International standard book number
0903988011 (v.1)
Shelfmark
Idd6.5.01 - Idd6.5.26, Idd6.4.01 - Idd6.4.08
Author
Uniform title
[Works. 1973]
Title
The collected works of Sir Winston Churchill / [general editor: Frederick Woods].
Varying form of title
Other title: First collected works of Sir Winston Churchill
Edition
Centenary limited edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : Library of Imperial History in association with the Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1973-1976.
Physical description
34 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Note
General title from head of title page is followed by individual volume titles.
Note
Title on preliminary leaf: The first collected works of Sir Winston Churchill.
Note
Name of general editor taken from preface to vol. 1.
Note
"Only 2,000 sets have been authorised for the British Empire and Commonwealth, excluding Canada, and a further 1,000 sets for the United States of America and Canada. The registered number of the set to which this volume belongs will be found on the inside front cover. No volume ... has been sold other than as part of the whole ..."--statement of limitation on preliminary leaf.
Note
Publisher's binding of full calf vellum; gilt-tooled Churchill arms on upper covers with thick gilt fillet border; gilt spine titles; gilt fore-edges; simulated marbling on endpapers; housed in dark green simulated leather slip cases with Churchill arms on one side.
Formatted contents note
Contents: v. 1. My early life. My African journey -- v. 2. The story of the Malakand Field Force -- v. 3. The River War -- v. 4. The Boer War -- v. 5. Savrola -- v. 6. Lord Randolph Churchill -- v. 7. Mr Brodrick's army, and other early speeches -- v. 8-12. The world crisis -- v. 13. Thoughts and adventures -- 14-15. Marlborough : his life and times -- 16. Great contemporaries -- 17. Arms and the Covenant -- 18. Step by step : 1936-1939 -- 19-21. The war speeches -- 22-27. The Second World War -- 28-30. Post-War speeches -- 31-34. A history of the English-speaking peoples.
Copy-specific note
ECL set is no. 408, accompanied by loose bookplates for each volume of the Collected works and Collected essays bearing the copy number.
Subject
Subject
History, Modern 19th century.
Subject
History, Modern 20th century.
Subject
Great Britain Politics and government 20th century.
Subject
Great Britain Foreign relations 20th century.
Added entry--name
Woods, Fred, 1932 - 1995 editor.
Added entry--name
Library of Imperial History publisher.
Added entry--name
Hamlyn Publishing Group publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B48746