R3,500 - R4,000
R2,600
LOT OF THE GREAT WAR AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR (COMPLETE SETS) by Winston Churchill
1. The Great War, 4 Vols. Home Library Book Co. 1934, 1668pp. Total. Original hardcover bindings, gilt lettering to spines and front boards, inlaid sword and laurels emblem on spine and front boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated throughout with fine monochrome photos.
2. The Second World War, Chartwell Edition, 6 Vols. Educational Book Company, 1954. Various pp. Original hardcover bindings, with gilt lettering on leather blocks on spine, gilt lettering to front boards, and inlaid profile of Churchill in leather blind edges with gilt on front boards. Top edges stained red. Illustrated throughout with fine monochrome photographs and maps.
Both sets from the library of Major Robert A. Thompson, member of the Cape Town Highlanders.
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