Winston S. Churchill, Volumes I & II: Youth, 1874-1900; Young Statesman, 1901-1914 [Books 1 & 2]

xxxviii, [2], 614, [2]; xxxii, [2], 763, [3] pp. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4. Illustrated with photographs and maps. The first two volumes of what grew to become a massive eight-volume biography of the British Prime Minister. CONTENTS: YOUTH: Acknowledgments; Preface; Short Biographies; Birth; Ireland; Ascot; Brighton; Harrow; Sandhurst; The Fourth Hussars; New York and Cuba; India; Frontier Wars; The River War; Return to India; Boer War; Escape; Ladysmith to London; Oldham and America; Genealogical Tables; Index; YOUNG STATESMAN: Acknowledgments; Preface; Short Biographies; Young Member; Crossing the Floor; The Young Liberal; The 1906 Election; Life of Lord Randolph; Conciliation of South Africa; Colonial Office; Cabinet and Marriage; Board of Trade; The Parliament Act; Home Office; Home Rule; The Curragh; First Lord; Britain's Naval Defence; Palace and Admiralty; Naval Estimates Crisis; Eve of War; Index.