6 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles, 25 folding maps, 2 folding facsimile documents, other maps and illustrations. Original black gilt-lettered cloth, top edge stained red; in unrestored unclipped dust jackets (some minor discoloration and scuffing). Provenance: Alice R. Benson (ownership inscriptions); volume I contains "Crede Cornu" bookplate of Hugh Frederick Hornby (1826-1899), likely inserted later. 
 
FIRST ENGLISH TRADE EDITION of Churchill's hugely popular account of the Second World War. Completed with a team of assistants and vetted by the Cabinet Secretary, the work omits certain facts that were still confidential at the time of publication. Nevertheless, an invaluable perspective by one of the leading participants of the War.  Woods A123(b).