$450 – 4 books: Cohen A91.7.a, Cohen A91.7.b, Cohen A91.7.c, Cohen A91.7.d
The first, second, third and fourth printings of the third American issue of A Roving Commission by Winston s. Churchill. Scribners, NY. All in original dustjackets…
$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.
$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.
$950
A delightful, original pen-and-ink drawing/cartoon by Frederick Henry Townsend published in Punch, April 26, 1916, showing Churchill, in uniform, arriving at the House of Commons, and addressing a police constable on duty at the entrance. Professionally framed…
$650 – Not in Woods, Cohen B103. Foreword by Winston Churchill
No publisher, printed by Gemmel & Son, Ayr, Nd. This was likely published privately for the 6th Battalion, which was disbanded after the WWII. Churchill commanded this unit in France in 1916 and contributes a foreword.
$1,400
Lord Mountbatten’s life: A very impressive specially-bound Zaehnsdorf book with Cosway style miniature color cameo of Lord Mountbatten on the front board. Mountbatten personally selected photos of his childhood, education, naval & diplomatic careers, marriage, and life as a member of the British royal family. Protected in custom-made Clamshell Case…
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$950 – Woods A3ba, Cohen A3.2.a
Winston Churchill’s only major fictional work. First English Edition [1 of 1500 copies], Longmans, Green & Co. [London]. 1900. 8vo (345 pages), Good hardcover copy in green cloth protected in custom-made matching green solander case.
$950 – Woods A2(db), Cohen A2.5
In 1933 a new edition was issued in England and, for the first time, in the U.S.A. with a new introduction by the author, Winston Churchill. Cohen reports only 1040 copies of this edition issued.
$100
Winston Churchill’s only major fictional work. Published in Switzerland for the German language market in 1948 by Hallwag, Bern.
$425 – Woods B10, Cohen B30.1
This regimental history features a nine-page introduction by Winston Churchill who, as First Lord of the Admiralty in 1914 was closely involved with the creation of the Royal Naval Division and its World War I service in France.
$175 – ICS A37c.3., Cohen A91.5.c
Author: Churchill, Winston S. Scribners, NY, 1941. Second American issue (From first American edition plates), third printing (1941). With the Dorothy Thompson introduction and index.
$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.
$1000 – Woods A3a, Cohen A3.1.a
Winston Churchill’s Only Major Fictional Work. First American Edition. Longmans, Green, & Co. Ltd. [New York], 1900. Dark blue cloth. A very good copy…
$350 – Woods/ICS A43ab.1, Cohen A105.2.a
First American Printing, hardcover, in unclipped dust wrapper. Biographical essays on 21 contemporaries of Winston Churchill. Includes photo plate of each subject…
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$1000 – Woods/ICS A44b, Cohen A 107.2.a
While England Slept by Winston Churchill: this is the US title for Arms and the Covenant. An important collection of Churchill’s speeches during the period 1928-1938 which warn all too clearly of the coming war. The final paragraph of the last speech sums it up “Now the victors are the vanquished…”
$100
Maroon cloth covered Solander Case for the pulp paperback edition of My African Journey. Cohen A27.8
$1000 – Woods A12b, Cohen A27.8
Hodder & Stoughton, London, nd (1909), paperback.This cheap edition produced in the style of a pulp paperback featuring a new setting: text in two columns.
$2250 – Woods/ICS A2da.2, Cohen A2.4.b
An Account of the Re-concquest of the Sudan. English Abridged One-Volume “Cheap” Edition (Second Printing) in the rare Dust Jacket
$180
Sa Vie et Son Temps. The French translation was issued only in 4 vols in decorative card covers, size about 5.5 x 8 inches, with maps, with legends in French.
$300
Author: Winston Churchill. Cassell, London, 1961. Bound in light green card covers marked PROOF ONLY with publication date and selling price. Plates and index are present.