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Winston Churchill signed first edition of ''The End of the Beginning'', published in 1943 at the height of World War II. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1943. Comprised of Churchill's war speeches from 1942, Churchill signs the front free endpaper in 1943, ostensibly in late 1943 after the book's publication in August, and just as the tide was turning in the Allies' favor. Churchill writes, ''Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill / 1943'' below an inscription in another hand, ''To Mr. E[arl] E. Pierce / General Passenger Agent / New York Central System''. Measures 6'' x 8.75''. Fraying to top of spine, some foxing, and crack to front joint, overall very good plus condition.