's forest green leatherette slipcases. Occasional slight blemishes to the slipcases, otherwise a fine set. Complete with the four-volume set of Churchill's essays. The first collected works of Sir Winston Churchill, published by the Library of Imperial History, London, to mark the centenary of his birth, November 30, 1874. The first 34 volumes contain all 50 of Churchill's published titles. The four additional volumes contain a large selection of smaller, more ephemeral works which the editor judges to fall under the heading of essays. Prior to completion of the print run, the Library of Imperial History went bankrupt; the total number of sets produced is in fact believed to be around 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: The Library of Imperial History, 1976, First Limited Edition. A made up set with no limitation numbers to volumes I, II and IV, volume II with Number 153 with the limitation slip loosely inserted, with a signature and blind stamped ownership to the half title. 3,000 sets of this work were printed, which were issued in both the quarter blue rexine variant binding and in full vellum. This is the only collection of Churchill's periodical articles in volume form, as well as including his prefaces and introductions to works by other authors. (Cohen A286; Langworth, p. 355; Woods/ICS A146(b)). Original dark blue quarter rexine, gilt titles to the spine, blue cloth boards, gilt Churchill coat of arms to the front covers, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, blue silk bookmarkers. Bindings square and firm, a little rubbing, vol. I top edge marked, light sunning to vol. IV front cover edges, contents fresh. A very good copy indeed. Edition limited to 2000 copies for the UK and 1000 for the USA. Pagination: Vol I xxxviii, 492pp; Vol II xi, [i], 477pp; Vol III xi, [i], 347pp, Vol IV xi, [i], 511pp. Provenance: inscription for Cochrane to the half title of Vol II and address '57 Cavendish Road Stockport" to the half title. Approximately 9 ½ inches tall (24.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition minor marks and wear. Page edges very good condition. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition. Paste downs very good condition. End papers very good condition. Title very good condition. Pages very good condition. Binding very good condition. See photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. [1973-1976]. 34 volumes of the Works and 4 volumes of The Collected Essays. Complete in 38. Bound in full vellum with gilt spine lettering and a gilt armorial device to the front board of each volume, and to each slipcase. All edges gilt. With illustrations and folding maps throughout. The vellum is very clean, some volumes more toned than others, as usual with this set, and the slipcases are often found worn from sticking to one another, this set with only light wear to the slipcases. Previous owner's subscription bookplate in the first 3 volumes. Volume 29 without the slipcase. Although the projected limitation of this collection was set at 3,000, only 1,750 sets were actually ever published. All volumes in near fine condition, and a very nice set over all. Includes the prospectus, advertising and other literature mailed to subscribers of this set.

[Essay] FIRST EDITION THUS, The Centenary Edition. The first collected edition of Churchill's essays and articles. Complete in four volumes. Octavo. Publisher's full vellum, with gilt titles to spines, coat of arms in gilt with gilt rule to uppers, and all edges gilt. Each presented in the original green slipcase. Fine, as-new copies, never read. The Centenary Edition, the major collected works of Churchill, was initially published in 34 volumes. These further volumes were subsequently published and can stand alone as a set of essays, or complete the Centenary Edition to its full 38 volumes. Cohen A286. Langworth 354.

Full Vellum. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 34 volumes plus 4 volumes of essays for a total of 38 volumes. Published in 1974 and 1975 on what would have been the centenary of Churchill's birth. Each volume hand bound in full natural calfskin vellum. Green levanto marbled endpapers. Titling in 22 karat gold; decorative front is Churchill's personal coast of arms inscribed in 22 karate gold. Gilt edges in 22 karate gold. Each volume housed in its original green leatherette slipcase stamped with the Churchill coat of arms in gilt. Frontispieces, and folding maps and illustrations throughout. This set is accompanied by a collection of letters to the original subscriber from The Library of Imperial History on their headed paper with a pamphlet describing the contents of The Collected Essays of Sir Winston Churchill. And includes a complete, numbered, set of unused bookplates. Originally scheduled as a Limited Edition set of 3,000 copies: 1,000 sets for North America and 2,000 sets for UK, the Commonwealth and rest of world. This set is number 2067. The Library of Imperial History went bankrupt and it is in doubt that all 3,000 copies of this set were ever produced. Published for subscribers and universities only. Was not for sale to the general public. In this set there is slight discoloration on a few volumes as usual. Some cases have slight scuff marks. A fine, unread set. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.