Their Finest Hour. Speeches, Broadcasts and Messages of Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill Since he Became Prime Minister

Regina (1941): Regina Free Post. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Near Fine. first and only printing of this scarce booklet. These speeches are UNEDITED, when compared to "WSC His Complete Speeches." Octavo, 80 pages, yellow and green printed wrappers. Contains 21 of WSC's most important and most historic, wartime speeches, some of which do not appear in "Into Battle" (1941). "Their Finest Hour" volume I was intended to be the first of a series, but it was withdrawn and the series discontinued because of difficulties with the copyright. This volume contains the following War Speeches between May 13 and November 12, 1940: MAY 13, 1940 - BLOOD, TOIL, TEARS AND SWEAT / MAY 19, 1940 - THE BATTLE OF FLANDERS / MAY 28, 1940 - THE SURRENDER OF BELGIUM / JUNE 4, 1940 - THE EVACUATION OF DUNKERQUE / JUNE 17, 1940 - WE SHALL FIGHT ON / JUNE 18, 1940 - THE COLLAPSE OF FRANCE / JUNE 25, 1940 - SORROW FOR FRANCE / JULY 4, 1940 - ACTION AGAINST THE FRENCH FLEET / JULY 14, 1940 - BY OURSELVES ALONE / JULY 18, 1940 - THE BURMA ROAD / AUGUST 20, 1940 - DESTROYERS FOR BASES / SEPTEMBER 5, 1940 - AMERICAN COLLABORATION / SEPTEMBER 11, 1940 - INVASION IMMINENT / SEPTEMBER 17, 1940 - VIGILANCE THE PRICE OF SAFETY / SEPTEMBER 30, 1940 - DELIVERANCE WILL COME / OCTOBER 8, 1940 - DAKAR / OCTOBER 9, 1940 - I ACCEPT / OCTOBER 22, 1940 - APPEAL TO THE FRENCH NATION / OCTOBER 28, 1940 - AID FOR THE GREEKS / NOVEMBER 5, 1940 - EIRE'S NEUTRALITY BRITAIN'S WEAKNESS / NOVEMBER 12, 1940 - THE PASSING OF NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN. Near fine, internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. Woods page 90.