contributes 'Man Overboard. An Episode of the Red Sea' to Harmsworth Magazine.

[CHURCHILL, [Sir] Winston S. et al], [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]

London: Harmsworth Bros., 1898-99. FIRST PRINTING; the original appearance as published in volume 1 of Harmsworth's Monthly Pictorial Magazine, (January 1899), illustrated by Henry Austin. Also contains the short story 'A Princess In Green and Tan' by Arthur Preston, featuring six illustrations from a young Arthur Rackham, drawn very much in the popular Sidney Paget/Sherlock Holmes style, familiar to readers of the rival 'Strand Magazine'. Bound in publisher's decorative green cloth, gilt. Internally clean, text block shaken in the case with gauze-cloth joints showing to inside gutters. Reading lean. Covers are clean if a little bumped to extremities. Good. This early tale of adventure is WSC's only short story, and together with the sole novel 'Savrola', represents Churchill's only attempts at fiction. The story did not reappear until after the author's death, (June 1965, 'The Argosy'), nearly seven decades since first publication. Item #42931

Woods C13. Book Collector No.271, 'The Great Illustrators'.

Price: £125.00