The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the writing process, had reconfirmed his belief in the "special relationship", the shared heritage and destiny of Britain and the United States. The first printing contents feature gilt top edges and are bound with red and gold silk head and tail bands, navy silk ribbon markers, and pale blue endpapers framed by double gilt rule turn-ins. Vol 1 First Published 1956,Vol 2 First Published 1956, Vol 3 First Published 1957, Vol 4 First Published 1958. Very Good condition (slight foxing on outer page block) in Very Good unclipped dust jacket (slight chipping at top and bottom of spine) No inscriptions.

Another phase looms before us, in which alliance will once more be tested and in which it formidable virtues may be to preserve the Peace and Freedom.One can tell by reading Sir WSC’s words that he held a deep respect for the ruggedness of Andrew Jackson and that of Sam Houston. The top edges are clean and retain strong red hue, while the fore and bottom edges are as clean and bright as the interior pages.

As one of craftiest politicians of the 20th Century, he led a deeply pacifist British public to rise up against the Nazi's; he predicted America's downfall in Vietnam; he also infamously forced America into WWI at the cost of more than one thousand civilian lives aboard RMS Lusitania. a company for carrying on an undertaking of such GREAT ADVANTAGE, but no one is to know what it is…” or so the advertisement read in the London Times. How the Parlament came to be, the back and forth of powerful earls and lords the resulting wars occurring, both civil and abroad. This volume begins with King William III and Queen Mary II; a tumultuous left over location of the world following the removal of King James II. In 3 years-time the work was finished when the supervisory committee then reviewed the final draft version – 12 persons on this committee completed the task within 9 months-time.This set is an exception, the very best we have ever encountered, featuring truly fine volumes in truly fine dust jackets. His accounting of my favorite battle “Agincourt” with King Henry V was wonderful read for me personally. Founded by bankers who had financed the Clinchfield Railway and the Kingsport town site, Kingsport Press became "an integral component in fulfilling the interlocking concept of industry upon which Kingsport s founders created the planned industrial community" and "served as a catalyst for the development and expansion of related industries such as Mead Paper Company. The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the writing process, had reconfirmed his belief in the "special relationship" between Britain and the United States.

Excellent first rpinting set of the four volumes (The Birth of Britain, The New World, The Age of Revolution and The Great Democraciews).Churchill s last great work was published nearly 20 years after he penned its first draft in the late 1930s, just after wrapping up [the biography of] Marlborough.

Common conceptions of what is right and decent, a marked regard for fair play, especially to the weak and poor, a stern sentiment of impartial justice, and above all the love of personal freedom, or as Kipling put it: 'Leave to live by no man's leave underneath the law' - these are common conceptions on both sides of the ocean among the English-speaking peoples" (6 September 1943 speech at Harvard University).united under the Crown, and the people of the United States who had broken with the Crown and gone their own way. A very personal association for Churchill and a marvelous multiple-signed set, even with the slightly later editions.