The War Speeches: - 1941

London: Cassell and Company,, 1941-46. The lion's roar First editions of latter six volumes, seventh edition of Into Battle, which is inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "From Winston S. Churchill Dec. 1941" underneath the ownership signature William Jennings. Together, this is the full set of the leader's wartime speeches, published in stages while the war was still ongoing, together with his post-war Secret Session Speeches. The first edition of Into Battle was published in February 1941, the seventh appearing in July 1941. This copy is from the library of Ron Cohen, with his ownership signature in pencil on the front free endpaper. Cohen's Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill, published in three volumes in 2006, is the authoritative source for collectors, librarians, and dealers. Seven volumes, octavo. Original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt. With dust jackets (Into Battle supplied from different edition). Frontispieces in first 5 volumes along with other photographs. Front hinge of vol. I neatly repaired with slight split remaining at foot, cloth of vol. I and II a little soiled, other volumes with light rubbing at extremities and spotting to contents; jackets with rubbing and chips at extremities, all without repair and unclipped. Generally very good copies in good jackets. Cohen A142.1.h; 172.1.a, 183.1.a, 194.1.a, A214.1a; 223.1.b (second state, no priority); 227.2.a.