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"Ava" is Lord Dufferin & Ava, the son of Basil Dufferin, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava. Basil Dufferin, a close family friend of the Churchill's, was killed in action in 1945.
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WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL (1874-1965)
The Second World War, London: Cassell, 1948-54, 6 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, VOLUME V A PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on title: "To Ava. Winston S. Churchill 1955," folding plates and maps, original cloth, dust-jackets (spines of jackets browned and faded, extremities chipped). [Woods A123b] (6)
The Second World War, London: Cassell, 1948-54, 6 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, VOLUME V A PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on title: "To Ava. Winston S. Churchill 1955," folding plates and maps, original cloth, dust-jackets (spines of jackets browned and faded, extremities chipped). [Woods A123b] (6)