Churchill, Winston (all items)
First editions of works by British prime minister and wartime leader Sir Winston S Churchill
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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
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
(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
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
(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
(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.) 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.) 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.) 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.) [GIBB, Andrew Dewar]
With Winston Churchill at the Front. By Captain X. [1924]
£1,250
First edition and only edition of this extremely uncommon account of Churchill's time at the Front. Gibb describes how on the news of Churchill's appointment to the regiment 'a...
Duodecimo (163 × 91 mm). In original pictorial card wraps. With the glassine dust jacket, in the plain card slipcase. Portrait frontispiece of Churchill in his... Read more
CHURCHILL, Winston S., & Edward VIII as Prince of Wales.
Typed letter signed congratulating James Carter Gray on being awarded the OBE. 1919
£1,875
Churchill's letter explains that he has had the "pleasure in recommending" Gray's appointment to the OBE to the Prime Minister, and is "glad to learn that the King has approved the...
Octavo, one page, typed letter signed by Churchill as Minister of Munitions, on stationery embossed with the crest of the Ministry of Munitions, together with the... Read more
(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. & Clementine.
Pair of Original Portrait Photographs, signed. 1946
£3,750
Each photograph is signed on the mount, that of Clementine with the inscription, "To Frank Clarke with happy memories of our visit to America in the Winter & Spring of 1946." Co....
2 original photographs (195 x 143 mm), mounted on card and now window mounted side by side, framed and glazed. Card mounts a little browned, inscriptions slightly... Read more
(CHURCHILL, Winston S.) CHURCHILL, Randolph S., & Martin Gilbert.
Winston S. Churchill. 1966–94
£4,500
All First Editions. A complete set comprising eight volumes of the Life with thirteen supplementary volumes and the two pendant volumes of War Papers. The supplementary volumes...
23 volumes, octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spines gilt. All with the dust jackets. Illustrated throughout. Some slight rubbing to jackets and minor wear to... 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
(CHURCHILL, Winston S.) BIRLEY, Oswald.
Winston S. Churchill Engraved in Mezzotint from the Painting. 1946
£750
Issued in a limited edition of 325, signed in pencil by the engraver. Birley was probably the leading portraitist of his day, after his first royal commission in 1928, a portrait of...
650 × 480 mm. Photography & Art An excellent clean copy, in a contemporary frame with minor damage, remains highly attractive. 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
£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. 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. 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
£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. 1956–8
£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 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
