Their Finest Hour, by Churchill, Winston S.
Inventory #: 00646
Price: $8.00

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Their Finest Hour, by Churchill, Winston S.. Houghton Mifflin: Boston, Massachusetts, 1949. Edition: BOOK CLUB EDITION. Hardcover, 751 pages. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, title in box with black ground, facsimile author's signature on cover in box with black ground. A few black and white illustrations, including several maps. Includes Publisher's Note with last minute corrections that did not make the regular text. Includes Index.

Condition: Very good, no jacket. Spine is faded and some of the lettering is almost illegible, although the title is easily read. Cover also has a faded patch visible in the photo. Spine ends are bumped. Binding is relaxed (opens easily and lays flat), but all pages are secure. Text block clean and unmarked.

Contents: The early days of World War II. From the front matter, the Theme of the Volume: How the British people held the fort ALONE till those who hitherto had been half blind were half ready. Includes the evacuation at Dunkirk, the fall of Franch, Operation Sea Lion, the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, and Lend-Lease.