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History 145 Churchill, Sir Winston S. The SecondWorldWar, his presentation copy to Sir Newman Flower, his publisher. Cassell and Company Ltd. -1954, 1949. first UK edition, first printing, six volumes, 8vo, publisher’s deluxe bindings of navy blue pebble-grain morocco with titles in gilt to the spine, for presentation by the author, top edge gilt. Provenance: By descent from Sir Newman Flower’s widow, Beatrice (née Downes). Sir Walter Newman Flower (1879-1964) was an English publisher and author. He transformed the fortunes of the publishing house Cassell & Co, and later became its proprietor. During the war years, Churchill promised Flower that Cassell would be offered anything he later wrote about the war. The Times described the result, Churchill’s The Second WorldWar, as “perhaps the greatest coup of twentieth century publishing.” Estimate €800-€1,200 approx (£700-£1,050 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 145