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Book Condition: Used
Seller: Churchill Book Collector

United States
About Item: New York City: Life Magazine, 1949. Publisher's exhibition. This massive and visually arresting archive of 24 large exhibition posters was issued in 1949 by the editors of LIFE magazine as a promotion for the serialization of Winston S. Churchills Their Finest Hour, volume two of his six-volume memoir of The Second World War. Each illustrated and captioned poster measures 32 x 24 inches and weighs nearly two pounds, mounted on dense, rigid, heavy card with rounded corners, each corner with a neat, circular mounting hole to facilitate exhibition. All 24 posters remain housed together in their original wood shipping crate, which is printed THEIR FINEST HOUR on the side. The lid and bottom feature original FRAGILE | HANDLE WITH CARE stickers and the lid is printed OPEN | THIS | SIDE. The aesthetic effect of the crate and contents is almost archaeological, not to mention formidable; the crate measure 36 x 26 x 5 inches and, full of posters, weighs nearly 75 pounds. Each poster features photographs or… Read More
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