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.

[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

CHURCHILL, Winston L[eonard]. Spencer.

The Story of the Malakand Field Force 1901

£450

New Impression of the Silver Library Edition of Churchill's first book, "with considerable alterations in make-up and binding", based on his exploits with the Malakand field force...

Small octavo. Portrait frontispiece of Sir Bindon Blood and 6 folding colour maps. Ex-Good's Library, Officer's Mess 2nd Bn. PWO West Yorkshire Regiment, bookplates... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston L[eonard]. Spencer.

The Story of the Malakand Field Force 1901

£250

Second printing of the Silver Library Edition of Churchill's first book, "with considerable alterations in make-up and binding", based on his exploits with the Malakand field force...

Small octavo, original reddish cloth, title and publisher's device gilt to the spine, single ruled panel in blind to the boards, patterned endpapers. Portrait... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston L[eonard]. Spencer.

The Story of the Malakand Field Force 1898

£4,750

First edition, home issue, only printing, first state, of Churchill's first book, this copy without the errata slip at p. 1, catalogue dated 12/97, but apparently in the variant...

Octavo, original green cloth with a pronounced white graining, spine lettered in gilt, upper cover with panel in blind lettered gilt, black endpapers. Frontispiece... Read more

(CHURCHILL, Winston) KIRKWOOD, David.

My Life of Revolt. 1935

£450

First edition, first impression. Scarce in the dust jacket. The autobiography of the labour activist and MP David Kirkwood (1872–1955), with a foreword by Winston Churchill, who...

Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, blue top-stain. With the dust jacket. Portrait frontispiece and 7 plates, illustrations within the text. Spine... 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.

Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. 1956

£95

First printing of the second edition of the US edition, with a new foreword by the author and a splendid pictorial dust jacket.

Octavo. Original blue and red cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt, light blue geometric pattern to spine, blue top-stain. With the dust jacket. Portrait... Read more

CHURCHILL, Winston.

Savrola. A Tale of the Revolution in Laurania. [1908]

£150

First illustrated edition, originally published in 1900.

Octavo, staple bound. Original white wrappers printed in red and black with an illustration for the novel to the upper cover and an ad to the lower cover. Wrappers a... Read more

(CHURCHILL) GERMAINS, Victor Wallace.

The Tragedy of Winston Churchill. 1931

£50

First edition. Publisher's compliments stamp to the title page. "An early but typical critique for its era concludes that Churchill was clever but not wise, and that such ventures...

Octavo. Original blue cloth, title gilt to the spine. Frontispiece and 11 other plates from Punch cartoons. A worn copy, chip from the tail of the spine, light toning,... Read more

(CHURCHILL) DEWAR, George A. B.

The Great Munitions Feat, 1914-1918 1921

£225

First edition. "It is probable that all Mr. Dewar's matter can be found elsewhere, if one has the patience to find it and the industry to read it. The great, and it is believed the...

Octavo, original red cloth, title gilt to spine. A little spotted, spine a touch sunned, some foxing and browning to the prelims, but overall a very good copy. Read more

BRIDGES, Sir Tom, Lieut.-Gen.

Alarms & Excursions. Reminiscences of a Soldier. 1938

£350

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