The Second World War

New York: Time, Inc., 1959. Abridged Edition. First Thus? Printing. 36 cm, 615 + record, 2-vol. set in slipcase, illus. (some color), color maps, 10" 33-1/3 rpm record (2-sided), index, slipcase/bds sl worn/soiled. Several pages creased at corner, ink note near spine at table of contents. Specially abridged by Denis Kelly from Sir Winston Churchill's six-volume memoirs entitled The Second World War, excerpts from which were published in Life from 1948 to 1953. The picture essays were written by Robert Wernick and the mapcaptions by David Bergamini. "The war speeches of Winston Churchill: famous passages selected by the editors of Life" on phonodisc. Condition: good, in slipcase.

Keywords: Battle of Britain, Bernard Montgomery, D-Day, Dwight Eisenhower, Franklin Roosevelt, Great Britain, Phonograph Record, Winston Churchill, WWII

[Book #38635]

Price: $67.50