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CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
[Proof Copies]
Publisher: Cassell and Company Ltd., London, 1956–8
Stock code: 60834
Price: £975 Currency Conversion
Proof copies. Churchill's history of the two branches of the English-speaking nations – the British Empire and the United States – was begun during his "Wilderness Years" in the early 1930s, but not completed until after his retirement from the political stage in the late 1950s. The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the writing process, had reconfirmed his belief in the "Special Relationship", "For the second time in the present century the British Empire and the United States have stood together facing the perils of war on the largest scale known among men, and since the cannons ceased to fire and the bombs to burst we have become more conscious of our common duty to the human race." Consequently he gave considerable attention to the key events of American history, around a quarter of the third volume, "The Age of Revolution", is dedicated to the American War of Independence, and a full third of the final volume, "The Great Democracies" contains a detailed study of the American Civil War.
4 volumes, octavo. Original green card wraps. The first volume in a dust jacket supplied from a copy of the published work, the others in jackets provided at the time, and folded, or clipped down to fit. All volumes were issued with the maps and genealogical tables in place, except Volume IV; Volume I is without the Preface, Volume III without the map listing, and all without index, as issued. Wraps of Volume I a little used, text-block slightly browned, some occasional foxing to the other volumes, the jackets all slightly rubbed, but overall a clean set.
