Search results for: 'CHURCHILL, Winston S'
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. - CHURCHILL, Randolph S., & Martin Gilbert. Winston S. Churchill.London : 1966-88
First editions, first impressions, in handsome Bayntun-Riviere bindings. This set was collected by and bound for Alan Keith McMillan, with his armorial bookplate to each front pastedown. Over 22 years, McMillan purchased each volume new and had them uniformly bound by Bayntun-Riviere, neatly recording the purchase price, binding cost, and his acquisition... Learn More£15,000.00Stock Code: 137897
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![[The Second World War, in Dutch:] Memoires over de tweede wereldoorlog.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/3/4/34995detail.jpg)
CHURCHILL, Winston S. [The Second World War, in Dutch:] Memoires over de tweede wereldoorlog.Amsterdam/Brussels : 1948-54
First Dutch trade edition, inscribed by the author, volume 1 "Inscribed for Emery Reves by Winston S. Churchill, 1948", volumes 2 and 3 signed and dated 1949, volume 5 signed "WSChurchill", the others unsigned; from the library of Emery Reves, Churchill's literary agent.
Reves had been instrumental in promoting Churchill's pre-war international... Learn More£6,750.00Stock Code: 34995
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. [The Second World War, in Danish] Den Anden Verdenskrig.Copenhagen : 1948-54
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 "WSChurchill", vol. 4 inscribed "For Emery Reves from Winston S. Churchill, 1951", vol. 6 signed and dated 1955. From the library of Emery Reves, Churchill's literary agent. Reves had been instrumental... Learn More£8,500.00Stock Code: 35025
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.London : 1956-8
First editions, first impressions, of Churchill's great history, paired with an original typed letter signed from Churchill to the French-American sculptor Herbert Haseltine (1877-1962): "My dear Mr. Hazeltine sic, It is very good of you to send me the delightful landscape which your Father painted in California in 1899. I think it is a charming picture,... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 141547
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. [The Second World War, Brazilian] A Segunda Guerra Mundial.São Paulo : 1948-54
First Brazilian editions, eight of the ten volumes signed or inscribed by Winston Churchill.
In fact what is here is: "Volumes I to IV in 6 parts, Volumes III and IV are in two parts each, and volume VI which is in two parts, a total of 8 parts. So we are lacking Volume V, presumed to be in two parts. There are also unsigned duplicates of Volumes... Learn More£8,500.00Stock Code: 33676
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Three typescript articles:[late 1930s]
There has been considerable recent interest in Churchill's essay "Are We Alone in the Universe?" In an article for Nature, astrophysicist Mario Livio describes his visit to the US National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri, when "director Timothy Riley thrust a typewritten essay by Churchill into my hands. In the 11-page article, 'Are We Alone in... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 121591
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. [The Second World War, in Italian] La Seconda Guerra Mondiale.Verona : 1948
First Italian editions, limited issue, first two volumes only of the complete set, number 12 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: "Inscribed for Emery Reves by Winston S. Churchill, 1948".
From the library of Emery Reves, Churchill's literary... Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 35016
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The First Collected Works. Centenary Limited Edition.London : 1973-76
First complete collected edition, number 853 of 1,750 sets. The Centenary Edition is the only full collected works of Winston Churchill, reproducing his 50 books in 34 volumes. The Library of Imperial History went bankrupt before the projected run of 3,000 sets could be completed, so "the print run never exceeded 2,000 copies and only 1,750 sets were... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 137778
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The First Collected Works. Centenary Limited Edition.London : 1973-6
First complete collected edition, one of 1,750 sets published. The Centenary Edition is the only full collected works of Winston Churchill, reproducing his 50 books in 34 volumes. The Library of Imperial History went bankrupt before the projected run of 3,000 sets could be completed, so "the print run never exceeded 2,000 copies and only 1,750 sets... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 129564
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The First Collected Works. Centenary Limited Edition;London : 1973-6
First complete collected edition, number 139 of 1,750 sets published. The Centenary Edition is the only full collected works of Winston Churchill, reproducing his 50 books in 34 volumes. The Library of Imperial History went bankrupt before the projected run of 3,000 sets could be completed, so "the print run never exceeded 2,000 copies and only 1,750... Learn More£7,500.00Stock Code: 144299
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The River War.New York : 1933
First US edition, decidedly uncommon, having been issued in a surprisingly small print run of a mere 1,040 copies; Churchill contributed a new introduction ("Nearly thirty-five years have passed since this book was written, and I am very glad that it is now to take a renewed lease of life"). "From the date of its first publication in 1899, in two volumes,... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 122396
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Three typescript articles:[c.1939]
Three journalistic pieces attesting to Churchill's prodigious output during the 1930s, when he lived by his writing and when "many subjects were grist to his tireless mill. Apart from anything else, he had no Cabinet salary after 1929 and it was largely his journalism that enabled him to maintain his comfortable standard of living. He therefore accepted... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 121598
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Why I am a Free Trader.London : 1905
First edition. This pamphlet was issued as the first in the series Coming Men on Coming Questions, edited by the campaigning journalist W. T. Stead, which was published in collected form later in the same year (Cohen B3; Woods B2). It represents Churchill's first published statement of his stance on the free trade question after he crossed the floor... Learn More£5,750.00Stock Code: 67682
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. - CHURCHILL, Randolph S., & Martin Gilbert. Winston S. Churchill.London : 1966-94
First editions, first impressions. A complete set comprising eight volumes of the Life, plus 13 supplementary volumes, which form a unique and extensive source of previously unpublished Churchill material. Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 103055
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. - ENTWISTLE, Florence Vivienne, as "Vivienne". Inscribed photographic portrait.London : [1951]
Inscribed by Churchill on the mount: "To James Dunn from his friend of many years, Winston S. Churchill". James Dunn (1874-1956) was a Canadian industrialist and financier. He worked with Churchill during the First World War when he helped supply nickel from Norway. He was a man of great wealth and many eccentricities, such as having his shoe laces... Learn More£6,500.00Stock Code: 105390
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. [Drop-head title:] The Fighting Line.London : 1916
First edition, only printing. Cohen's bibliography states: "the pamphlet does not appear to have sold well and, although it may have continued to appear in Macmillan catalogues as late as 1924 or early 1925, most, if not all, unsold copies, were, in fact, destroyed in 1918" (vol. I, p. 196). Martin Gilbert asserts that 5,000 copies were printed (Winston... Learn More£6,500.00Stock Code: 127608
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. (contrib.); STEAD, William T. (ed). Coming Men on Coming Questions.London : 1905
First editions, pamphlet issues, of this series intended "when completed as a handy encyclopaedia of facts and figures - political, social, and biographical - covering most of the important questions to be dealt with in the new parliament" (Prefatory Notice). Churchill's contribution represents the first published statement of his stance on the free... Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 134724
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Lord Randolph Churchill.London and New York : 1906
First edition, first impression. Churchill had it in mind to write a biography of his father soon after Lord Randolph's death in January 1895, and was appointed by the late statesman's literary executors to do so in autumn 1902. Churchill worked on the biography, his most substantial literary project so far, for the next two and a half years.
The... Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 125587
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Lord Randolph Churchill.London and New York : 1906
First edition, first impression. Churchill had it in mind to write a biography of his father soon after Lord Randolph's death in January 1895, and was appointed by the late statesman's literary executors to do so in autumn 1902. Churchill worked on the biography, his most substantial literary project so far, for the next two and a half years.
The... Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 125588
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The River War.London, New York and Bombay : 1899
First edition, first impression, second state (with the inverted comma inserted after THE 'LONDON GAZETTE' on p. 459 of the second volume). Churchill's second book, preceded only by The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898). "Overcoming the objections of Kitchener, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Churchill obtained a temporary... Learn More£5,750.00Stock Code: 137021
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. (contrib.) National Demonstration in Favour of Land & Housing Reform,London : 1907
First edition, bound in a volume entitled Pamphlets and Leaflets for 1907. Churchill, as Under-Secretary for the Colonies, addressed the mass meeting of 4,000 held at the Drury Lane Theatre, chaired by Sir John Dickson-Poynder, Chairman of the Select Committee on Rural Housing. The Churchillian tone is readily discernible: "We have before us a serious... Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 133385
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The River War.London, New York and Bombay : 1899
First edition, first impression, second state (with the inverted comma inserted after THE 'LONDON GAZETTE' on p. 459 of the second volume). Churchill's second book, preceded only by The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898). "Overcoming the objections of Kitchener, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Churchill obtained a temporary... Learn More£5,750.00Stock Code: 137018
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The River War.London : 1902
New and revised edition. "Overcoming the objections of Kitchener, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Churchill obtained a temporary posting with the 21st lancers, and arrived in the Sudan in time to take part in the celebrated cavalry charge at the battle of Omdurman (2 September 1898), in which the regiment galloped by accident into... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 33021
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. [The Second World War, in Swedish] Andra Världskriget.Stockholm : 1948-54
First editions in Swedish, volumes I, III, and VI only of the complete set. Each volume inscribed by Churchill on the half-title. Volume I: "Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill 1948 for Emery Reves"; Volume III signed and dated 1950; Volume VI signed and dated 1955. From the library of Emery Reves, Churchill's literary agent. Reves had been instrumental... Learn More£3,750.00Stock Code: 35023
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. & Clementine. Typed letter signed from each, to Air Commodore A. V. Harvey, MP.3 February 1948 and 14 March 1948
Winston Churchill writes to invite his fellow Conservative MP Arthur Vere Harvey to a parliamentary luncheon: "Dear Harvey, I am asking a few of my Parliamentary colleagues to luncheon on Thursday, February 12, at 1 p.m., and I should be so glad if you could come. Yours sincerely Winston S. Churchill".
Clementine Churchill wrote the following... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 137038
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. [A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, in Swiss-German] Geschichte.Bern : 1956-57
First Swiss edition, first two volumes only of the complete set, each volume signed by the author on the half-title, the first also dated 1956. Unmarked as such, but from the library of Churchill's literary agent, Emery Reves, in whose home the work was completed. Reves was instrumental in the development of English-Speaking Peoples, using his intimate... Learn More£1,850.00Stock Code: 35007
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. [The Second World War, in Spanish] Memorias...Barcelona : [1949]
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 of Emery Reves, Churchill's literary agent. Reves had been instrumental in promoting Churchill's pre-war international profile by the worldwide syndication of many of his... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 33666
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. [A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, in Dutch] Geschiedenis van de Engels sprekende volken.Amsterdam/Brussels : 1956-7
First Dutch editions, first three volumes only of the complete set. Inscribed by the author, the first volume signed and dated 1956, the second volume signed. Unmarked as such, but from the library of Churchill's literary agent, Emery Reves, in whose home the work was completed. Reves was instrumental in the development of English-Speaking Peoples,... Learn More£1,950.00Stock Code: 35026
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Marlborough. His Life and Times.London : 1933-8
First editions, first impressions, trade issue, inscribed by the author in vol. IV on the front free endpaper, "To Craigavon, from Winston Churchill. August 1938". The recipient was James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon (1871-1940), and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Churchill was grateful for the Ulster loyalist support he received in... Learn More£4,750.00Stock Code: 123841
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. [A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, in Italian] Storia.Verona : 1956-9
First Italian editions, lacking the fourth volume. First two volumes signed by the author, the first dated 1956. Unmarked as such, but from the library of Churchill's literary agent, Emery Reves, in whose home the work was completed. Reves was instrumental in the development of English-Speaking Peoples, using his intimate knowledge of foreign markets... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 35027
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Marlborough.London : 1933-8
First editions, first impressions, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper of vol. I: "Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill September 1938", along with a loosely-inserted presentation slip on Chartwell letterhead typed "With Mr. Winston Churchill's compliments".
Churchill's biography of the first Duke of Marlborough, his ancestor who... Learn More£4,750.00Stock Code: 145889
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Painting as a Pastime.London : 1948
First separate edition, first impression, with the signature of Herbert Morrison on the first blank. Morrison (1888-1965), whom Churchill referred to as "a curious mix of geniality and venom", was a Labour statesman who played a prominent role in the coalition government during the Second World War. In May 1940, he was appointed Minister of Supply by... Learn More£675.00Stock Code: 137237
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Corrected draft typescript, signed, on the Soviet threat.1931
Extensively corrected typescript of one of the articles on European affairs commissioned from Churchill during 1931 for syndication in Hearst newspapers. An astute commentary on European Realpolitik, anticipating the Soviet bloc and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. On publication in the Milwaukee Sentinel, 23 August 1931, the piece was headlined; "Winston... Learn More£30,000.00Stock Code: 80696
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Printed Address, To the Electors of Dundee,Dundee : 1909-10
Churchill invokes Lincoln's famous formulation from the Gettysburg Address in his election addresses on the momentous constitutional battle between the House of Commons and the House of Lords. In November 1909, the Lords rejected the "People's Budget" of 1909 proposed by Liberal Prime Minister Herbert Asquith. The bill called for higher taxes on the... Learn More£5,500.00Stock Code: 71650
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Lord Randolph Churchill.London : 1906
First edition, first impression of Churchill's great biography of his father, the Conservative Party statesman Lord Randolph Churchill.
Lord Randolph was a politician of great importance in British political life in the 1880s (serving as Chancellor, Leader of the Commons, and Secretary for India), until his principled resignation from the Cabinet... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 145872
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The Hinge of Fate.Boston : 1950
First US edition, first printing, signed by Churchill on the front free endpaper. The Hinge of Fate was the fourth volume in Churchill's celebrated Second World War series, published in six volumes in all. This volume covers 1942: "I have called this The Hinge of Fate because in it we turn from almost uninterrupted disaster to almost unbroken success.... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 111216
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CHURCHILL, Winston. Into Battle.London : 1943
Tenth edition, presentation issue, inscribed by the author on the first blank: "To Monsieur V. V. Tilea With best wishes from Winston S. Churchill 1946". The recipient Viorel Virgil Tilea (1896-1972) was the Romanian Government-in-exile's representative in London during the war, making this a particularly appropriate volume to have been presented at... Learn More£8,500.00Stock Code: 145711
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The Liberal Government and Naval Policy.London : 1912
First edition, this copy "rubber hand-stamped '15' in the upper right-hand corner of the cover," and therefore one of those disbound from the collections bound up as Pamphlets and Leaflets for 1912 (Cohen). In early March, Churchill had circulated to the Cabinet and to the King a memorandum "in which he stated bluntly the full implications of the German... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 143412
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Two typed letters signed to J. Gower Saunders. Regarding a Memoranda concerning the publication of the 'Life of Lord Randolph Churchill'. Together with a letter from Churchill's private secretary.Lake Como, Italy : 1945
An initial letter sent from Kathleen Hill, Churchill's private secretary dated 30th August confirming a letter and Memoranda had been received from Mr Saunders and that Mr Churchill will reply when returning from holiday. Closely followed by a letter from Churchill while on holiday, dated 5th September, thanking Mr. Saunders for the Memoranda and reads..."Should... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 63413
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Ian Hamilton's March.London : 1900
First edition, first printing, first issue. Publisher's records indicate that 5,003 copies were printed. "The volume consists of 17 letters to the Morning Post, beginning with that of 31 March 1900 and concluding with that of 14 June in contrast to London to Ladysmith, the texts of the originally published letters were more extensively revised and four... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 111705
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Ian Hamilton's March.London : 1900
First edition, first impression. Publisher's records indicate that 5,003 copies were printed. "The volume consists of 17 letters to the Morning Post, beginning with that of 31 March 1900 and concluding with that of 14 June in contrast to London to Ladysmith, the texts of the originally published letters were more extensively revised and four letters... Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 94373
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The People's Rights.London : [1909?]
First edition, first (cased) issue, second state with p.71 correctly numbered. Rightly considered by Langworth to be the "third rarest Churchill book after Mr. Brodrick's Army and For Free Trade", Issued both case-bound and wrappered; "The publisher's records show that 100 sets of sheets were bound on 20 December 1909 two weeks before the publication... Learn More£6,250.00Stock Code: 129499
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Sheets of The River War, volume I, with Churchill's corrections on 17 pages.London : 1899
Unbound pre-publication sheets of Churchill's second book, with his holograph corrections, some quite extensive, to 17 pages. Working papers from the early part of Churchill's writing career are exceedingly uncommon. Just one minor correction marked here seems to have been adopted in the published version, but a number were taken up in the single-volume... Learn More£18,500.00Stock Code: 90104
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Ian Hamilton's March.London : 1900
First edition, first impression, the second of Churchill's two books describing his daring exploits during the South African War. Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 130543
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The Laying of the Foundation Stone of the New Chamber of the House of Commons by the Speaker 26th May 1948.London : 1948
First and only edition. The limitation statement at the rear reads: "twenty-four copies printed on hand-made paper for presentation to His Majesty the King, the Library of the House of Commons and those who took part in the ceremony". Library Hub shows just five locations in the UK: BL, Oxford, Cambridge, Guildhall, and Chartwell; WorldCat adds Houghton... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 121025
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.London : 1956-8
First editions, first impressions. Churchill began his history of the British Empire and the United States during his period in the political wilderness in the early 1930s, but did not complete it until after his retirement in the late 1950s. The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the writing process, had reconfirmed his belief... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 128999
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Liberalism and the Social Problem.London : 1909
First edition, first impression, of this uncommon title which collects speeches by the young Churchill during his Liberal phase, addressing such issues as the conciliation of South Africa, Imperial Preference, Labour Exchanges and Unemployment Insurance Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 108580
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Savrola.1900
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,650.00Stock Code: 122891
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. [The War Speeches, comprising:]London : 1941-46
First editions, first impressions. A handsomely bound set. Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 132870
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The Second World WarLondon : 1948-54
First editions of Churchill's masterpiece, the single most important historical account of the Second World War. As Max Beloff observed, there was no statesman of the twentieth century "whose retrospective accounts of the great events in which he has taken part have so dominated subsequent historical thinking". A man who had always primarily made his... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 136420
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Painting as a Pastime.London : 1948
First separate edition, first impression. Painting as a Pastime was originally published in the Strand Magazine in two parts in December 1921 and January 1922, and was included in Churchill's Thoughts and Adventures in 1932. This is the first edition of the essay in separate book form. Churchill first started painting during the First World War, and... Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 145879
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The People's RightsLondon : 1910
First edition, first general paper wrappers issue, first state, with index, and just a single appendix; and p. 71 - section title for "The People's Trade" - misnumbered 1. "All issues of The People's Rights are extremely scarce" (Cohen) despite a print run of 40,000, this largely due to the low quality of the materials, and the cheap and clumsy method... Learn More£5,750.00Stock Code: 88138
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Churchill and Stalin.London : 2002
First edition, first impression. Although not marked as such, the book is from the library of Mary Soames. Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 143399
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.London : 1956-8
First editions, first impressions. Churchill began his history of the British Empire and the United States during his period in the political wilderness in the early 1930s, but did not complete it until after his retirement in the late 1950s. The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the writing process, had reconfirmed his belief... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 134699
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.London : 1956-8
First editions, first impressions, of Churchill's great history of Britain, the British Empire, and the United States, here presented in a handsome contemporary binding.
Churchill began his history during his period in the political wilderness in the early 1930s, but did not complete it until the latter 1950s, after his final retirement as Prime... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 145387
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Savrola.London : 1900
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,650.00Stock Code: 117742
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The Island Race.London : 1964
First edition thus; superbly bound. The Island Race is an abridgement, by Timothy Baker, of the four volumes of Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 115700
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.London : 1956-58
First editions, first impressions. Churchill began his history of the British Empire and the United States during his period in the political wilderness in the early 1930s, but did not complete it until after his retirement in the late 1950s. The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the writing process, had reconfirmed his belief... Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 120095
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The Second World War.London : 1948-54
First UK editions, first impressions, of Churchill's masterpiece, the single most important historical account of the Second World War, and a major factor in Churchill being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953.
As Max Beloff observed, there was no statesman of the 20th century "whose retrospective accounts of the great events in which... Learn More£400.00Stock Code: 110088
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. The Story of the Malakand Field Force.London, New York & Bombay : 1898
First edition, second state with errata slip, home issue in the "apple green cloth" (Woods), which is particularly prone to fading and mottling, here a nice copy.
Churchill was correspondent for the Daily Telegraph on Sir Bindon Blood's punitive 1897 expedition against the Afghan tribesmen of the North-West Frontier, during which he "took part... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 145866
