CHURCHILL (Winston S.). - Lot 308

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CHURCHILL (Winston S.). - Lot 308
CHURCHILL (Winston S.). - World War II (2 vols.). -- Memoirs of the Second World War. (8 vols.). Paris, Plon, n. d. [1948-1952]. Together 10 volumes in-8°, plum half-chagrin with corners, spine decorated with a personalized mosaic decoration, gilt head, illustrated covers kept (P. Franzini - Marseille). I - - The Storm approaches. From one War to the other. 1919-1939 ; -- The "phoney war". September 3, 1939 - May 10, 1940. II - - The tragic hour. May - December 1940. The fall of France ; -- The tragic hour. May - December 1940. Alone. III - - The Great Alliance. Russia invaded. January 1 - June 22, 1941; -- The Great Alliance. America at war. June 23, 1941 - January 17, 1942. IV - - The turning point of destiny. The Japanese rush. January 18 - July 3, 1942 ; -- The Turning of the Fate. Africa saved. July 4, 1942 - June 5, 1943. V - - The Vise closes. Italy surrenders. June 6 - November 12, 1943; -- The Vise closes. From Teheran to Rome. November 13, 1943 - June 5, 1944. Author's letter on the title page of the first volume: "To/M. le Préfet/Jean Baylot/from/Winston Churchill/1948". A copy of Jean Baylot (1897-1976), Resistance fighter, then Secretary of State for Supply in the Ramadier government in 1947, Prefect of the Basses-Pyrénées, Haute-Garonne, then Bouches-du-Rhône, and finally Prefect of the Police of Paris. CHURCHILL'S MEMORIALS bearing an SENDING, in MOSAICED BINDINGS. Reversal of title and/or tomography on three volumes.
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