Europe Unite
by Winston S. Churchill
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
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San Diego, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1950. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a superior, jacketed copy of the British first edition, only printing of the second of Churchill's five postwar speech volumes. Europe Unite includes 52 speeches spanning January 1947 to December 1948.
Condition is very good in a very good plus dust jacket. The green cloth binding is square, clean, tight, and unfaded with sharp corners and bright spine gilt. We would grade this copy as near-fine if not for some inexplicable, faint mottling to the covers and lower spine. The contents are notably bright. We find no previous ownership marks. Light spotting appears confined to the top edges of the text block and fore edges of the front and final free endpapers, with a little finger soiling to the otherwise bright fore edges. The dust jacket is unclipped, retaining the original lower front flap price, and entirely complete, with no loss. Light scuffing to the vertical spine center, trivial shelf wear to extremities, a few small nicks along the front flap fold, and incidental soiling to the white rear panel do not appreciably detract from a quite well-preserved dust jacket, now protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover.
The book reflects Churchill's position as then-Leader of the Opposition, and many of the speeches contain both domestic and foreign policy indictments of Clement Attlee's Labour Government, which had replaced Churchill in 1945. Nonetheless, the title is rooted in Churchill's 7 May 1948 speech to the Congress of Europe. Churchill was an early, ardent, and vital advocate of pan-European integration. This and earlier speeches lent impetus to what would eventually become the European Union.
As ardent an advocate as Churchill was of Britain, and though his rhetoric and sentiments could ascend inspiring heights, Churchill had been a soldier, a war leader, a politician and statesman and as such, could not fail to be a realist. Postwar Britain was diminished economically, militarily, and territorially. As Randolph Churchill said in his introduction to the book, Britain's "place in the world can only be regained" in part by "assumption by Britain of a leading role in promoting the unity of Europe." The movement toward European integration would continue to prevail. So would Churchill. During the election of February 1950 - the month this book was published - Churchill polled more than 37,000 votes, double that of his challenger. Labour's majority was reduced to six, and when Prime Minister Clement Attlee called another election in 1951 the Conservatives won 321 seats to Labours 295, returning Churchill to Downing Street.
Reference: Cohen A246.1, Woods/ICS A128(a), Langworth p.296
Condition is very good in a very good plus dust jacket. The green cloth binding is square, clean, tight, and unfaded with sharp corners and bright spine gilt. We would grade this copy as near-fine if not for some inexplicable, faint mottling to the covers and lower spine. The contents are notably bright. We find no previous ownership marks. Light spotting appears confined to the top edges of the text block and fore edges of the front and final free endpapers, with a little finger soiling to the otherwise bright fore edges. The dust jacket is unclipped, retaining the original lower front flap price, and entirely complete, with no loss. Light scuffing to the vertical spine center, trivial shelf wear to extremities, a few small nicks along the front flap fold, and incidental soiling to the white rear panel do not appreciably detract from a quite well-preserved dust jacket, now protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover.
The book reflects Churchill's position as then-Leader of the Opposition, and many of the speeches contain both domestic and foreign policy indictments of Clement Attlee's Labour Government, which had replaced Churchill in 1945. Nonetheless, the title is rooted in Churchill's 7 May 1948 speech to the Congress of Europe. Churchill was an early, ardent, and vital advocate of pan-European integration. This and earlier speeches lent impetus to what would eventually become the European Union.
As ardent an advocate as Churchill was of Britain, and though his rhetoric and sentiments could ascend inspiring heights, Churchill had been a soldier, a war leader, a politician and statesman and as such, could not fail to be a realist. Postwar Britain was diminished economically, militarily, and territorially. As Randolph Churchill said in his introduction to the book, Britain's "place in the world can only be regained" in part by "assumption by Britain of a leading role in promoting the unity of Europe." The movement toward European integration would continue to prevail. So would Churchill. During the election of February 1950 - the month this book was published - Churchill polled more than 37,000 votes, double that of his challenger. Labour's majority was reduced to six, and when Prime Minister Clement Attlee called another election in 1951 the Conservatives won 321 seats to Labours 295, returning Churchill to Downing Street.
Reference: Cohen A246.1, Woods/ICS A128(a), Langworth p.296
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- Bookseller
- Churchill Book Collector (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004591
- Title
- Europe Unite
- Author
- Winston S. Churchill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, only printing
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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