Churchill, Winston (all items)
First editions of works by British prime minister and wartime leader Sir Winston S Churchill
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(CHURCHILL, Winston S.) COOPER, A. Egerton.
"Profile for Victory". 1943
£6,000
Signed and dated in ink below the image by Winston Churchill and A. Egerton Cooper. The original "Profile for Victory" portrait of Churchill hangs in the The Carlton Club, London....
Sheet size 66.5 x 51 cm. Framed size 72 x 57 cm. Offset lithograph after an oil painting by Cooper showing Churchill half length sitting in a leather chair and holding... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of The English Speaking Peoples. 1956–58
£950
All first editions, first impressions.
4 volumes. Octavo. Bound in recent burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Illustrated with maps and diagrams.... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. 1956–58
£32,500
First editions, first impressions. Each volume inscribed at time of publication on the front free endpaper to his first child Diana: volume I, "Diana from Papa 4 March 1956"; volume...
4 volumes, octavo. Original dark red cloth, titles gilt to spines, mulberry top-stain. With the dust jackets. Housed within green cloth chemises in two green quarter... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. 1956–58
£15,000
First editions, first impressions. This set inscribed identically in vols. I and II; "To Dr. Roberts from Winston S. Churchill, Christmas 1956"; vol. III with a printed facsimile...
4 volumes, octavo. Original dark red cloth, titles gilt to spines , red top-stain. With the dust jackets. All volumes illustrated with maps and genealogical tables.... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. 1956–58
£12,500
First American editions, inscribed by the author, Vol. 1 signed and dated, Vol. 4 inscribed "Emery from Winston S. Churchill, April 1958", the other volumes unsigned. It was Emery...
4 volumes, octavo. Original black cloth-backed linen boards, spines lettered gilt on red panels, facsimile signature in gilt on front covers, in the printed dust... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. 1957
£6,500
First edition, inscribed by the author in volume 3, "Wendy [Russell] from Winston S. Churchill October 1957". Wendy Russell (1916–2007) was the American long-term companion and...
4 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered gilt, in the printed dust jackets. Near fine set. Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. 1956–58
£3,500
Chartwell Edition, the first illustrated edition of this work, "published simultaneously in Britain on a subscription basis." (Woods) . This set signed and dated in 1959 on the...
4 volumes. Octavo. original blue cloth, red morocco title labels and triple fillet panels gilt to the spines, volume titles, volume titles and plain rule gilt to the... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. 1956–8
£1,250
First editions, first impressions. Churchill's history of the two branches of the English-speaking nations – the British Empire and the United States – was begun during his...
4 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by Bayntun Riviere in dark blue half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, blue cloth boards, marbled endpapers, top... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. 1956–8
£975
Proof copies. Churchill's history of the two branches of the English-speaking nations – the British Empire and the United States – was begun during his "Wilderness Years"...
4 volumes, octavo. Original green card wraps. The first volume in a dust jacket supplied from a copy of the published work, the others in jackets provided at the time,... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. 1956–8
£500
First editions, first impressions. Churchill's history of the two branches of the English-speaking nations – the British Empire and the United States – was begun during his...
4 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spines gilt, red top stain. With the dust jackets. All volumes illustrated with maps and genealogical tables.... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A Speech by The Prime Minister 1940
£875
First Edition, First Impression, of the speech which contains the famous quote "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few." Interestingly, this...
Octavo. 16pp. wire-stitched pamphlet, in light card wraps, titles to upper panel in maroon, housed in chemise in purpose-made black morocco-backed slip case. Some... Read more
BRIDGES, Sir Tom, Lieut.-Gen.
Alarms & Excursions. Reminiscences of a Soldier. 1938
£450
First edition. Record of a remarkable military career. His first active service was in South Africa, where he met Winston Churchill; "My first impression of the author of this...
Octavo, Original mulberry cloth, title gilt to the spine. mulberry top-stain. With the dust jacket. Portrait frontispiece. Trace of foxing to the endpapers, else a... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Arms and the Covenant. 1938
£1,500
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in burgundy morocco, titles to spine with lion centre tools in compartments, raised bands, roll to turn-ins, marbled... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Arms and the Covenant. 1938
£475
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. Frontispiece portrait. Spine a little faded otherwise a nice copy. Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Autograph letter signed to Philip Morrell declining to electioneer on his behalf at South Oxfordshire. 1904
£2,500
Dated 22 June 1904, on 105 Mount Street stationery. Churchill elegantly declines to appear in support of his Liberal colleague Morrell, as the Tory candidate Sir Robert Hermon Hodge...
Two pages, 203 × 125 mm. Recto and verso of the first leaf of a bifolium. Rust marks from a paper-clip to verso of first leaf and both sides of second leaf,... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Autograph letter signed to Philip Morrell, concerning the National Land and Housing Demonstration, 1907. 1907
£3,250
Churchill writes to Morrell, MP for South Oxfordshire, philandering husband of Lady Ottoline Morrell, and in this context chairman of the executive of the National Land and Housing...
2 pages, 203 × 126 mm. Dated 22 Ap[ril] 1907, written recto and verso of the first leaf of a bifolium of Colonial Office stationery, embossed crest at the head.... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Autographed photographic portrait: "Our Skipper". [1941/1950]
£6,500
The photograph was taken late in 1941 and circulated quite widely throughout 1942 in postcard form. For the 1950 general election the Conservative Party revived the image as a poster...
16 x 12 inches. A head and shoulders photograph entitled Our Skipper in the lower margin. Framed behind glass in dark brown wood. Signed "Winston S. Churchill" in the... Read more
(CHURCHILL, Winston S.) CHANDOR, Douglas.
Colour print of Chandor's portrait of Churchill in RAF uniform. [1946]
£4,500
Signed beneath on the original card mount, "Douglas Chandor, 1946" at the right-hand side, "Winston S. Churchill, 1950" to the left. After being discharged as wounded towards the...
235mm x 185mm. Tipped onto plain card mount. Short split at edge of gum mounting, but overall very good, now window mounted, framed and glazed. Read more
BLOOD, Sir Bindon.
Four Score Years and Ten. Sir Bindon Blood's Reminiscences. 1933
£250
First edition, uncommon, especially in the jacket. "Service of an Engineers Officer from 1871 in India, the Zulu War, Egypt, 1882, and the South African War" (Bruce). Blood was chief...
Octavo, red cloth remainder binding, title in black to spine, and the Blood family arms in black to the upper board. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and 7 other... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Great Contemporaries. 1937
£7,000
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy from Churchill to Eddie Marsh, inscribed on half-title: "To Eddie from Winston October 1937". During the years Churchill was in...
Octavo. Full dark blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, title gilt to spine, raised bands, plain ruled panels to the compartments and both boards, top edge gilt.... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Great Contemporaries. 1937
£3,250
First edition, second impression, this copy inscribed "Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill, November 1937" - the month following publication - on the front free endpaper. Series of...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, title gilt to spine and upper board, blue top-stain. 21 plates. Spine slightly sunned and scuffed, gift inscription to the half-title,... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Great Contemporaries. 1937
£2,250
First edition, first impression. Series of essays on "Great Men of our age", which includes T. E. Lawrence, Trotsky and Hitler, "We cannot tell whether Hitler will be the man who...
Octavo, original blue cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt. In the dust jacket. 21 plates. Endpapers differentially browned due to the presence of the jacket,... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Great Contemporaries. 1937
£2,250
First edition, first impression. Series of essays on "Great Men of our age", which includes T. E. Lawrence, Trotsky and Hitler, "We cannot tell whether Hitler will be the man who...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles gilt to spine and upper board gilt, blind bands around head and tail of the boards and spine, publisher's device in blind to lower... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston.
Great Contemporaries. 1943
£2,000
Macmillan edition, second printing. This copy inscribed on the front free endpaper; "From Winston to Sylvia, 1948." Most likely Sylvia Maxwell-Fyfe, wife of Sir David, later Earl...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, title gilt to spine. 3 pages of facsimile letters. Cloth a little spotted and mottled, slight damp-stain to the fore-edge, consequent mild... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S.
Great Contemporaries. 1937
£1,650
First edition, first impression. Series of essays on "Great Men of our age", which includes T. E. Lawrence, Trotsky and Hitler, "We cannot tell whether Hitler will be the man who...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles gilt to spine and upper board in the dust jacket. 21 plates. Contemporary gift inscription to the front pastedown, free endpapers... Read more
