Books About Churchill
& Churchill Bibliographies
Life of Winston Churchill – Ephesian (C.E.B. Roberts)
$150 – Redburn 11a, Zoller 11a
This first edition is a larger book than later editions at 6 x 9 inches. An attractive binding similar to The World Crisis, navy cloth stamped in gilt. The scarce dust jacket has protected the book well
Life of Winston Churchill – Ephesian
$150 – Redburn 11b, Zoller 11b
Life of Winston Churchill – An Epic of Daring and Distinction by Ephesian. Being an Account of the Rt. Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Newnes: London. Private Lives Library
Sir Winston Churchill – Twayne’s Series
$150 – Redburn 348, Zoller a434
Sir Winston Churchill – Twayne’s English Authors Series. Author: Manfred Weidhorn. 1979. First Thus. A fine, mint copy of this scarce volume, without dust jacket, as issued.
Winston Churchill and James II of England
$125 – Redburn a17, Zoller a17
A very scarce title. Card covers. Author: Malcolm V. Hay 1934. Primarily a criticism of Churchill’s treatment of James II in MARLBOROUGH.
Churchill – His Life in Photographs
$150 – Redburn 126, Zoller a170, First English Edn
First English Edition – Inscribed and Signed by Randolph Churchill to Teddy & Tam’s, 1955. Randolph S. Churchill and Helmut Gernsheim Editors. Hardcover in dustjacket.
Churchill in His Time, PROOF COPY
$75 – Redburn 253, Zoller 333
Methuen, London, 1968, paperback. Paperback. Bound in grey card covers, printed black on spine and cover with publication date and price. Includes photos and source notes, lacks index.
From Omdurman to VE Day
$125 – Zoller 242
Today Is History 3. The life pan of Sir Winston Churchill. A textbook style production with questions for discussion and sources for further reading.
Winston Spencer Churchill
$350 – Redburn 1, Zoller 1
This is the first biography published on Winston Churchill (as indicated by ‘Redburn 1’ & ‘Zoller 1’), when he was a young MP, 29 years old. An important book. Essential for the Churchill library – a most uncommon title.
Secret Session Speeches
$80 – ICS A114ab, Cohen A227.1
Hardcover in dustjacket. The American Edition was published a month before the English edition, so is the true first. A new publisher in a somewhat unattractive edition, bound in plain grey cloth, but it is the true first.
The Churchill Legend
$600 – Zoller 162
The author, Francis Neilson, best known for his massive 6 vol set The Tragedy of Europe is very critical of Churchill and his war memoirs. Neilson claims to have known Churchill since 1900 or so…
My Early Life by W. Churchill: 1st Keystone Edition
$600 – Woods A37a, Cohen A91.3.a
Thornton Butterworth. 1934. First English Keystone Library Edition (First Impression). Inscribed by Randolph S. Churchill to H.R. Knickerbocker.
Battle– The Life Story of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill
$200 – Zoller A16
Author: Hugh Martin, 1932. 15 illustrations plus frontispiece. Previous owner’s name neatly stamped on ffep and spotting to edges otherwise a very good copy in very good complete dust jacket.
Churchill – A Life
$250
Martin Gilbert’s brief biography on Churchill. Folio Society. Fine set, as new, in original shrink wrap.
The Life Story of Winston Churchill
$95 – Zoller A21
Small paperback – from William Buchan’s How They Did It series. Volume 21, Pilot Press, LTD. London. 1940. A surprisingly scarce title. Protected in a custom stamped burgundy flap case with leather spine.
Churchill & the Press
$50 – Zoller 403
Sir Winston Churchill Seen Through Newspaper Front Covers: 1898 – 1965. A publication to commemorate the Churchill Centenary, 1974
The Man Who Captured Churchill
$90
Isak Heath, in his book, ‘The Man Who Captured Churchill- General S.F. Oosthuizen’ documents how he found proof about the capture of Winston Churchill during the Anglo-Boer War.
The Last Lion – Winston Spencer Churchill
$55
The Last Lion – Winston Spencer Churchill. 2 hardcover vols in original slipcase – still in the publisher’s original shrink-wrap.Vol. I: VISIONS OF GLORY 1874-1932. Published in 1983.
Vol. II: ALONE 1932-1940. Published in 1988. FINE CONDITION
Winston Churchill by Martin Gilbert
$50 – Zoller 304
Author: Martin Gilbert, Churchill’s official biographer. This is the first of the many books written by Gilbert about Winston Churchill. 64 pp. This hardback copy is a reprinted (with corrections) copy of the 1966 1st edition.
Winston Churchill by V. Albjerg
$175 – Zoller 375
Twayne’s “Rulers and Statesmen of the World” Series. This book is Number 22: Winston Churchill by Victor Albjerg. Twayne Publishers, 1973…
Roosevelt and Churchill
$95 – First Edition, Franklin Library
The partnership that saved the west. ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL 1939-1941. Fine Copy from the Franklin Library. Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper all edges gilt. The end sheets are moire fabric with a matching silk ribbon page marker.
By Ships Alone: Churchill and the Dardanelles
$140 – Redburn 367, Zoller 45
Author: Wallin, Jeffrey D. Carolina Academic Press, Durham, 1981. A scarce title from an academic press on this critical period in Churchill’s life.
Maxims And Reflections: Signed by Churchill
$3,500 – Signed by Winston Churchill. Woods D(a)15, Zoller A122
Signed and dated by Churchill in 1948, from the collection of actor Jack Palance with his bookplate loosely inserted.
Maxims And Reflections
$150 – Inscribed by Sarah Churchill. Woods D(a)15, Zoller A122
Maxims and Reflections of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill. Arranged and provided with an introduction by Colin Coote and selected by him in collaboration with Denzil Batchelor.
The Future of A Remarkable Statesman
$350 – Not mentioned by Woods, Redburn or Zoller, but all note the later 1957 edition
12-page essay on handmade buff paper with laid in Souvenir sheet and an Epilogue. Second edition, revised, dated June 18, 1947. An extremely scarce pamphlet about Churchill…
Senior Statesman With A Future: Churchill
$100 – Redburn 14, Zoller 185
A Discussion of Sir Winston Churchill’s endeavors for European Union, American-British Alliance and World Peace. Privately published by the author, 1957…