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Churchill Christmas Greetings card.
London and Tunbridge Wells: Printed by Photocrom, n.d. [circa 1945]. Card-backed cut-out photographic print of Winston Churchill, with "The Prime Minister Faces Facts and Gives Facts", printed on the front. Sent out as a greetings card by A. Cohen and Co. of Great Dover Street, London with the text reading..... More
Great Contemporaries.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937. [Political biographies] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 335 [3]. With twenty-one photographic portrait plates. Recent navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and rampant lion tooling to spine, and blue cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. A light trim..... More
Great Contemporaries.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1937. [Political biographies] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 335 [3]. With twenty-one photographic portrait plates. Bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and rampant lion tooling to spine, and blue cloth over boards. Top edge gilt. Internally crisp..... More
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-1958. [English History] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. Complete in four volumes. Octavo (25 x 17 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxii; 416; pp.[2] xii; 344 [2]; pp.[2] xii; 332 [6]; pp.[2] xii; 322. With occasional in-text maps and plans. Handsomely bound in red half oasis morocco, with raised bands..... More
The Second World War. The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.
London: Cassell and Co., 1948-1954. [Military history] LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. Complete in six volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 27cm), pp.xv; 640; pp.xvii; 684; pp.x; 818; pp.xviii; 917; pp.xviii; 673; pp.xviii; 716. With numerous maps and plans, some folding. Elegantly bound in red half morocco, with gilt lion tooling..... More
The World Crisis 1911-1918. [Complete in six volumes, including: 1911-1914; 1915; 1916-1918 Part I; 1916-1918 Part II; The Aftermath; The Eastern Front].
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931. [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS. Octavo (24 x 16 x 29cm), pp.[8]; 536; pp.557; [3]; pp.292; pp.x; 293-589; [1]; pp.474; [2]; pp.368. With errata slips, illustrated with black and white plates and folding maps. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spines. A black ink ownership to..... More
The World Crisis 1911-1918. [Complete in six volumes, including: 1911-1914; 1915; 1916-1918 Part I; 1916-1918 Part II; The Aftermath; The Eastern Front].
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931. [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS. Octavo (24 x 16 x 29cm), pp.[8] 536; pp.557 [3]; pp.292; pp.x; 293-589 [1]; pp.474 [2]; pp.368. With errata slips, illustrated with black and white plates and folding maps. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spines. Crisp, clean copies showing some..... More
The World Crisis 1916-1918. Part I and Part II.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1927. [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS, third impressions, INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPIES, referencing to a key point in Churchill's political career. Octavo (24 x 16 x 7cm), pp.292, pp.x; 293-590. Illustrated with black and white plates, maps and other inserts, some folding. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to..... More
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