The War Speeches of The Rt Hon Winston S. Churchill. Compiled by Charles Eade - Sir Winston Spencer Churchill, Charles Eade (editor) 1951 - Cassell &, London - First Collected Editions A finely bound three volume set of the definitive edition of the War Speeches, compiled by Churchill's literary assistant Charles Eade, (1903-1964), editor of the Daily Sketch and the Sunday Dispatch, and editor of Churchill's wartime speeches, speaking notes and the collected volume 'Churchill by His Contemporaries'.

Includes occasional facsimile manuscripts, typescripts and documents. Eade's Papers, diaries and biographical material on Sir Winston were gifted to the Churchill Archives Centre in 1998, and are owned by Churchill College, Cambridge. Together with four additional speeches that were not included in the original seven volume set published during the war.   Reference Cohen A263 1. Woods, Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill, A136(a.1). Langworth, A Connoisseur’s Guide to the Books of Sir Winston Churchill, 303.

Large octavo, three volumes (binding size 25.3x16.3cm), pp. xv [1] 483 [3]; xv [1] 560 [2]; xvi 578 [2].   Suitably bound in recent three-quarter navy blue morocco over matching cloth, spines with titles and 'lions rampant' tooled in gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt.   Condition: Fine in fine bindings.   Ref: 112175   Price: HK$ 12,500