TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, 28, Hyde Park Gate letterhead, February 1951. Letter to Desmond Flower of Cassell and Co., in full: "What has happened about the Book of Speeches? I was told I could have it in January, and it is now almost March. Where is the hold up? It would be a help if they came out fairly soon." In fine condition, with staple holes and punch hole to the upper left. In addition to releasing Churchill's The Second World War (1948-54), Cassell's published a number of volumes that contained Churchill's speeches, including: Onwards to Victory, 1943: War Speeches by the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill in 1944; Victory: War Speeches by the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill in 1946; The War Speeches of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill in 1951; Great War Speeches in 1959; and War Speeches, 1940-1945, in 1965.
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