Author Topic: Win with Winnie!  (Read 1303 times)

ghopper1924

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Win with Winnie!
« on: December 13, 2019, 12:42:50 pm »
Things are sloooowwww around here, so I'm super excited to tell y'all about this lucky auction find here in the cultural desert in which I live...:)

I bought this set at what I have to believe is a bargain price. It's the collected works of Winston Churchill, produced in 1975, all 38 volumes. The covers are vellum.

According to the information page in each book, there were 2000 made for the UK and 1000 for the U.S. and Canada. Information I've seen on the internet says that in actuality only 1750 sets total were produced. OK, I can believe that since this was such a titanic undertaking. However, sheets in my set say that it is number 2146. How can this be?

Anyway, the set is on the top shelf and on the left-hand side of the next shelf down. Happy happy!
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Re: Win with Winnie!
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2019, 06:59:31 pm »
Glad someone is making great finds !!  May be wrong but if these were made by one publisher,, that would have been 3000 made just retailed at 2000 to UK and 1000 to US and CA. but would have been numbered in sequence !! So thats why yours  are numbered 2146 !!  Since all are English speaking countries there would be no reason to change anything !!  Just published a lot of 3000 with shipping to UK at 2000  and 1000 retained and sold here and CA.

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Re: Win with Winnie!
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2019, 07:40:00 pm »
Wow how cool is that?
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Re: Win with Winnie!
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2019, 05:29:23 pm »
I don't think you're far off, Mart, thanks!
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