All Books, Pamphlets & Leaflets

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PLEASE NOTE:

All Books includes Winston Churchill plus other authors.

Books by Churchill includes books of Churchill’s Speeches.

Books Signed include all signed books, primarily Winston Churchill but others, including F. M. Montgomery, Martin Gilbert, Randolph Churchill etc.

Books Signed & Inscribed are a subset of All Books.

Contributions includes books with a Foreword, Introduction, Eulogy etc. written by Winston Churchill (typically Woods / Cohen B items)

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.

Churchill Speech: Blackpool

$600 – Woods A115, Cohen A228
Speech delivered by Winston Churchill at a Mass Meeting, Winter Gardens, Blackpool: Saturday 5th Oct. 1946. Preserved in a maroon cloth covered clamshell box with leather spine label. Rust marks from staples and a vertical fold in the center otherwise a v.g. copy.

Wanstead Through the Ages: Churchill Contribution

$750 – With a message to youth by The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill. Not in Cohen. Signed by the Author
With a message to the youth by The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, O.M., C.H., M.P. Author: Winifred V Philips. Illustrations by Arthur Parsons. Limited edition. this is #88 of 100…

4th The Queen’s Royal Regiment

$800 – Foreword by Winston Churchill. Woods B18/1, Cohen B48
4th The Queen’s Royal Regiment, An Unofficial War History by Captain Ronald Bannerman, M.C. 1931. 2 versions. deluxe leather bound edition with gilt edges and marbled endpapers & trade edition.

Churchill Speech: The Days Ahead

$450 – Woods A127, Cohen A244
Speech by the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, O.M., C.H., M.P. 20pp. plus wraps with an half tone photograph of the crowd at Ibrox Park Stadium on the front cover…

World Crisis: Signed by Winston Churchill

$55,000 – Signed & Inscribed by Winston Churchill
World Crisis by Winston Churchill. Butterworth 1923-1931. 6 Vol Set. 5 of the 6 Vols Signed by Winston Churchill, inscribed to Ettie (Lady Destborough) the wife of 1st Baron Desborough.

Churchill Pamphlet: Anvers, Histoire Du Siege Et De La Chute De La Place

$800 – Not in Woods, Cohen A47/1
This scarce pamphlet translates Winston Churchill’s articles on the fall of Antwerp from the Sunday Pictorial of 19 and 26 November 1916 (see Woods C49-50) into French and publishes them as a separate work.

Churchill Speech: Navy Estimates

$1,000 – Not in Woods or Cohen but same speech as Woods A21, Cohen A37
Speech by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, on Navy Estimates March 18th, 1912. A dusty copy of a very scarce pamphlet. 15pp. HMSO, 1912

Churchill Speech: On Making The Financial Statement, 1925

$1,500 – Cohen A77
Churchill’s Speech from April 28 1925: On Making The Financial Statement, extracted from the Official Report of The Parliamentary Debates. Printed by H.M. Stationary Office. 1925. 30pp.

Second World War: Japanese 1st Edn Signed by Churchill in all 24 Vols

$37,500 – All 24 vols signed by Winston Churchill
Total of 26 vols. First Japanese editions, signed by Churchill in each of 24 volumes. vol. 23 inscribed “Winston S. Churchill for Emery Reves 1955”.
Original maroon cloth, spines lettered gilt, front (back) covers with facsimile signature…

Churchill Address: Congress May, 1943

$450
Text of the address given by Mr Winston Churchill before a joint session of the Congress of the United States, at Washington, D. C. on May 19th, 1943. Press Service Copy issued by the British Information Services…

Message From Mr. Churchill

$500 – Not in Woods
A scarce Broadside, preserved in a green cloth covered flap case with a red leather title label on front cover. This message from Winston Churchill dated Sept 19, 1941 to Colegate (Conservative Party) was written 7 days before The Wrekin by-election held on Sept 26, 1941…

Rebuilding the House of Commons: An Account of the Opening Ceremony 26 Oct. 1950

$75 –
Illustrated softcover book commemorates the official; “Opening of the New Chamber” by King George VI. An Account of the opening Ceremony 26 October, 1950. Green wraps match the original hard cover version with its green boards. Gilt lettering on front cover, again matching the hard cover version.

Liaison 1914

$650 – Preface by Winston Churchill. Woods B13, Cohen B41.1
First Edition. Author: E. L. Spears. Young Lt. Spears was assigned as liaison officer to the French Army in 1914 and saw firsthand what happened in the first year of the war. He later rose to rank of Brigadier General.

Amid These Storms

$1,200 – Woods/A39(ba), Cohen A95.2, Langworth p.158
The American title for Churchill’s Thoughts and Adventures. First American Edition. Printed from the English plates with changes only to prelims. Hard cover with dust jacket.

The Gathering Storm: Inscribed, Signed by Winston Churchill

$6,000 – Inscribed & Signed by the Author, Winston Churchill. Cohen A240.1(1).c
The Second World War, The Gathering Storm by Winston Churchill. First (American) edition, Vol. 1 First edition, third printing. 1948. Riverside Press. With original dust jacket.

Great Contemporaries: 1st Edn

$1,500 – Woods A43(a), Cohen A105.1.a
First Edition, First State: Book by Winston Churchill beautifully bound by Asprey of Bond Street in full red morocco with gilt tooling to front and rear boards and gilt panelling to spine. Marbled endpapers. Gilt edges.

Churchill Pamphlet: INDIA The Great Betrayal

$750 – Woods A40/1, Cohen A99
Pamphlet with the text of an address broadcast on 29th January, 1935 by the Rt. Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill entitled The Great Betrayal. First edition, only printing (1935).

The Legion Book: with Churchill’s Signature

$22,500 – Signed by Winston Churchill + many others. Woods B12(a), Cohen B38.1
Lavish Production. First Edition, #73 of 100, on hand-made paper for the Prince of Wales to give as gifts. With Winston Churchill’s signature + 88 notable authors, artists, Prime Ministers…

The People’s Insurance: D. Lloyd George

$300
The People’s Insurance Explained by the Right Honourable D. Lloyd George. M.P. Second Edition, Revised & Updated: containing the Text of The Insurance Bill as Amended in the House of Commons.

Churchill Pamphlet: Shall We Commit Suicide?

$1,000 – Woods A33, Cohen A74.1
A Very Fine copy of the First Edition of this 1924 printing of Winston Churchill’s article: Shall We Commit Suicide? Eilert Printing Company…

The River War: 1st Edn. 1st Printing

$9,500 – Woods A2(a), Cohen A2.1.a, Langworth p29
Here’s a near fine set of the River War, 2 Vols, large 8tvo., original dark blue cloth with gilt vignette of gunboat on upper covers. While not too difficult to find, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to acquire a set in this condition…

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