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Winston Churchill
The Ceremonies in Honour of the Right Honourable Winston Spencer Churchill.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, 1943. Presentation Copy. Octavo. Bound in red cloth, with gilt titles and arms of the university to front board. Includes a signed compliment card. Rare in hardback issue. The binding is pristine, with no marks of wear or signs of fading. Internally clean, with slight residual... More
A Book of Caricatures.
London: Methuen and Co., 1907. [Political and Literary Caricatures]. FINE ILLUSTRATED PLATES. Large quarto (38 x 28cm), with 48 photogravure plates, as well as a colour frontispiece, from drawings by Beerbohm. In publisher's quarter tan buckram with red cloth boards, gilt titles to spine and black titles to cream paper... More
Winston Churchill As I Knew Him.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode and Collins, 1965. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.496. With 20 photographic illustrations. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge black. With the orange, green and black dust-jacket with titles in white to front cover and spine. Some pencil MS notes to pp.79;... More
Winston S. Churchill. 1874-1965.
London: William Heinemann, 1966-1988. [Political Biography] FIRST EDITIONS. Illustrated with photographs throughout. In eight volumes, being the complete set of the Life. Octavo (24 x 17 x 51cm). Recent maroon half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and gilt 'lion rampant' motif to spines, matching cloth over boards; top edges... More
Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania.
New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First Edition. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper within border. Gilt bright. A lovely, tight copy with minor rubbing. Pre-dates the UK publication. Author's only novel, having just published a short seafaring tale 'Man Overboard' in Harmsworth's Magazine (1899)... More
The World Crisis 1911-1918.
Thornton Butterworth, Limited, London, 1931, First Single Volume Edition, with the first appearance of the chapter on "The Battle of the Marne". 8vo., pps. 831. Illustrated with many maps and diagrams. Bound in green recent half morocco, green cloth boards, raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine. Fine. WOODS... More
The World Crisis 1911-1918.
Thornton Butterworth Limited, London, 1931, First Single Volume Edition, with the first appearance of the chapter on "The Battle of the Marne". 8vo., pps. 831. Illustrated with many maps and diagrams. Bound in original green cloth with titles in gilt to spine. A lightly used copy with some acceptable wear... More
Winston Churchill in Peace and War.
London: George Newnes, Ltd. 1916. FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo, pp.[vi], xiv; 162; [2], blank. Bound in original red cloth titled and trimmed in black. Tape marks to flyleaves otherwise internally clean. Armorial bookplate of Charles Bird Williams, minor bumping, spine sunned. A very good copy of this wartime account of... More
Lawrence of Arabia Memorial Pamphlet.
London: the friends of T. E. Lawrence, no date [circa 1936]. ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Single page folded (19 x 11cm), with title to front cover and text inside. Upper left corner heavily browned, otherwise unmarked. Very good. A pamphlet describing the actions required to ensure a memorial to Lawrence be erected... More
Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania.
London: Beacon Books, 1957. [Literature] SECOND PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.222 [2]. In the publisher's colour-illustrated card covers. Heavily browned, as expected. Rubbing and light wear to joints and edges. A crease across the top corner of the front cover. Very good. Winston S. Churchill's only novel (not... More
!['My African Journey', 'Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes' and 'The Chase of the Golden Plate' [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 34, 35 and 36. Winston Spencer CHURCHILL, Arthur Conan DOYLE, Jacques, FUTRELLE, Sir.](/pictures/thumb/33857.jpg?v=1497368022)
'My African Journey', 'Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes' and 'The Chase of the Golden Plate' [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 34, 35 and 36.
London: George Newnes, 1907-8. FIRST APPEARANCES, the complete original parts for the Churchill and Futrelle books, plus three Sherlock Holmes mysteries, collected later in book-form. In three volumes, quarto. Illustrated throughout. Bound in publisher's light blue pictorial cloth. A used but serviceable set, a little dusty and darkened, text block... More
![[War Speeches 1938-1945]: Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the Beginning; Onwards to Victory; The Dawn of Liberation; Victory; Secret Session Speeches. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill. Winston Spencer CHURCHILL, Sir, Randolph S. CHURCHILL.](/pictures/thumb/53316.jpg?v=1552139688)
[War Speeches 1938-1945]: Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle; The End of the Beginning; Onwards to Victory; The Dawn of Liberation; Victory; Secret Session Speeches. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.
London: Cassell and Company, 1941-46. [History] COMPLETE WAR SPEECHES IN FIRST EDITION, smartly bound. Seven volumes bound as six (Victory and Secret Sessions bound together). Octavo (22 x 14 x 19cm). Includes several half-tone plates. Recent dark green half morocco, with gilt titles and gilt lion motifs to spines, raised... More
Post-War Speeches, 1945-1959. The Sinews of Peace; Europe Unite; In the Balance; Stemming the Tide; The Unwritten Alliance.
London: Cassell and Company, 1948-61. [Politics]. FIRST EDITIONS. Five Volumes, octavo (23 x 15 x 18cm). Publisher's cloth, gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jackets. The five volumes housed in a custom fleece lined cloth slipcase with ribbon pull. Some tape burn to the flyleafs of a couple of volumes, some... More
The Dawn of Liberation. War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill C.H., M.P. 1944.
London: Cassell and Company, 1945. [World War II]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xi; [1]; 327; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in typographic dust-jacket. Illustrated with three half-tone plates. Some spotting to edges. Dust-jacket shows well with just a couple of small closed tears, some nicking... More
The Dawn of Liberation. War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill C.H., M.P. 1944.
London: Cassell and Company, 1945. [World War II] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xi; [1]; 327; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in typographic dust-jacket. Illustrated with three half-tone plates. Some spotting/toning to page edges, jacket price-clipped with a couple of short tears and some rubbing. Very... More
Arms and the Covenant. Speeches on Foreign Affairs and National Defence. Compiled by Randolph S. Churchill.
George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd, 1938. FIRST EDITION, EARLIEST STATE. 8vo., pps 466. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine in pale blue dustwrapper. This copy is a Colonial issue, sold by A.H.Spencer of Melbourne and with UK price clipped from jacket, Australian label applied to spine. A.... More
Autograph letter as Member of Parliament for Woodford, 1959.
1959. Typed letter signed and subscribed ("Yours very sincerely, Winston S. Churchill"), to Conservative party activists Mr and Mrs. Double, thanking them for their support during his successful recent election campaign. One page, 8vo, on Chartwell headed paper, October 1959. Lightly handled, twice folded. Fine. At the General Election held... More
The British Gazette.
[London] His Majesty's Stationery Office, May 5 - May 13, 1926. 8 issues. A complete set of the British Gazette newspaper. All in very good condition, folded, with some toning as expected with newsprint. Overall an exceptionally good set, housed in a leather-spined clamshell box with gilt titles to spine... More
The British Gazette.
[London]: His Majesty's Stationery Office, May 5 - May 13, 1926. Newspapers, 8 issues, (60 x 48cm). A complete set of the British Gazette newspaper. Housed in a brown leather-spined clamshell box with cloth sides, gilt titles and raised bands (34 x 27cm). All in very good condition, folded, with... More
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
contributes 'A Message of Good Cheer' to 'The Listener'.
London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 14th May, 1942. ORIGINAL MAGAZINE PRINTING of this speech, broadcast on Churchill's second anniversary as Prime Minister (May 10th). Subsequently collected in 'The End of the Beginning' volume of war speeches, but under the new title 'Prime Minister for Two Years'. Magazine/Newspaper format, stapled at spine... More
Europe Unite. Speeches 1947 and 1948. Edited by Randolph S. Churchill.
London: Cassell and Company, 1950. [History/politics] FIRST EDITION. Demy octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 506. Publisher's bright green cloth with gilt titles to spine in typographic wrapper priced at 18s. No inscriptions or price-clipping, a little mottling to cloth, jacket a touch frayed at spine ends; a fine, unread copy... More
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-58. [English History] HANDSOMELY BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. 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. In recent burgundy half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to... More
History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Purnell, 1969-1971. [History] FIRST EDITION THUS. Seven volumes, quarto (33 x 24 x 41cm). 112 partworks in illustrated wraps, housed in the separately issued publisher's blue Rexine binders. Occasional ownership annotation to covers, all volumes slightly bowed due to the weight but still sound and robust. Light wear to... More
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-8. [English History] FIRST EDITIONS. 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. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, top edges red, pictorial dust-jackets priced... More