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Winston Churchill
Birmingham Electrical and Industrial Exhibition, (International) 1889, Programme of Concerts Given in Bingley Hall, On Thursday, August 1st, 1889, at the Opening of the Exhibition by Lady Randolph Churchill. Artistes — Miss Constance Bellamy and Mr. J. W. Turner. Gilmer's Military Band.
Birmingham: printed by J. Upton for the venue, 1889. [Concert Programme] ORIGINAL SILK PROGRAMME. Octavo bi-fold, printed on all sides (22 x 15cm). Cream silk printed in dark blue. Heavy fraying to edges, especially fore-edge, with one large brown mark to the front cover, as well as a few much..... More
Complete Life of The Right Honourable Winston L. Spencer Churchill. Life-Stories of Success No.2 Soldier and Statesman.
London: The Self-Help Press, no date [circa 1910]. [Self-Help / Political Biography] RARE ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.96. Publisher's paper covers illustrated with a photograph by Elliott and Fry, stapled twice and priced at 2d. Crumbling to dust as you read this; as brown as they come and..... More
Guildhall Portsmouth Sunday, 18th April: A Concert in aid of the Lord Mayor's Special Appeal for the Sir Winston Churchill Memorial. Presented by Joe Collins and Mervyn Conn. With Manfred Mann, Dave Berry, the Ivy League.
Hastings: Hastings Printing Company, April 1965. [Concert Programme] RARE PAMPHLET (27 x 20cm), pp.12. Publisher's colour printed paper covers with two staples. Very light wear. Near fine. More
Winston S. Churchill. 1874-1965.
London: William Heinemann, 1966-1988. [Political Biography] COMPLETE LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITIONS. Illustrated with photographs throughout. In eight volumes, being the complete set of the Life. Octavo (24 x 17 x 51cm). Recently re-bound in burgundy half morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spines, and matching cloth over boards. Top edges..... More
Winston S. Churchill. 1874-1965.
London: William Heinemann, 1966-1988. [Political biography] FIRST EDITIONS. Illustrated with photographs throughout. The complete set of the Life. Eight volumes, octavos (24 x 17 x 51cm). In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, in original dust-jackets of various colours, red top edges. An attractive set showing some gentle..... More
Winston S. Churchill: Volume I Companion. Parts I and II: 1874-1900.
London: Heinemann, 1967. [Winston Churchill] FIRST EDITIONS, First Impressions. Octavos (24 x 16 x 9cm), pp.[2]; xxii; 678; [2], pp.[6]; 679-1290; [6]. The complete companion volumes to volume I of the Life. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, and red top edges. With the white typographic dust-jackets, priced..... More
Winston S. Churchill: Volume II Companion. Parts I, II and III: 1901-1914.
London: Heinemann, 1969. [Winston Churchill] FIRST EDITIONS, First Impressions. Octavos (24 x 16 x 15cm), pp.[2]; xxix; [1]; 676, pp.viii; 677-1373; [3], pp.vii; 1374-2159; [3]. The complete companion volumes to volume II of the Life. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, and red top edges. With the white..... More
The People's Rights. Selected from his Lancashire and other recent speeches.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. [History / Politics] FIRST EDITION THUS, with a new introduction by Oxford Research Fellow Cameron Hazlehurst. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.191. Publisher's cloth hardcovers, top edge tinted green, photographic dust-wrapper priced at 30s. Fine in near fine jacket. Winston Churchill's eloquent plea for 'a great policy..... More
A Churchill Anthology. Selections from the Writings and Speeches of Sir Winston Churchill.
London: Odhams Press, 1962. [Political Anthology] FIRST THUS. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.720. With eight double-sided black and white photographic plates, as well as a colour frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to black backing, and further gilt decoration to spine. A Churchill device stamped to upper; all edges..... More
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[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, 1941-6. [Speeches] FIRST EDITIONS, all first impressions ('Into Battle' is a first state). Seven volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 19cm). Includes several half-tone plates. In publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spines. All in original colour dust-jackets, none of which are price-clipped. Wartime paper..... More
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[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, 1941-6. [Speeches] FIRST EDITIONS, all first impressions ('Into Battle' is a first state). Seven volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 19cm). Includes several half-tone plates. In publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spines. All in original colour dust-jackets, vols 3 and 4 being price-clipped. First..... 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. Some light spotting/toning, jackets clean and fresh, all prices present. A very bright set. 'Tide' is the second state of the jacket. Smartly housed in a...... 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. One discreet inscription, two jackets price-clipped. Some light spotting/toning, jackets clean and fresh, with shallow loss to crown of 'Sinews', otherwise particularly fresh examples. 'Tide' is..... More
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[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, 1941-1946. [Speeches] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITIONS, all first impressions ('Into Battle' is a first state). Complete in seven volumes, with the final two volumes bound together as one. Octavo (22 x 14 x 19cm). Includes several half-tone plates. Handsomely bound in navy half calf, with twin red..... 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 priced at 12/6. Illustrated with three half-tone plates. Contents very clean, jacket a little rubbed, a touch of wear to crown. Near..... More
The War Speeches of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, O.M., C.H., P.C., M.P.
London: Cassell and Company, 1951-1952. [Second World War Speeches] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, First Printings. Three volumes. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 483 [1]; pp.xvi; 560; pp.xvi; 578 [2]. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spines. Each volume with the cream and pink dust-jacket, priced at 21s. Internally clean..... More
The War Speeches of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, O.M., C.H., P.C., M.P.
London: Cassell and Company, 1963, 1952, 1952. [Second World War Speeches] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, volume I a second impression. Three volumes, being first printings of volumes II and III. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 483 [1]; pp.xvi; 560; pp.xvi; 578 [2]. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spines..... More
The War Speeches of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, O.M., C.H., P.C., M.P.
London: Cassell and Company, 1951-1952. [Second World War Speeches] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, First Printings. Three volumes. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 483 [1]; pp.xvi; 560; pp.xvi; 578 [2]. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spines. Each volume with the cream and pink dust-jacket, priced at 21s. Crisp, fresh..... More
The War Speeches of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, O.M., C.H., P.C., M.P.
London: Cassell and Company, 1951-1952. [Second World War Speeches] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, All First Printings. Three volumes. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 483 [1]; pp.xvi; 560; pp.xvi; 578 [2]. Recently rebound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and lions rampant to spines, and matching cloth over..... More
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
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
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-1958. [English History] FIRST EDITIONS, First Impressions. 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. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines, top edges red. Each with..... More
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956-1958. [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
In The Balance. Speeches 1949 and 1950.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952. [Post-War Churchill Speeches] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] x; 456. Publisher's brown cloth with darker brown titles and decoration to spine. With the deep red dust-jacket designed by Samuel H. Bryant, priced at $5.00. Light toning and spotting to edges. Light..... More