Churchill, Winston (all items)

Rare books by Winston Churchill, including first editions, signed and finely bound copies, and handsome sets of his collected works.

Voted the “Greatest Briton of all” by the British public, Winston Churchill was surely Britain’s sole world-historical figure of the last century. A complex, mercurial character, in his life he played many parts: minor scion of a most noble family, grieving son of a tragic father, soldier for Empire, gadfly correspondent, controversial MP, cabinet minister, voice in the wilderness, strategist, war leader, statesman and Nobel literature laureate. All of these roles he wrote out – justifying, explaining and campaigning; history as biography, and biography as history – and all his life he lived by the pen, eventually making his fortune by it. Churchill’s published works are a key source to the understanding of the man, his life, and the history of Britain through the troubled twentieth century.

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

[Post-War Speeches] The Sinews of Peace, Europe Unite; In The Balance; Stemming The Tide; The Unwritten Alliance. 1948-61

£5,000

First editions, first impressions. Europe Unite (1950) is inscribed by the author "To Donald Wolfit from Winston S. Churchill". The celebrated actor-manager Donald Wolfit...

5 vols. Octavo. Original brown, green, blue, maroon and red cloth, titles to spines in gilt or silver. With the dust jackets. Boards lightly rubbed and bumped to... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

[The Second World War, Brazilian] A Segunda Guerra Mundial. 1948–54

£8,500

First Brazilian edition, each volume inscribed by Winston Churchill.

10 volumes only (of 12, lacking pts. 9–10). Original printed paper wrappers. A little wear to spine ends, an excellent set. Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

[The Second World War, in Danish] Den Anden Verdenskrig. 1948–54

£8,500

First Danish editions, inscribed by the author, vol. 1 "For Emery Reves by Winston S. Churchill, 1949", vol. 2 signed and dated 1949, vol. 3 and 5 signed, vol. 4 "For Emery Reves...

6 volumes, large octavo. Original brown half leather, spine lettered gilt, marbled sides, sprinkled edges, in the printed dust jackets. Some shelf-wear to jackets,... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

[The Second World War, in Dutch] Memoires over de tweede wereldoorlog. 1949–54

£12,500

Deluxe Dutch edition, inscribed by the author, vols. 1–7 signed "W S Churchill" on the front free endpaper, vol. 6 additionally dated 1952 by him in the same place; vol. 8...

10 volumes, octavo. Publisher's quarter calf, green lettering pieces, tan cloth boards, dates blocked in green on front boards, top edges yellow. Photographic... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

[The Second World War, in Dutch] Memoires over de tweede wereldoorlog. 1948–54

£6,750

First Dutch trade edition, inscribed by the author, vol. 1 "Inscribed for Emery Reves by Winston S. Churchill, 1948", vols. 2–3 signed and dated 1949, vol. 5 signed...

10 volumes, octavo. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered gilt on red panel, spine and cover lettered gilt, in the variously-coloured pictorial jackets. Photographic... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

[The Second World War, in Italian] La Seconda Guerra Mondiale. 1948

£3,500

First Italian editions, limited issue, one of 30 numbered sets signed by the publisher of a print-run of just 1030, this copy inscribed by the author to his literary agent in vol. I;...

2 volumes only (of 12), octavo. Original blue leather-grain cloth, front cover blocked in blind with the author's name, spines with lettering panels blocked in gilt,... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

[The Second World War, in Japanese] [1950–56]

£20,000

First Japanese editions, inscribed copy, signed by Churchill in each volume, variously dated 1950 to 1956, vol. 23 inscribed "Winston S. Churchill for Emery Reves 1955". Emery Reves...

24 volumes, octavo. Original maroon cloth, spine lettered gilt, front cover with facsimile signature blocked in gilt and silhouette bust of Churchill blocked in blind.... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

[The Second World War, in Spanish] Memorias ... [1949]

£2,000

Two sections of the first two volumes of the Spanish edition produced as salesmen's samples. Both signed "Winston S. Churchill" and dated 1949. Unmarked as such, but from the library...

2 volumes, octavo. Original wrappers, partly unopened. Plates, maps. Very good. Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

[The Second World War, in Turkish] Çörçil Anlatiyor 1948–50

£3,750

First Turkish edition, pts. 1, 2 and 4 only, "Inscribed Winston S. Churchill for Emery Reves 1948" in volume 1, signed and dated 1950 in volumes 2 and 4.

3 volumes (only, of 12), octavo. Original burgundy morocco-grain cloth (for presentation?), spines and front covers lettered in gilt, front covers with portrait of... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

[The War speeches and the post-War speeches, comprising:] 1941–61

£3,500

First editions, first impressions.

12 individually issued works, octavo. Recent burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, rule to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. The War... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

[The War Speeches, comprising:] 1941–46

£4,750

First editions, first impressions. Complete set of Churchill's published War Speeches, the final volume, The Secret Session Speeches, inscribed by Churchill in the year of publication.

7 individually issued works, octavo, original mid-blue cloth. In the dust jackets. Frontispieces in first five volumes along with other photographs. Occasional light... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

[The War Speeches, comprising:] 1941–46

£1,800

First editions, first impressions.

7 individually issued works, octavo. Recent full burgundy morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Frontispieces in first five... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston S.

[The War Speeches:] 1941–46

£750

First editions, first impressions.

7 individually issued works. Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spines gilt. With the dust jackets. Frontispieces in first five volumes along with other... Read more