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Winston Spencer Churchill: 'The Second World War', six volumes, of which five bear manuscript dedications and/or the signature of the author: Volumes I (The Gathering Storm) and II (Their Finest Hour), dedicated 'To Bill Furse from Winston Churchill 1950'; Volume III (The Grand Alliance) unendorsed; Volumes IV (The Hinge of Fate), V (Closing the Ring) and VI (Triumph and Tragedy) all signed 'Winston Churchill' and accompanied by two letters and a compliment slip from Catherine Snelling (Winston Churchill's private secretary), the first inviting Mrs H. Furse to send the three volumes to be signed, and the second notifying of the despatch of the books back to her; hard covers, volumes I, II, III and VI with dust jackets. [6]

Lieutenant General Sir William Thomas Furse, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O. (1865-1953) was a Master General of the Ordnance. He served in the Second Anglo-Boer War and the First World War. His D.S.O. was in recognition of services during the Boer War, and his entry in Creagh and Humphris 'The Distinguished Service Order 1886-1923' states that he "served with distinction in the European War from 1914". Mrs H. Furse was his daughter-in-law by his son David.