£2,520
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 792
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
[Together with:] The Collected Essays. Centenary Limited Edition. London: Library of Imperial History, 1973-6. First edition, one of 1,750 published sets of a projected 3,000, 38 volumes, 8vo, original vellum, spines lettered and ruled in gilt, arms of Winston S. Churchill to front covers in gilt, all edges gilt, numbered limitation slip mounted to half-title of each volume as issued, each volume housed in individual green leatherette slipcase, toning to vellum of a few volumes (1, 25, 29, 30, and 32), a few sprays of faint spotting to joints or covers, a few volumes with a hint of green dye transferred from slipcases to edges of boards (38)