An immac­u­late set of the true first edi­tion, by Houghton Mif­flin, Boston. WSC, insist­ing that the UK edi­tion be defin­i­tive, held up British proofs with last-minute cor­rec­tions, allow­ing the Amer­i­cans into print first—much to the dis­com­fort of Cas­sell in Lon­don. (Pho­to cour­tesy Marc Kuritz, churchillbookcollector.com)