First Editions – Winston Churchill
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
Chasing Churchill – The Travels of Winston Churchill
$100 – Zoller a704. First American Edition. Signed by the Author, Celia Sandys.
First American Edition – Signed by the Author, Celia Sandys, Winston Churchill’s Granddaughter. 2003. Illustrated with maps and many color and b&w photographs. Book and Dustjacket both AS NEW.
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.
Khaki and Gown: First Edition
$125 – Woods B36, Cohen B75.1. Foreword by Churchill. First Edn.
An autobiography by an ‘old soldier’ with tales of adventure from all over the world. The “gown” refers to his later years as Master of Peterhouse at Cambridge. Churchill served with Birdwood in the Boer War…
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.
The River War by Winston Churchill
$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.
The Royal Naval Division
$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.
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.
Savrola: First American Edition
$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…
Great Contemporaries: 1st American Printing
$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…
The American Civil War, PROOF COPY
$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.
The People’s Rights: Winston Churchill
$1850 – Woods/ICS A16(ab), Cohen A31.2.b
Hodder & Stoughton, London, (1910). This is a first English softcover edition second state with two appendices and no index. Protected in a full red Morocco Solander case with gilt title to spine.
Step by Step: W. Churchill
$600 – 1st American Edition. Woods/ICS A45b. Cohen A111.2
Published two months after the First Edition and about a week before war broke out. The first American edition is a larger production, although it lacks the folding map of Europe.
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 W. Churchill: Reprint Society 1944
$50
The Reprint Society, London, 1944. A nicely produced edition for members of this book club. Smaller than firsts at 5 x 7.5 inches. Bound in cream cloth, titles in shiny gilt on a black spine label.
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
$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.
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: 3rd Keystone Printing
$400
The 3rd Keystone Library printing of Churchill’s autobiography. The same setting and binding style as the first edition, but cloth is a lilac shade, and the front cover lacks the titling.
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.
My Early Life by W. Churchill: 1st Edn
$3500 – Woods A37(aa), Cohen A91.1.a. Langworth p.131; Woods A37(ab2), Cohen A91.1,d; Woods A37(ab3), Cohen A91.1.e; Woods A37(ab4), Cohen A91.1.f; Woods A37(ab5), Cohen A91.1.g; Woods A37(ab6), Cohen A91.1
Six impressions of the Thornton Butterworth First Edition of My Early Life, all with fine replica dustjackets. Great shelf appearance…
My Early Life by Winston Churchill: 1st English Keystone
$800 – Cohen A91.3.a, Woods A37a
February 1934, First English Keystone Library Edition (First Impression) Thornton Butterworth Ltd. [London]. A near fine copy in dustjacket…
My African Journey – 1st Edn
$6,000 – Woods A12, Cohen A27.3, Langworth p81
This is the rare variant First Edition with card wraps in custom full red morocco clamshell book-like box…
Wall Street: Histoire de la Bourse de New-York
$200 – Not in Woods, Cohen B40
Wall Street: Histoire De La Bourse De New-York Des Origines A 1930. Contains a preface by Winston Churchill, which is not present in the English edition. Payot, Paris, 1930. Usual French card covers, 234 pages, index, large fold out graph at end. Protected in custom-made solander case…
It Happened Here: Civil Defence in Wanstead & Woodford WWII
$100 – Cohen B105.1
Issued by the Borough Council of Wanstead & Woodford in 1948: Includes facsimile letter from Churchill dated 20 May 1947. Pictorial card covers, 84 pages and folding street plan in the rear