All Books, Pamphlets & Leaflets
"One of the Largest Private Collections to Come on the Market"
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)
Battle of Britain Souvenir Booklet
$120 – Foreword by Winston Churchill
BATTLE OF BRITAIN WEEK 1948 September 13th – September 19th. A 16-page souvenir booklet along with a 4-page detailed programme of the events for Battle of Britain Day. The Royal Air Force Association, Silloth Branch.
Exchange of Letters: Churchill, De Gaulle
$600 – Cohen A129, Cmd. 6220: 2 identical copies available
Exchange of Letters Between The Prime Minister and General De Gaulle Concerning the Organisation, Employment and Conditions of Service of the French Volunteer Force. HMSO Pamphlet. English text on left page, with French translation on the opposite page.
Københavens Universitets Promotionsfest
$100 – Woods Db83/1, Zoller 145
Official report of Churchill’s visit to Denmark in April 1950 to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Copenhagen. Much is in Danish, but the text of Churchill’s speech is in English.
Artists Aid China Exhibition
$800 – Woods B38/1, Cohen B85. Foreword by Winston Churchill
United Aid to China Fund was founded by Lady Isobel Cripps in 1940 to raise awareness and money to provide relief across war-torn China. A fine copy preserved in a maroon cloth covered solander case…
The Prince Consort’s Library
$100 – Woods B62, Cohen B170. Foreword by Sir Winston Churchill
The Prince Consort’s Library, Aldershot 1860 – 1960. A 40-page pamphlet published for the Centenary of the British Army’s main historical library at Aldershot, UK…
The Second Front and Mr. Churchill
$75
The Libya Debate. Speech of William Gallacher, Communist M.P., in the House of Commons, July 1st, 1942. A Fine, (clean, undamaged) 8pp pamphlet.
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.
Eddie Marsh, Sketches for a Composite Literary Portrait
$400 – Woods B51, Cohen B137. Foreword by Winston Churchill
A collection of short essays on Eddie Marsh, penned by friends and acquaintances upon his death. Contributors include Graham Sutherland, Walter de la Mare, Robert Graves, Somerset Maugham, etc.
Mark Twain and Dwight D. Eisenhower
$650 – Woods B52/2, Cohen B143. Signed by the Author, Cyril Clemens. Foreword by W. Churchill
28 page pamphlet. International Mark Twain Society, MO. 1953. Protected in a card chemise with title label to front and contained in a very nice ¾ red morocco Solander case with patterned paper boards, raised bands with contrasting title label.
The Eve of Action
$2,500 – Woods A98, Cohen A191.2
A verbatim report on Mr. Churchill’s speech delivered on the 22nd Feb. 1944 to the British House of Commons. A distinctly uncommon wartime publication preserved in an elegant custom-made buckram covered solander case…
The Employment Exchange Service of Great Britain
$100 – Foreword by Winston Churchill. Woods B25/1, Cohen B54.2
First Edition. With foreword by Winston Churchill. First in a series on administrative aspects of public employment insurance, commissioned by Industrial Relations Counselors, which today would be called a think-tank. Macmillan, 1934. Woods B25/1, Cohen B54.2
The Employment Exchange Service of Great Britain
$650 – Foreword by Winston Churchill. Woods B25/1, Cohen B54.2
First Edition with dust jacket. First in a series on administrative aspects of public employment insurance, commissioned by Industrial Relations Counselors, which today would be called a think-tank. Macmillan, 1934
CHURCHILL: Architect of Victory
$100 –
CHURCHILL: Architect of Victory by ‘WATCHMAN’ (pseudonym used by Samuel Vyvyan Trerice Adams). This 24-page pamphlet in red and yellow wraps publishes an essay based on the chapter “Mr. Winston Churchill” (with considerable additions) in the author’s book, Right Honourable Gentlemen.
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.
Rupert Brooke: Two Sonnets with Churchill’s Memoir
$800 – Cohen B94
Small booklet with 2 sonnets plus Winston S. Churchill’s Memoir of Rupert Brook. Churchill’s (eulogy) memoir was originally printed in The Times on April 26, 1915 two days after Brook’s death. Limited Edition. Protected in blue morocco solander case…
This is the Road
$250 – Introduction by Winston Churchill. Woods B48, Cohen B117
Pamphlet, with Introduction by the Leader of the Party, Winston Churchill, 19 January 1950. A fine copy of this Conservative Party pamphlet No. 4012. Preserved in ¾ navy blue morocco solander case with marbled boards and contrasting red morocco title label…
Highlights of Churchill
$350 – Cohen A184, Not in Woods
Scarce Australian pamphlet published during the Second World War. Contains excepts from Winston Churchill’s early war speeches. A fine collector copy…
Planning Victory – The Quebec Conference 1943
$120
The Quebec Conference – An Illustrated Report. Published by the National Film Board of Canada. Filled with photos of Winston Churchill, Clementine Churchill , Mary Churchill, FDR (Roosevelt) and other world leaders.
A United Europe: One Way to Stop a New War
$250 – Woods A117, Cohen A231
This pamphlet publishes the text of Churchill’s article ‘The Highroad of the Future’ which appeared in Collier’s magazine of 4th Jan. 1947.
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.
The Memoirs of Lord Ismay
$75 – Woods B60, Cohen B168
Tribute from Winston Churchill on page XI. Military memoirs of the man who was Churchill’s representative to the Chiefs of Staff during the war, with the usual tales of service abroad.
The Prince Consort’s Library
$400 – Woods B62, Cohen B170
Four Pamphlets celebrating the Centenary of the Prince Consort’s Library, located in Aldershot, UK. This Centenary Exhibition took place 24th Sep. – 8th Oct., 1960. All are As New and preserved in a impressive, custom-made solander case.
Taler I Danmark
$125 – Woods A129/4, Cohen A248, Langworth p298
This softcover book publishes the 3 speeches Churchill made during his visit to Denmark in 1950. The speeches were made in English but are translated into Danish in this book. For detailed discussion see Langworth p298…
My Ally
$475 – Woods D(a)6, Cohen A122.1
Uncommon Book by Winston Churchill with Many Newspaper Illustrations.
Portraits and Appreciations: Brendan Bracken
$125 – Woods B57/2, Cohen B160
Brendan Bracken 1901-1958 – Portraits and Appreciations. Privately published after Bracken’s untimely death at the age of 57. With Winston Churchill’s Tribute to Brendan Bracken plus many others…