CHURCHILL (WINSTON)
The Second World War, 6 vol., third edition of volume 1, others FIRST EDITIONS, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPIES TO LORD MOYNIHAN, INSCRIBED IN EACH VOLUME, 'To Lord Moynihan from Winston S. Churchill 1955' in volume 1, 'From Winston Churchill' in other volumes with date 1955 in volume 3, TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY CHURCHILL GIFTING THE SET tipped on front free endpaper of volume 1, full red morocco gilt by Bumpus of Oxford, g.e., a few dot abrasions on sides of volume 3, 8vo, Cassell, 1950-1954
Footnotes:
FINE SET INSCRIBED IN EACH VOLUME BY WINSTON CHURCHILL TO LORD MOYNIHAN AS A THANK YOU FOR HIS PART IN CHURCHILL'S EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS. In his letter to the recipient, dated 20 June 1955, Churchill writes 'I send you herewith a set of my war memoirs which I have had bound... This is a very small token of my gratitude for all the kindness and service you have rendered to me in my old age'.

Lord Moynihan was the honorary treasurer of the Winston Churchill Eightieth Birthday Presentation Fund, which raised money from subscriptions and donations made from around the globe, honouring his important role as wartime leader. During a ceremony at Downing Street on 30 November 1954 Moynihan handed over a cheque for £150,000 (an interim payment) stating that the contributors were 'anxious that you should spend it in whatever way you... may choose'. He created a Trust, using the money to make an endowment to his home at Chartwell, and other charitable purposes.

In 1953, the year prior to the publication of the sixth volume of The Second World War, Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 'for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values'.

Provenance: Patrick Moynihan, 2nd Baron Moynihan (1906-1965); by descent.
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