Books From Churchill’s Library

The Sinews of Peace – A Collection of Pamphlets

$1200 – Cohen A225.1, Cohen A225.5
The Sinews of Peace – A Collection of 6 Pamphlets from Mary Soames’ library, housed in an elegant, custom-made solander case.

First Journey

$1250 – Signed by the Author. Book From Churchill’s Library
Churchill’s copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown.  Signed limited numbered edition of 260 copies of which 250 are for sale, this is copy # 250. 225 pages with many photographic illustrations…

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Own Story

$900 – Inscribed to Churchill by D. Day. Book from Churchill’s Library
From Winston Churchill’s Library. With Churchill’s bookplate and Donald Day’s inscription to Churchill on ffep. First Edition. 1951

Winston Churchill Traveling Fellowships

$250 – From the Library of Mary Soames
A Survey of the Work of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. In the Operation of the Scheme of Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowships 1966 – 1983. From the library of Churchill’s daughter, Mary Soames with the posthumous bookplate on the front pastedown.

The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt

$2,500 – With Rosenman’s Inscription to Winston Churchill
4 Vol Set. First Editions. Harper. 1941 Volume: The Call to Battle Stations. Inscribed to Churchill by Samuel L. Rosenman the compiler of the special material and notes for the book. Volume 1942: Humanity on the Defensive. Volume 1943: The Tide Turns 1944-45 Volume: Victory and the Threshold of Peace.

Short History of the British Embassy Paris

$650 – Inscribed to Mary Soames
Limited Edition: #14 of 300 numbered copies. Presentation copy from Ewen Ferguson, a former ambassador to France. Inscribed on the front free endpaper to Lady Soames, (Churchill’s daughter) who was married to Christopher Soames the British ambassador to France from 1968 to 1972.

Queen Anne

$850 – From the Library of Mary Soames
A beautifully illustrated, limited edition, historical work on Queen Anne, bound in a half morocco binding and published by Goupil and Co., fine art publishers. Limited Edition, being copy number 137 of 200 copies printed on Japanese paper.

CHURCHILL AND COMPANY

$425 – Inscribed by the Author, David Dilks to Mary Soames
Allies and Rivals in War and Peace. From the library of Mary Soames with the posthumous bookplate on the front pastedown. First edition, First impression.

War or Peace – Inscribed to Churchill

$1600 – Inscribed to Winston Churchill and signed by the Author: John Foster Dulles
Churchill’s copy of the book, War or Peace. Dulles was the US Secretary of State under Eisenhower. Inscription dated 1950. First Edition.

Thoughts on the Constitution: Inscribed to Winston Churchill

$1500 – Inscribed to Winston Churchill by the Author: L.S. Amery
From Churchill’s Library: Presentation copy. Author: The Rt. Hon. L.S. Amery, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford

The Heroic Memory: Mary Soames’ Library

$325 – Foreword by Mary Soames. From the library of Mary Soames
First Edition, First Printing. Presentation bookplate to Lady Soames on the front free endpaper, and a note in Lady Soames’ hand. Comprising the first 25 Memorial Addresses to Winston Spencer Churchill + 9 page Selected Chronology of WSC. AS NEW.

La Tragedie de Mers el-Kebir: Inscribed to Winston Churchill

$850 – Presentation copy. Inscribed by the Author to Winston Churchill
Author: Abert Kammerer, Ambassadeur de France. With the ex-libris bookplate of Winston Churchill and
the bookplate of Randolph Churchill.

Lord Derby and Victorian Conservatism

$1,600 – Signed by the Author: Wilbur Devereux Jones
From Churchill’s library. First Edition, signed by Jones, in original cloth. The University of Georgia Press, Athens, 1956.

Notes and Recollections by Marjoribanks. Inscribed to Churchill

$1,250 – Inscribed to Churchill by the Editor: Ishbel Aberdeen
Presentation copy of this 1909, First Edition book Notes and Recollections, by Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth inscribed by the editor, Ishbel Aberdeen to Winston Churchill. Preserved in custom-made protective clam shell box.