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49. CHURCHILL, Sir Winston. victory bell. [1945]. 56mm high, cast from metal taken from german planes shot down over britain during the war.
the bell is decorated with embossed relief portraits of churchill, roosevelt and stalin. sold on behalf of the rAf benevolent fund.
£298
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50. CHURCHILL, Sir Winston. the second World War. Cassell & Co. 1948-54.
£1,398
8vo. 6 vols.; recently rebound in half red morocco, spines lettered and ruled in gilt and with lion rampant centre tools, top edges gilt; illustrated with maps and diagrams; a very nice set.
first edition of all six volumes.
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51. [CHURCHILL, Sir Winston]. CHURCHILL, Randolph S. and Martin GILBERT. Winston s. churchill.Heinemann. 1966-93. £2,995
8vo. 21 vols.; original cloth, dust-jackets; with numerous maps and photographs; an excellent set of one of the greatest biographies of the century.
All first editions. A complete set of the monumental official biography of churchill, with all of the Companion volumes.
consists of: vol. i youth 1874-1900, vol. ii young stAtesmAn 1901-1914, vol. iii the chAllenge of WAr 1914-1916, vol. iv the stricken World 1917-1922, vol. v the prophet of truth 1922-1939, vol. vi finest hour 1939-1941, vol. vii roAd to victory 1941-1945, vol viii never despAir 1945-1965. companion volume i, part 1: 1874-1896 and 2: 1896-1900 (1967);
companion volume ii, part 1: 1901-1907, part 2: 1907-1911 and part 3: 1911-1914 (1969);
companion volume iii, part 1, August 1914-April 1915, part 2, may 1915-december 1916 (1972);
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companion volume iv, part 1, January 1917-June 1919, part 2, July 1919- march 1921, part 3 April 1921-november 1922 (1977); companion volume 5, part 1, the exchequer years, 1922-1929 (1979), part 2, the Wilderness years 1929-1935 (1981), part 3, the coming of War 1936- 1939 (1982).
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