A Roving Commission (My Early Life)

A Roving Commission (My Early Life)

$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…

A Roving Commission (My Early Life)

A Roving Commission (My Early Life)

$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.

My Early Life – Portuguese Edition

My Early Life – Portuguese Edition

$75
Memorias Da Minha Juventude, My Early Life – Portuguese Edition: 1948, Translator’s presentation copy – Translator’s Presentation Copy – to the Editor of the Lisboa Newspaper “Diario de Notacias”- dated 12-X-1948

My Early Life by W. Churchill: Odhams Press

My Early Life by W. Churchill: Odhams Press

$200
Odhams Press, London, Postwar reprints, new setting, 373 pages, index, photos, maps and plans. Bound in bright red cloth, red page edges, decorated with gilt and black panels. Five different printings…

My Early Life by W. Churchill: 1st English Edn

My Early Life by W. Churchill: 1st English Edn

$15,000 – Woods A37(ab) Cohen A91.1.b
First Edition, Second State with dust jacket. A very good + copy with the original very scarce dust jacket which has some spine fade but is better than most copies I have come across in 50+ years of collecting.

My Early Life by Churchill: Reprint Canada

My Early Life by Churchill: Reprint Canada

SOLD
$100 – Woods A37fb, Cohen A91.10.b
Book in Dustjacket. Montreal, Reprint Society of Canada, first Canadian edition second state (1948), Similar to the English reprint Society issue. A modern rarity, far scarcer than first editions.

My Early Life by Churchill: Reprint Society of Canada

My Early Life by Churchill: Reprint Society of Canada

$40 – Woods A37fa, Cohen A91.10.a
Montreal, Reprint Society of Canada, first Canadian edition second state (1948). Similar to the English reprint Society issue.  A modern rarity, far scarcer than first editions.

My Early Life by W. Churchill: Odhams 1965

My Early Life by W. Churchill: Odhams 1965

$60
This 1965 Odhams impression introduced a new binding style:
 Boards – smooth bright red cloth, blocked gilt and black. All edges-stained red.
 Dustjacket – unique for this 1965 printing. White with red and black printing, unclipped.

My Early Life by Churchill: 1st American

My Early Life by Churchill: 1st American

$175 – Woods A37(b2), 
Cohen A91.2.b
A Roving Commission – My Early Life. Scribner: First American Edition, second printing (1930). A very good copy in a FINE reproduction dust jacket.

De Unge Aar ( My Early Life in Danish)

De Unge Aar ( My Early Life in Danish)

$250 – 4 Versions of Churchill’s Book, My Early Life Translated in to Danish
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Danish editions of My Early Life by Winston Churchill. Published in 1931, 1945, 1948 & 1949 resp.

My Early Life by W. Churchill: Scribners

My Early Life by W. Churchill: Scribners

$125
Scribners, NY, no date, but copyright 1958. The Hudson River Edition, published in the 1970’s. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with only a small closed tear to the bottom of the dustjacket.

Bernskubrek Og Æskuprek ( My Early Life in Icelandic)

Bernskubrek Og Æskuprek ( My Early Life in Icelandic)

$150 – 1st Translation in Icelandic
Reykjavik, Snælandsútgáfan, 1944. Not mentioned by Cohen: this title came in both hardcover and unbound, i.e., a full-size softcover. To further complicate matters, the hardcover is seen in both a medium brown cloth and a dark red shade.This copy is bound in the medium brown cloth.

Mes Aventures de Jeunesse (My Early Life in French)

Mes Aventures de Jeunesse (My Early Life in French)

$150 – 1st French Edition
Payot, Paris, 1937. This first French edition was published in light green card covers, 359 pages, a few maps. A fine copy in the original glassine protection cover; pages are unopened…

My Early Life by W. Churchill – 1st American Signed

My Early Life by W. Churchill – 1st American Signed

$5,500 – Signed by Winston Churchill. Woods A37(b2), Cohen A91.2.b
First American Edition, second printing (1930) signed “Inscribed by Winston S. Churchill” (in ink on the flyleaf) along with a previous owner’s signature. A vg+ copy in original dust jacket, protected in a full red Morocco book like solander case…

My Early Life, A Roving Commission

My Early Life, A Roving Commission

$45
Scribner’s, NY, 1963? Scribner’s reprinted this title several times in the late 50’s and early 60’s. Most often seen are the paperback versions, but there were also hardcover versions, this being one of them.