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.) KARSH, Yousuf.
Portrait photograph, 1941. 1949
£3,500
Karsh's most famous image. Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002), the Canadian photographer of Armenian heritage known as Karsh of Ottawa, is widely regarded as one of the most famous and...
Large gelatin silver print. Presented in handmade black and moongold frame. Framed size: 580 x 700 mm 510×402 mm. Deep and strongly contrasted studio print. Read more
(CHURCHILL, Winston S.) MACBETH-RAEBURN, Henry.
Portrait of Winston S Churchill. 2000
£750
A unique proof copy without the facsimile signature from a limited edition print of 250. Specially commissioned by Peter Harrington, hand-printed from the original mezzotint engraved...
Plate size 650 × 410 mmm (16.3 × 25.5 inches), framed size aprox. 875 × 640 mm. Traditionally presented in a classic English burred walnut frame. Read more
(CHURCHILL, Winston S.) MACBETH-RAEBURN, Henry.
Portrait of Winston S. Churchill. 2000
£2,750
A limited edition specially commissioned by Peter Harrington, hand-printed from the original mezzotint engraved copper plate, this copy no. 65 of 250. We believe this portrait was...
Plate size 650 × 410 mm. (25 ½ × 16 inches), framed size approx. 855 × 595 mm. (33 ¾ x 23 ½ inches). The portrait bears a facsimile... Read more
(CHURCHILL, Winston S.) MARCHANT, Sir James [ed.]
Winston Spencer Churchill Servant of Crown and Commonwealth. 1954
£10,000
Churchill's own copy of the Festschrift for his eightieth, with contributions from Clement Atlee, Sir John Rothenstein, the Aga Khan, Bernard Baruch and Anthony Eden, amongst others....
Octavo ( 228 × 144 mm) Full red morocco extra gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe for the publishers, title gilt to spine, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments,... Read more
(CHURCHILL, Winston S.) [ROBERTS, C. E. B.] EPHESIAN.
Winston Churchill. 1927
£4,750
First edition. The author's own copy with his bookplate to the front pastedown and a series of reviews mounted on blanks bound in after the Index. Tipped onto the front free...
Octavo, pp. 271. Bound in the original blue publisher's cloth, with gilt title to spine and front board. Tipped in are a one-page quarto letter and many clippings of... Read more
(CHURCHILL, Winston S.) WAGHORNE, Arthur.
Through a Peer Glass. Winnie's Adventures in Wastemonster. 1908
£500
First edition, first impression. A parody of Alice Through the Looking Glass featuring a little girl by the name of Winnie Churchill and her experiences in the Houses of Parliament.
Large octavo. Original tan cloth, pictorial decoration and titles to upper board and spine in black and blue. Illustrated by David Wilson. Endleaves rather browned,... Read more
HENSMAN, Howard.
The Afghan War of 1879-80, 1882
£1,875
Second and best edition, published just three months after the first, and containing an account of events following the disaster at Maiwand. This copy inscribed by the author on the...
Octavo (216 × 133 mm). Recent red half crushed morocco on matching linen boards, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, the original cloth bound in at the rear. 10... Read more
(MALAKAND FIELD FORCE)
Military Operations on the North-West Frontiers of India. Vols. I and II. 1898
£525
First editions, print run of 1875, fairly uncommon. Obviously these volumes form part of the run of Blue Books, but as a stand-alone item COPAC records only the BL, and OCLC adds...
Foolscap quarto ( 315 × 208 mm). In recent marbled wrappers. Some marginal browning and brittleness, some chipping of the title page to Volume I which is now... Read more
PAGET, John. (Churchill, Winston S.)
The New Examen. 1934
£45
First edition, first impression with Churchill's introduction. first published in 1861, Paget's Examen defends charges that Macaulay had leveled at Marlborough with a line of...
Octavo. Original purple boards, titles to spine gilt. Spine bumped, otherwise a bright attractive copy. Read more
SPEARS, E. L., Brigadier-General.
Liaison, 1914. 1930
£650
First edition. 3-page Preface by Churchill, who Spears had met whilst Sir John French's liaison with the French Fifth Army, and who describes the book as "a definite and new...
Octavo. Original plum cloth, title gilt to the spine. With the dust jacket. Portrait frontispiece and 32 other plates, 14 folding maps, 2 sketches to the text. An... Read more
