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London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1941. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.347. with sepia-toned frontispiece illustration. Finely bound in dark green oasis morocco with titles stamped in gilt to spine, raised bands, original gilt-titled green cloth sides. Some spotting/toning to edges, faint soiling to rear panel. A near fine copy in..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1941. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.347. with sepia-toned frontispiece illustration. Publisher's cloth hardcovers in illustrated jacket priced 8/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Very good in similar jacket, age-toned to the spine. A most interesting text due to the fact it is a wartime biography, written..... More
London: The Liberal Publication Department, 1911. [Magazine] Octavo. pp. 708; 64. Including Churchill's speeches on Prison Reform, Welsh Strike Riots and Women's Suffrage. In the publisher's morocco-spined cloth over gilt-titled boards, top edge gilt. Binding lightly handled and rubbed; near fine. More
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
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. [Military history] FIRST EDITION, association copy. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.304. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, red endpapers, top edge red, dust-wrapper displays a Paul Nash painting, priced at £4.95. With many photographic plates. Near fine. From the library of Deighton's..... More
London: Jonathan Cape / Coward McGann & Geoghegan, 1980. [Second World War] FIRST EDITIONS, UK & US issues. Small quartos (26 x 20cm), pp.224. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jackets; UK by Frank Wootton US by..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1993. [Military history] FIRST EDITION, association copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.653; [1]. Publisher's black cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, cartographic endpapers, dust-wrapper priced at £20. With many photographic plates. A very good copy, slightly sunned to spine. From the library of Deighton's biographer..... More
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
London: Park Lane Press for St Michael, Marks & Spencer, 1979. [Illustrated Biography] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.192. Heavily illustrated in both colour and black and white, with accompanying text. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine and illustrated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, not priced..... More
London: Heinemann, 1972. [Winston Churchill] FIRST EDITIONS, First Impressions. The complete companion volumes to volume III of the Life. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, and red top edges. With the white typographic dust-jackets. Light general handing, including some marks to fore-edges and jackets. Some spotting and marks..... More
London: Heinemann, 1977. [Winston Churchill] FIRST EDITIONS, First Impressions. Octavos (24 x 16 x 13cm), pp.xxiii; [1]; 720, pp.[10]; 721-1426; [4], pp.[10]; 1427-2165; [3]. The complete companion volumes to volume IV of the Life. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, and red top edges. With the white typographic..... More
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
London: Robert Hale, 1965. [Politics] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp. 192. Green publisher's cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Paul Mechan with printed price of 25/- to front flap. Photographs throughout the book featuring Winston Churchill. Shaken in case, toning and spotting to edges..... More
London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1942. [War] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.91; [6]. Publisher's green cloth with red titles to spine and upper board, dust-jacket with printed price 12s 6d to flap. 29 illustrations by Peregrine. Top edge red. A copy in a dust-jacket is scarce. Internally..... More
None. 1876-1890. ORIGINAL LEDGER WITH COPIED MANUSCRIPT LETTERS FROM THE DUKE'S BIRMINGHAM SOLICITOR. Quarto (29 x 24cm), with letters written in black ink to a single side of 214 numbered leaves, out of a total of 1000. Delicate leaves akin to tracing paper. In original tan half calf with dark..... More
London: Constable, 1966. [Diaries] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xviii; 829 [1]. With 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided. Publisher's red cloth in a stylish embossed typographic dust-jacket. Discreet black ink date (May 1966) to flyleaf. Top edge faded, with some spotting to edges. Jacket price-clipped..... More
London: Constable, 1966. [Diaries] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] xviii; 829 [3]. With 15 black and white photographic plates, some double-sided, including a frontispiece. Recently re-bound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Top edge..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1939. First Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine; top edge stained red. Dust wrapper has titles in black to front cover and spine, rear cover blank. With an introduction by Winston Churchill, fold-out maps and photographic illustrations. Binding is lightly rubbed..... More
London: Harmsworth Bros., Limited, 1898-1899. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.viii; 672. With black and white in-text illustrations throughout. Publisher's DELUXE BINDING of leather-backed dark green boards with extra gilt decoration to spine, tan endpapers, edges marbled (the standard binding was mid-green cloth. Contents clean, joints slightly..... More
London: The Times Publishing Company, 14th March 1935. [Literary Newspaper] ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER. Broadsheet (47 x 32cm), pp.149-164. Folded sheets, not bound. Heavily browned, as expected, with a few minor marks and chips to edges. Near fine. Including a letter signed by various members of the Conservative party, including Winston Churchill..... More
Brighton: The Christian Herald Co., February 1962. [Political Exegesis] RARE MAGAZINE (25 x 18cm), pp.48. With advertisements and in-text illustrations. Publisher's paper covers, with a red border and an image of Winston Churchill to the front cover. Two staples. Very lightly browned, with only minimal oxidation to staples. Light rubbing..... More
London: The Daily Telegraph, in conjunction with The Daily Sketch, The Glasgow Herald, and Hodder and Stoughton, 1915. [Wartime Illustrated Miscellany] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.188. With 28 illustrations, including a frontispiece portrait of King Albert, and numerous colour plates by artists including Rackham, Nielsen and Dulac. Contents..... More
London: Fleetway Publications, January 1963. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[2] 136. With occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's red and black soft covers. Heavily browned throughout. Rubbing to covers; a little chipping to head of spine. Very good. 'Escape' is an extract taken from 'My Early Life' (1930)..... More
London: the British Broadcasting Corporation, 17th February 1949. [Broadcast Transcript] ORIGINAL OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT. Quarto magazine (32 x 25cm), pp.281-320. Publisher's plain paper covers, stapled twice, and priced at 3d. Light handling, with some browning and spotting to edges. Near fine. Including 'Recruiting for the Forces III' by Churchill. More
London: the British Broadcasting Corporation, 26th January 1950. [Broadcast Transcript] ORIGINAL OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT. Quarto magazine (32 x 25cm), pp.133-176. Publisher's plain paper covers, stapled twice, and priced at 3d. Light handling, with some browning and spotting to edges. Near fine. Including the party political broadcast 'The Conservative Point of View'..... More