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Winston Churchill
Irish Home Rule, together with The Liberal Government and Naval Policy. Speeches delivered by the Rt.Hon.Winston Churchill, M.P., First Lord of The Admiralty (March 1912).
London: The Liberal Publication Department, 1913. FIRST EDITIONS. Two rare pamphlets. Bound in an annual volume of similar works entitled 'Publications for the Year', with new general title page, in publisher's utitlity binding of quarter green morocco over boards, titled in gilt to spine, t.e.g. Heavy wear to spine, head-cap..... More
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria.
London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900. 'New Impression' (published in the same format and year as the first). Illustrated with folding coloured map, 3 further folding maps, 4 plans, pp. (xiv), 498, 2 of adverts, 32-page of publisher's catalogue. Publisher's pictorial beige cloth, coated black endpapers. Ownership inscription and armorial... More
Lord Randolph Churchill.
MacMillan and Co. Limited, London, 1906, FIRST EDITION, two volumes, octavo. Publisher's burgundy buckram blocked in gilt to spine and upper covers, edges untrimmed. Illustrated with eighteen photographic plates. Some foxing, contemporary ink ownership to flyleaves, some shelfwear, spines rubbed, 'Boots' blindstamp to cover of second volume. A very good... More
Lord Randolph Churchill.
London: Odhams Press, no date [1951]. [Political Biography] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.840. With a frontispiece portrait of Randolph Churchill. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the blue dust-jacket titled in yellow and white, priced at 21/-. Blue ink and pencil notes to verso... More
![Man Overboard [in The Harmsworth Magazine no.6 for December 1898]. Winston Spencer CHURCHILL, Sir.](/pictures/thumb/45778.jpg?v=1493310976)
Man Overboard [in The Harmsworth Magazine no.6 for December 1898].
London: Harmsworth Bros, Dec. 1898. First appearance of Churchill's short story 'Man Overboard'. Small quarto magazine format in original publisher's illustrated paper covers. Very minor edgewear and very slight chipping to spine ends otherwise bright, clean and strong. Quarter inch of loss to tail of spine panel. Staples faintly rusting... More
Marlborough. His Life and Times.
London: George G. Harrap and Co., 1933 - 1938. [Biography/History] FIRST EDITIONS. Four volumes, octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[4]; 612; pp.651; [1]; pp.[2]; 608; [2]; pp.671; [1]. With 325 illustrations, including a frontispiece to each volume, black and white plates, folding maps and battle plans, and facsimile documents. In publisher's... More
Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania.
London: Longmans Green and Co., 1900. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.ix; [1]; 345; [3]. Publisher's dark green cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper board, black endpapers. Some moderate spotting to the textblock and the the edges, light wear to the cloth with a touch of rolling to the head... More
The Second World War.
London: The Educational Book Company, no date [1955]. [Military history] The Chartwell Edition, THE First Illustrated Edition. Six volumes (25 x 18 x 27cm). The standard binding of red cloth, embossed silhouette of Churchill on a brown leather square to upper boards, gilt titles to brown leather squares to spine... More
Secret Session Speeches. Compiled by Charles Eade.
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1946. [Politics/History] FIRST EDITION, octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.i-v; 6-96. Light blue cloth blocked in gilt, printed dust-wrapper (repriced to flap by the publisher). An outstanding copy in exceptional condition with none of the usual foxing and no soiling to jacket; the very faintest edge... More
SIGNED Wartime Postcard of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, seen with his Daughter Mary.
[1940s]. Photographic postcard, taken from a full-length image 'Enemy overhead Winston Churchill and his daughter Mary scan the skies above southern England, July 1940', boldly signed by the subject near the top margin. Some minor creasing and handling, autograph faded in part. Very good, in common mount and elegant gilt-bevelled... More
![Stemming the Tide [Post-War Speeches]. Winston Spencer CHURCHILL, Sir.](/pictures/thumb/43586.jpg?v=1511187534)
Stemming the Tide [Post-War Speeches].
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1954. First US edition (utilising the British sheets). Octavo, pp. x, 379. Review copy with review slip laid in. An uncommon book with only 1850 copies produced. Green publisher's cloth with black titles and dark green decoration to spine, dark blue dustwrapper. Some light bumping to... More
![[Three Speeches]. [The Work of the Navy; Return to the Gold Standard; Widows Pensions]. Winston Spencer CHURCHILL, Sir.](/images/noimage.png)
[Three Speeches]. [The Work of the Navy; Return to the Gold Standard; Widows Pensions].
[Unknown: Disbound]. n.d. [c.1920's]. DISBOUND SPEECH COLLECTION. Octavo, pp.165-192. In later pale yellow paper wraps with type-written titles to white label on front cover. Light wear to covers; very good. Containing 'The Work of the Navy' (February 1915); 'Return to the Gold Standard' (April 1925); and 'Widows' Pensions' (March 1925). More
"What kind of a people do they think we are?" Two historic speeches made by The Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain. (1) To the members of both Houses of the United States Congress at Washington on December 26th, 1941, and (2) To the members of the Senate and of the House of Commons at Ottawa on December 30th, 1941.
London: Reprinted from The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, no date [1942]. [War Speeches] FIRST STATE, without a printed price. Quarto pamphlet in paper cover, stapled. pp.8. Folded horizontally, otherwise a near fine copy. Woods A86. More
![The World Crisis 1911-1918. [Complete in six volumes]. Winston Spencer CHURCHILL, Sir.](/pictures/thumb/52685.jpg?v=1542026630)
The World Crisis 1911-1918. [Complete in six volumes].
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923-1931. [Military history] FIRST EDITIONS, a complete set. Six volumes. Octavo (24 x 16 x 29cm), pp.[8]; 536; pp.557; [3]; pp.292; pp.x; 293-589; [1]; pp.474; [2]; pp.368. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine, and blind stamped to upper boards. Light spotting to edges, with a.... More
The Liberal Magazine vol. 14. A Periodical for the Use of Liberal Speakers and Canvassers: Forming a Political Record for the Year 1906.
London: The Liberal Publication Department. 1907. Including Churchill's speeches on South Africa and Ireland. Octavo. pp. 764; 72. In navy blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Binding somewhat loose in places, but complete with index. Published following the landslide victory for the Liberal Party in the 1906 General Election... More
Mr. Churchill. A Portrait.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1941. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.347. with sepia-toned frontispiece illustration. Finely bound in dark green half oasis morocco with titles stamped in gilt to spine, raised bands, green cloth sides. A little toning to edge of text block. Externally unmarked. A near fine copy in an... More
Kobenhavns Universitets Promotionsfest, Den 10. Oktober 1950 for Englands Premierminister Unden den Anden Verdenskrig Winston S. Churchill.
Copenhagen: Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri, 1951. ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Large octavo, pp.30; [2]. With seven photographic illustrations. Text in both English and Danish. In original cream card covers with original grey dust-jacket. Black titles to spine and front covers. Light browning to jacket edges; one brown splash mark to back cover. Top... More
The Age of Churchill. Heritage and Adventure 1874-1911.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1961. [Politics]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[10];627; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, blue top edge, photographic dust-jacket. Some marks to the top centimetre or so of the cloth, a couple of patches of tape burn to free endpapers, very slight bowing... More
![[Complete Winston Churchill Series, Comprising] Winston's War, Never Surrender, Churchill's Hour [and] Churchill's Triumph. Michael DOBBS, born 1948.](/pictures/thumb/51623.jpg?v=1542993312)
[Complete Winston Churchill Series, Comprising] Winston's War, Never Surrender, Churchill's Hour [and] Churchill's Triumph.
London: Harper Collins / Headline, 2002-2005. [Wartime Novel Series]. SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS. In four volumes. Octavo, ALL SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title pages. In publisher's cloth with original pictorial dust-jackets. A fine as-new set. With an unrivalled insight into the workings of power, Dobbs offers a.... More
Adolf in Blunderland. A Political Parody of Lewis Carroll's Famous Story.
London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1940. [Satire] REVISED EDITION. Slim Quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.60. Publisher's printed paper covered boards, matching pictorial dust-jacket. Illustrated throughout by Mansbridge. Some offsetting to endpapers, discreet contemporary gift inscription to flyleaf. Boards slightly rubbed to spine ends. Price clipped dust-jacket shows very well, rubbed to... More
Winston Churchill. Being an Account of the Life of the Right Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, P.C., C.H., T.D., M.P.
London: Mills and Boon, Limited, 1927. First Edition. Octavo, pp. 272, 24 of adverts. With eleven illustrations over eight plates. Handsomely bound in recent light brown half calf over similar cloth. Raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Fore and tail edges untrimmed. Some dustiness to edges. Some very occasional... More
Winston Churchill. Being an Account of the Life of the Right Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, P.C., C.H., T.D., M.P.
London: Mills and Boon, Limited, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[2], 272 [24]. With 11 illustrations over eight plates, including a frontispiece portrait of Churchill. In recent red half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine and red cloth boards. Light browning, more so to prelims. Ghost... More
![An Incident of African History [and] M.I. [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volumes XIII and XIV. Sir H. Rider; KIPLING HAGGARD, Sir Henry M., Richard; STANLEY, E. Phillips; MARSH, Anthony; OPPENHEIM, Guy; HOPE, Sir Winston S.; BOOTHBY, Rudyard; CHURCHILL.](/pictures/thumb/49974.jpg?v=1513346118)
An Incident of African History [and] M.I. [in] The Windsor Magazine. Volumes XIII and XIV.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., December 1900 to November 1901. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. In two volumes. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.vi; 754; pp.vi; 714. With frequent photogravure illustrations. Publisher's green cloth with gilt and dark brown titles and decoration to spines and upper boards. Blue ink ownership inscription to... More
Unveiling of Memorial to Lawrence of Arabia. By the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill, M.P., C.H., Hon. D.C.L. Saturday, 3rd October, 1936.
Oxford: City of Oxford High School for Boys, 1936. [History]. Pamphlet (23 x 18cm). A single sheet folded once, with the order of proceedings printed on the inside. Quite heavily spotted, vertical fold crease up the centre. A very good example of a fragile and ephemeral item. Scarce. More
Winston Spencer Churchill.
London: Methuen & Co. 1905. First edition. Octavo, pp. xii, 270, 40 page catalogue, Eight illustrations. The first biography of Churchill written by a Liberal MP who served as his Parliamentary Private Secretary during the First World War. Recently rebound in blue half calf over the publisher's original cloth. A very good copy. More