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Chartwell Booksellers welcomes you to our newest catalogue of Churchilliana, this year featuring The Complete Works of Winston Churchill in Rare & Unusual Editions, And Other Marvels of Churchillian Ephemera.
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CHURCHILL AT CHARTWELL 2014 CATALOGUE . NO. XXXIV
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
RARE & UNUSUAL EDITIONSAND OTHER MARVELS OF CHURCHILLIAN EPHEMERA
IN
CHURCHILL AT CHARTWELL 2014 CATALOGUE . NO. XXXIV
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
RARE & UNUSUAL EDITIONSAND OTHER MARVELS OF CHURCHILLIAN EPHEMERA
IN
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At last, a return to print of the eight-volume in this new edition offset-
printed from the original texts, with all of the original illustrations.
An exhaustive all-color catalogue of every Churchill commemorative postage stamp ever issued. Available in either spiralbound or standard softcover editions.
New Reprint Edition $360.00 #201334
$95.00 #200478
THE OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY by Randolph S. Churchill
and Martin Gilbert
CHURCHILL WORLD STAMP CATALOGUE
Welcome to our newest catalogue of Churchilliana. This year, we are
venturing beyond First Editions to share with you an array of rare and decidedly unusual editions of Churchill’s thirty-four book-length
works. We have further accessorized this biblio-chronology with
many “marvels” of Churchillian ephemera, nearly all of them
one-of-a-kind, including a number of extraordinary signed pieces.
As always, we continue to offer everything relating to Winston
Churchill, including the very latest, newly published books about him. The entirety of our inventory may
be viewed on our website: www.churchillbooks.com.
– Chartwell Booksellers
CHURCHILL AT CHARTWELL
This original drawing by the legendary cartoon-contraptionist Rube Goldberg is a marvelous caricature from Goldberg’s long-term stint as a political cartoonist for Goldberg won a Pulitzer Prize as a political
cartoonist in 1948. Here he views Churchill and Eisenhower, the two old wartime compatriots, through their shared love of painting, as they re-encounter one another, respectively, as Prime Minister of Great Britain (for a second time) and President of
board, with extensive printer’s notes in pencil at the bottom, the drawing is in excel-lent condition; archivally matted (image 101
2 x 12 inches) and elegantly framed (21 x 25 inches overall).
FRAMED ORIGINAL INK
RUBE GOLDBERG CARTOON
Churchill and Eisenhower1953 $2,500 #18238
NEW
SIGNED American Edition $24.95 #18382
CHURCHILL STYLETHE ART OF BEING
WINSTON CHURCHILL
by Barry SingerForeword by Michael Korda
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This is a very good copy in the scarce mottled-green cloth binding variant. The cloth here is impressively fresh and bright, the binding crisp and
very faint scattered foxing limited almost entirely to the fore-edges. This would be an exceptional example if not for an unfortunate single reddish stain line that runs faintly across the title on the spine and splashes in two small spots on the rear board. That is a shame.
Really a beautiful copy overall.
Churchill bibliographer Ronald Cohen cites only two
both in institutional collections. Here is a third, an expertly copy. Colonial Library volumes were
intended for sale in the British colonies, where weather
-ing has very effectively preserved what is left. The cloth has
-ly, with all maps present, as well as the frontis tissue guard. The endpapers are new. The -ited to a pair of discreet stamps for the Hamilton Public Library of Ontario on the title page, a couple of tiny date
”) and
in this compromised state.
’s
edition that restored the correct text as he originally intended. Issued January 1899 in the publisher,
printing of that edition. The cloth is a robust deep red, the gilt is bright, the binding is crisp and tight, the
THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE
1898
MALAKAND
First English Edition (Cohen A1.1.a) (Woods A1a) $6,500 #14213
First Canadian Colonial Library Edition (Cohen A1.2.e) (Woods A1ab) $5,000 #200455
First “Silver Library” Edition (1899) (Cohen A1.3.a) (Woods A1bb.1) $2,500 #17861
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(Woods), as emended by Richard Langworth in his Connoisseur’s Guide; and from the new, greatly expanded Churchill bibliography by Ronald Cohen (Cohen).
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This is a very good set; the cloth and spines clean and unfaded, with bright gilt
handsome purpose-built slipcase of recent vintage.
THE RIVER WAR
First English Edition(Cohen A2.1.a) (Woods A2a)
$8,500 #13763
Due to the low print of run of 1,000 copies, this abridged edition is actually much rarer than the two-volume First Edition. The text here was thoroughly revised and corrected by Churchill and reduced in length by approximately one-
very good condition, the cloth a deep red on both faces, the
modest, scattered spots of faint discoloration in the cloth, almost entirely limited to the rear board. The front and rear free endpapers have lost their uppermost corner tips and
edition, and remains important bibliographically for the new Introduction that Churchill wrote for it. The dust
closed tears and scratches on the front face, and a rubbed area in the lower left corner of the Churchill cover
First English One-Volume Abridged Edition (1902) (Cohen A2.2) (Woods A2b) $2,500 #14395
First English Abridged One-Volume “Cheap” Edition (1933) (Cohen A2.4.a) (Woods A2d) $2,000 #14314
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1899
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and gilt lettering are both fresh and bright, the contents are
the head and tail, as are the cover corners, front and rear. The title page is creased at the upper corner from having once been folded, and page 5 has been a bit roughly cut, but this is
T ” beneath Churchill’s printed name on the Pref-atory Note page. Signed copies of are virtually unheard
of. According to Richard Langworth, writing in his , is one of the least inscribed titles in the entire canon.” No more
than four examples have come to auction over the past 40 years.
, and it too was a Second Printing of the First English edition. -
reasonably fresh on both faces and the gilt titles on the front face remain bright. The spine is
This is the extremely rare illustrated softcover edition in
A fragile item, much scarcer than the First English or American editions, the volume was printed on cheap paper that browned
two full-page illustrated interior plates on coated paper (hence the designation First Illustrated Edition). This is a beautiful copy, far
is intact, and only beginning to separate along the rear hinge. The contents are browned, as per usual, but unfoxed and complete.
First American Edition (Cohen A3.1.a) (Woods A3a) $2,000 #13759
SIGNED First English Edition (Second Printing)
(Cohen A3.2.c) (Woods A3ba) $11,500 #200300
First English Illustrated Edition (1908) (Cohen A3.5) (Woods A3c) $750 #14231
1900SAVROLA
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This is a very good copy, with bright cover art and a spine that
and rear, are beginning to turn. The fore-edges exhibit very
map image) at the outer edges, where it once was misfolded. The folding map at page 366 is very lightly foxed and has
Overall, a lovely copy of a very perishable volume.
Here is Churchill’s complete Boer War narrative in matched First American editions. The cloth and gilt of both volumes are bright on the front faces and faded along the spines. The contents
-seller’s plate on the front free endpaper of
First English Edition (Cohen A4.1.a) (Woods A4a) $1,350 #13760
First American Edition Set (Cohen A4.2.a ) (Woods A4ba) (Cohen A8.2) (Woods A5ca) $1,000 #201808
This is a very good copy; the cloth fresh, the gilt titles and the spine cloth lightly faded but not worn. The binding is tight and the corners are
half-title oddly trimmed of an upper half-inch, not affecting the printed title itself.
This edition does not appear in Woods or in the Cohen bibliography, though Langworth does include it in his
, it was produced from American edition sheets. It is bound with
slightly different from the Canadian clothbound edition cov-er design, with a facsimile Churchill signature added. Though the spine here is loosening and the binding and covers, as one may imagine, are extremely fragile, this is a very good copy overall, clean and wholly intact, with a short, closed tear to the upper left corner of the prelims, not affecting any text. In fact, this may very well be the lone copy in wrappers that ex-ists. It is the copy Langworth referenced for his entry.
First English Edition(Cohen A8.1.a) (Woods A5) $1,250 #14237
First Canadian Softcover Edition (Cohen A8.3[?]) (Woods A5cb) $5,000 #14434
LONDON TO LADYSMITH (VIA PRETORIA)
IAN HAMILTON’S MARCH 19001900
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FOR FREE TRADE
MR. BRODRICK’S ARMY.FOR FREE TRADE
BRODRICK
MR. BRODRICK’S ARMY
Leatherbound First Edition(Cohen A18.2.a) (Woods A9)
Please Inquire for Price #200274
O ” in gilt on the spine. The original red card wrappers and the half-title are absent. The contents are in very good
condition overall, the pages somewhat browned with age but almost entirely unfoxed. The title page bears the lone smattering of very light foxing, along with the remnants of a tape shadow
Reprint Rebound from “The Centenary Edition” (1973) (Cohen AA1) (Woods AA1) $750 #200714
Bound from sheets printed for Volume VII of the 1973
handsome blue cloth edition with leather spine and frontis labels contains the complete texts of
, , , and
was published on the occasion of what would have been Churchill’s 100th birthday as a deluxe reprinting of
of 3,000. Only 1,750 of the intended sets however, were ever actually completed. The remaining unbound sheets
own (and even read) these rarities.
Another Version(1973) (Cohen AA1) (Woods AA1) $750 #201836
Bound in green cloth with a gilded top and gilt lettering.
MR. BRODRICK’S ARMY 19061903 FOR FREE TRADE
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during the year of publication using First Edition sheets somewhat trimmed down and more plainly bound in cheaper cloth, sold at a low 7 shillings, rather than the First Edition’s 36-shilling price, causing Churchill to complain to his publisher
along the spines, as per usual, but is otherwise
tear at the spine head and a rub at the lower front
lightly foxed throughout, more pronounced at the
First English Edition(Cohen A17.1) (Woods A8a) $850 #200483
English “Times Book Club” Edition(Cohen A17.3) (Woods A8ab) $450 #18659
First American Edition(Cohen A17.2) (Woods A8aa) $1,750 #14240
SPEECHES OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL, M.P. 1880-1888
This is a very handsome set. The
titles are bright, the cloth is a rich red that has mellowed somewhat along the spines. The contents are virtually unfoxed,
front pastedowns of both volumes. The front right corner of the half-title in Volume I has been fractionally torn.
The American issue of was aesthetically superior to the English, bound
trimmed (not rough), with gilded top edges. This set is an extremely attractive example. The cloth is bright, the gilt titles gleam, the
at the spine head and tail of Volume I,
on their front free endpapers, the contents of
First Thus (1889) $350 #200634
as an orator was his father. Here is an opportunity to read why. Published four years after Lord Randolph’s passing, this is an extraordinarily fresh two-volume collection; the bindings crisp, the cloth and gilt lettering bright,
foxed. Rare thus.
1906LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL
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Tpublished, SIGNED and inscribed by the Author on the second front free end-” -
ment as Undersecretary for the Colonies in Liberal Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman’s government. The leather binding is vintage, no doubt contemporaneous
WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL BY A. MACCALLUM SCOTT
1905$2,750 #200439
SIGNED First English Edition Presentation Copy to Winston Churchill
of the First Churchill Biography
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Harsher climate conditions in the colonies generally resulted in low survival rates for these volumes. This copy is in better than average condition under the circumstances. The cloth is fairly bright, with some moisture spots on the front face, the spine is
edition. There is scattered foxing throughout, but the contents are intact and all maps, photos and protective tissues are present. The frontis tissue is torn and there are short tears in a handful of the illustrations. The front and rear pastedowns
.” A survivor.
First Hardcover Colonial Edition (Cohen A27.2) (Woods A12) $2,250 #14566
This is the extremely rare and fragile early English illustrated softcover edition in unusually fresh condition. Produced in the
bright; virtually mint, save for a tiny chip near the lower front
with fractional chips at the head and tail. The contents are browned, as per usual, but unfoxed, and crisp. Preserved in a purpose-built burgundy cloth slipcase.
First English “Cheap” Illustrated Edition (1909)(Cohen A27.8) (Woods A12b) $1,650 #11040
1908MY AFRICAN JOURNEY
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was actually part of a trilogy of Liberal Party campaign treatises, along with and(published in 1911), which were both authored by Churchill’s running mate, David Lloyd George. All three were published in virtually identical softcover formats by Hodder & Stoughton, printed on cheap, acidic paper
-plete set in generally very good, if typically weathered, condition.
is the First State of the First English edition. An advertise-ment on the rear cover of for Churchill’s
is intact. Please see our website for detailed descriptions.
The People’s Trilogy(including The People’s Budget & The People’s Insurance)
First English Softcover Editions (Cohen A31.2.a) (Woods A16aa)
$7,500 #10425
LEFT:First English Edition (Cohen A29.1.a) (Woods A15a) $1,450 #16318
RIGHT: First American Edition (1909)(Cohen A29.2) (Woods A15c) $1,500 #10219
1909LIBERALISM AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM
CHURCHILL AT CHARTWELL
MR. BRODRICK’S ARMY FOR FREE TRADE
1910THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS
FRAMED CARD GAME: “PUPPET PEERS” WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK
1911 $2,500 #288
For detailed descriptions, please see our website: www.churchillbooks.com
An extraordinary piece of political satire: a vintage card
consisting of 52 cards (6 suits) that caricature Winston Churchill and other notables of his political life in 1911.(Framed: 30 x 43 12 inches.)
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good condition, with unusually handsome shelf appearance; little faded along the spines, includ-ing the notoriously fade-prone , which here is a Second Printing. has a neatly
gilt titles bright. The contents are immaculate; clean an unfoxed.
PAMELA DIGBY CHURCHILL HEYWARD HARRIMAN was the mother of Winston Churchill’s grandson and the wartime bride of Churchill’s son, Randolph. Divorced in 1946, the British-born
daughter of the 11th Baron Digby, became notorious for her affairs with prominent and wealthy men,
war); Prince Aly Khan, Alfonso de Portago, Gianni Agnelli and Baron Elie de Rothschild (after). Her epitaph was essentially written by her former lover, the media magnate William Paley, who called Harri-
” on the front free endpaper of : . The
and clean, virtually unfoxed contents, though the spine points and corners exhibit a touch of
SIR FREDERICK RICHMOND (1873-1953), Chairman of Debenhams and Harvey Nichols department stores. There is some toning to the half-titles and
terms of condition.
from reformed the Civil Service as a meritocracy and even advanced the interests of women, at one point describing himself as a feminist. His relationship with Churchill, while not necessarily close, was long-standing and closely connected, particularly during Churchill’s stint in the 1920s as Chancellor of the
throughout the 1930s.
First American Edition[The Property of Pamela Harriman](Cohen A69.1) (Woods A31aa) $3,500 #200503
SIGNEDFirst English Edition Set
(Cohen A69.2) (Woods A31ab)$8,500 #200354
Volume I (1911-1914) Volume II (1915)Volume III (1916-1918)
Volume IV (The Aftermath 1918-1928)Volume V (
The Eastern Front )
1923-31THE WORLD CRISIS
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The caption, dated February 28, 1925, reads:
“London. The Pilgrims of England rendered a farewell dinner to Frank Kellogg, retiring American Ambassador to England, at the Hotel Victoria. Photo shows, left to right, Amb. Kellogg, Lord Desborough, The Prince of Wales and Winston Churchill, at the table.”
good condition, if a bit faded and lightly creased. It is stamped: on the verso.
Acharming original handbill from Churchill’s successful 1924 campaign for Parliament, run entirely independent
-ist and Anti-Socialist” in the district of Epping; a constituency he would represent, uninterrupted, for the next forty years. The image features his daughter, Sarah Churchill, at the age of ten. The handbill (3 1
2 x 5 inches) is here handsomely matted and framed (9 x 12 inches overall).
ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES 1925
$245 #14774Black & White gelatin print (71
2 x 912 inches)
FRAMED CHURCHILL CAMPAIGN HANDBILL
1924$750 #201821
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1931INDIA
A ROVING COMMISSION
1930MY EARLY LIFE
Riviere of Bath in full crimson morocco, all edges gilt, with hand-marbled endpapers bordered
sumptuously gilt-tooled with raised bands in six compartments, lettered and dated, with ram-pant lion centers. A beautiful volume in every respect; one of Bayntun’s binding masterpieces.
stamp on the title page and again on Page 141 at the rear identifying this copy as originating from the Manchester Reform Club Library. The contents conform to the standard hardcover
hardcover edition may have been scrapped after a very brief print run but that unexpected sales
First English Edition in Fine Leather Binding(Cohen A91.1.a) (Woods A37a.1)
$3,500 #9996
Rare Variant First English Hardcover Edition (Cohen A92.1.b) (Woods A38)
$5,000 #14857
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A handsome copy in an unclipped dust SIGNED and dated in
” The recipi-ent was ELIZABETH NAVARRO, whose
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Bernard Baruch, and later became Baruch’s companion and hostess after the death of his wife. There is an unfor-tunate tear in the cloth at the center of the front hinge that has punched a pair
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First Keystone Library Edition (1933)(Cohen 95.3.a) (Woods A39ab) $450 #8329
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A very good copy of this early reprint edition in the rare dust
publisher’s original method for export to Canada and Australia, with the lower front panel and lower spine each neatly clipped of their Pound Sterling prices, resulting in three
front free endpaper and on the front pastedown. The
AMID THESE STORMS.
1932THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES
CHURCHILL AT CHARTWELL
Atwo-page letter on letterhead, dated , to Than
“The time is approaching when I must be making my arrange-ments for literary work in 1932, and so I ask you to let me know as soon as convenient whether ‘Hearst Newspapers’ will want me to write these monthly articles for them in the coming year, and on what terms...
I have now almost completed my new book ‘The Eastern Front.’ It is one of the ‘World Crisis’ series…About ten quite good articles could be made. It is a pity that these rights should be
wasted…Yours truly, Winston S. Churchill.”
The letter (934 x 73
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED
1931$5,500 #201838
SIGNED First Odhams Press Reprint Edition in Dust Jacket (1947)(Cohen A95.5.a) (Woods A39d) $5,500 #18966
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[hyphenated] on the spine, with the author’s full name, and at the foot of the spine).
SIGNED T ).
gilt-stamped with the Marlborough crest on the upper board, gilt-lettered on the spine in six compartments with raised bands, the top edges gilt, the endpapers marbled. This handsome example (number of
original cardboard slipcases are not present.
Salesman’s Sample Copy of the First English Edition (Cohen A105.1.a) (Woods A43a)
$2,500 #14407
SIGNED First Deluxe Limited Edition
(Cohen A97.1.a) (Woods A40a)$20,000 #14373
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1933-38MARLBOROUGH: HIS LIFE AND TIMES
GREAT CONTEMPORARIES 1937
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WHILE ENGLAND SLEPT.
1938ARMS AND THE COVENANT
First English Edition (Cohen A107.1) (Woods A44a) $2,500 #18003
English Wartime “Cheap” Edition (1940) (Cohen A107.3) (Woods A44a) $2,250 #14285
and fractional losses at the spine head and tail, as well as the upper right corner tip of the front face. There
condition, the blue cloth fresh and unfaded, even along the notoriously problematic spine, with the familiar
Harrap in June 1940. The only distinguishing feature
type, present here unclipped, bright on the front face,
toned across a spine that was at one time misfolded. The
pastedown and the usual toning to the half-title from the frontis photo. Rare thus.
This bust-length, sepia-toned card of Churchill is No. 11 in a series of
” issued in 1937. It contains a one-paragraph bio printed on the verso. In very good condition (2 5
8 x 138 inches).
TOBACCO CARD
1937 $150 #4322
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This is a very good copy of the scarce First American edition of , in the very rare dust
the spine and edge-chipped, with fractional losses at the head and tail wrapping around to the upper edges of the rear and front face. There are also light creases along the lower edge of the front face. The
WHILE ENGLAND SLEPTFirst American Edition
(Cohen A 107.2.a) (Woods A44b) $1,500 #14518
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STRAND MAGAZINE “THE RT. HON. ANTHONY EDEN, P.C.”
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A fascinating, almost inexplicable
Churchill’s legendary stature as a pre-war Cassandra of the Nazi threat. On notepaper (5 x 8 inches), dated :
“Dear Sir [in Churchill’s hand], “I thank you for sending me your book, which I have looked into with some attention. I think you greatly exaggerate the military strength of both Russia and Germany, particularly the former. Sincerely, [again, in Churchill’s hand] W. Churchill.” There are small stains at the upper and lower right corners, as well as a tiny chip in the upper right.
, by Max
turned his energies to estimating the military strength and preparedness of
. (His original title was:
military course of the war. A copy of is included here.
A VERY SURPRISING TYPED LETTER SIGNED
1939$5,500 #14530
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First English Edition(Cohen A111.1.a) (Woods A45a) $500 #201590
The cloth is a rich green, the gilt spine type is bright, the binding is tight, the corners
Evening StandardDaily Telegraph
1939STEP BY STEP
August 1939 (Cohen C643) (Woods C171) $145 #17495
Foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden,
First Lord of the Admiralty. This is a very good copy of the original
, crisp and fresh. This article
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This handsomely produced government pamphlet-printing of Churchill’s
front and rear. The contents are not foxed. The staples have rusted, as per usual, but remain attached. A far better than average copy, beautifully preserved in a half-leather green cloth, suede-lined solander with gilt spine titles.
A SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
August 20, 1940(Cohen A131.1) (Woods A60a)
$1,000 #201805
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INTO BATTLE THE UNRELENTING STRUGGLE THE END OF THE BEGINNING ONWARDS TO VICTORY THE DAWN OF LIBERATION VICTORY
SECRET SESSION SPEECHES
1941-46THE WAR SPEECHES
First English Edition Set Complete in Seven Volumes with Dust Jackets
(Cohen A142-A227) (Woods A66-A114) $2,500 #18747
The set is preserved in a handsome, purpose-built slipcase of burgundy cloth.
For a detailed description of this set, please see our website: www.churchillbooks.com
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Twas presented to General of the Army H.H. (”Hap”) Arnold with New Year’s greetings from Winston Churchill at the Arcadia conference in Washington
during Churchill’s Christmas 1941 visit to Roosevelt’s White House (which lasted ” by
Churchill near the lower left corner. It comes by direct descent from the Arnold family.
mission from President Roosevelt. Their relationship continued at each of the Big Three confer-ences, which Arnold attended accompanying both Roosevelt and Truman. Arnold appears throughout Churchill’s Second World War memoirs, beginning in Volume II. After a lengthy career as an Army aviator and commander that spanned the two World Wars, he retired from active service in 1945.
SIGNED WORLD WAR II PHOTOGRAPH
Signed and Dated for General of the Army H.H. (“Hap”) Arnold
1942$15,000 #201547 (10 x 10 inches)
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First American Edition (Cohen A240.1[I-VI]) (Woods A123aa) $1,250 #200682
First English Edition (Cohen A240.4[I-VI].a) (Woods A123ba) $950 #201674
First Canadian Edition (Cohen A240.2 [I-VI]) (Woods A123aa) $850 #19816
1948-53THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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letterhead (7 1 4 x 9 1 2 inches): “Dear Mr. Strauss, How very kind of you to have sent me some more PUNCH Double Coronas. These are most agreeable cigars, and I hope you will accept my warm thanks for your friendly thought. Let me once more retaliate, as only an author can, by sending you another of my books, which I trust you may like to have. Yours very truly, Winston S. Churchill.”
The letter is in very good condition, here matted and gorgeously framed with a delight-ful 1953 photograph of Churchill seated beside his dog Rufus in a car outside of No.10
14 x 20 inches overall).
CHURCHILL AT CHARTWELL
Strand
THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES
1948PAINTING AS A PASTIME
SIGNED First English Edition in Dust Jacket (Cohen A 242.1.a) (Woods A125a)
$15,000 #17496
handsome vintage half-blue leather clamshell solander, gilt-lettered and ornamented on the spine in six compartments with gilt-tooled raised bands.
favorite relations; the daughter of Lady Randolph’s sister, Clara Jerome. A celebrated sculptress and travel writer, she shared avidly in Churchill’s discovery of himself as a painter and maintained a warm relationship with him even after her support for the Russian Revolution divided them politically. Her busts of her cousin Winston can be found at Blenheim Palace, Harrow School and, of course, at Chartwell.
notepaper, signed by Churchill’s princi-
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FRAMED TYPED LETTER SIGNED”
1951 $10,000 #16073
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First English “Chartwell” Edition(Cohen A267.2) (Woods A138d) $650 #18155
Taiwanese Pirated One-Volume Edition (1964) (Cohen A267.11) (Woods A138a) $225 #201600
Published simultaneously with the First English edition but
edition of Churchill’s mammoth history. The four volumes are richly bound in blue cloth with red leather spine labels. The text, printed on high grade paper, is, of course, pro-
very good example, with crisp leather labels and bright gilt,
are clean, tight, and unfoxed.
A fascinating anomaly, this one-volume unabridged edition was illicitly produced by Taiwanese publishers in 1964 by photo-reproducing the complete texts from the four-volume Cassell (Sixth) edition and then binding the pages in reduced
very good condition, edge-chipped and a bit faded but intact
1956-58A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
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First English Edition Set (Cohen A241-A273) (Woods A124-A142) $1,650 #19967
First American Edition Set (Cohen A241-A264) (Woods A124-A137) $850 #15385
THE SINEWS OF PEACE
EUROPE UNITE IN THE BALANCESTEMMING THE TIDE THE UNWRITTEN
ALLIANCE
1948-61THE POSTWAR SPEECHES
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MONTE CARLO MENU CARDSIGNED by The Duke and Duchess of Windsor
and Winston and Clementine Churchill1949
$15,000 #200571
On New Year’s Eve 1949, Winston and Clementine Churchill hosted a dinner
night train to Monte Carlo, with the
by their daughter Sarah (and her new beau, Antony Beauchamp). Very shortly thereafter, the Churchills and the Windsors dined at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club, where they all SIGNED this New Year’s Eve menu card in pencil. The signatures, from top down, read:
,” ” [Sarah Churchill’s married
.” The once-folded card contains the Restaurant Du Sporting Club’s full dinner menu for
.”
escorting the Churchills to his car after their arrival at Cap D’Antibes on the French
(Menu: 412 x 7 inches, photograph: 71
2 x 912 inches. )
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Limited edition photograph by the legendary photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt shot in Liverpool during the 1951 General Election that returned Churchill to the Prime Ministership. Number 3 of 250 prints made in 1994 from the original negative and SIGNED by Eisenstaedt. The photograph (9 1
4 x 12 12 inches)
14 x 19 1
2 inches).
FRAMED ORIGINALALFRED EISENSTAEDT
PHOTOGRAPH 1951 (Printed 1994 ) $2,500 #201791
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