A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES. The Birth of Britain; The New World; The Age of Revolution; The Great Democracies.

First editions, first printings. Complete in four volumes. Original red cloth lettered in gilt to spines, in the illustrated dustwrappers. A near fine set, the bindings square and firm, the contents clean throughout and entirely lacking the spotting frequently blighting these volumes. The nicked and rubbed dustwrappers, with a few closed tears mainly to the upper spines of the first two volumes are – except for minor soiling and a touch of fading to the spines of the first two volumes – very good indeed. All except for the first volume remain unclipped and priced 30s. net to front flaps. A very presentable set of first editions.

"For his new work, [...], Sir Winston Churchill has taken as his subject this great element in world history: The English-Speaking Peoples [...], the greatest number of human beings sharing a common language in the world today". (Woods A138a; Cohen A267.1a)