MANCHESTER, William.
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill Visions of Glory, 1874-1932.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company , 1983.
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"The finest way to die is in the excitement of fighting the enemy": First edition of The Last Lion; Inscribed by William Manchester to George Allen
First edition of the first of the author’s three volumes on Winston Churchill. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For George Allen- With all good wishes- Bill Manchester." The recipient, George H. Allen, was senior Vice President Magazines of CBS Publications at the time. Laid in is a copy of a letter Allen wrote to Manchester about the book. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph courtesy of Imperial Was Museum. Author photograph of William Manchester and Lady Soames (Mary Churchill) at Chartwell.
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill Visions of Glory, 1874-1932.
$475.00
Out of Stock
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