A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

Churchill's history of Britain and its Colonies, four volumes

Author

Winston S Churchill

Publisher

Cassell, London, 1956

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

Printing Details

1956–1958. First editions, first printings. Four volumes (complete). Hardbacks in dustwrapper. Each 25 × 15.5cm.

Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples is a four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, covering the period from Caesar's invasions of Britain (55 BC) to the beginning of the First World War (1914). It was started in 1937 and finally published 1956–58, delayed several times by war and his work on other texts.

Condition

A good set. The books themselves are in good, solid condition but they all have spotted foxing to the page edges and prelims, and a little bumping to the edges. The wrappers are all fair to good, with rubbing the the head of the spines, light overall wear, and volumes 1 and 4 have vertical creases to the spine. They have not been price-clipped.

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