London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. Hardcover. This is the editor’s copy of the first one-volume edition of Churchill’s second book. The River War recounts Churchill's experience and perspectives on British involvement in the Sudan and his participation in “the last great British cavalry charge”. The title pages of both the..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First U.S. edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is an unusually clean, jacketed example of the U.S. first edition, only printing. Churchill's collection of 23 engaging essays on an incredibly wide variety of subjects has been called "The broadest range of Churchill's thought between hard..... More
England: Copeland/Spode, 1941. This is a handsome piece of Churchilliana, an illustrated jug produced by Copeland/Spode in 1941. A large piece at 7.5 inches tall, it was produced under wartime restrictions. One side of the pitcher features a cameo of Churchill with a warship to his left, a tank to..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, only printing of My African Journey, Churchill's travelogue on Britain's possessions in East Africa, written while he was serving as Undersecretary of State for the Colonies. The first edition is striking, with a vivid..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1938. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, only printing of the fourth and final volume of Churchill's Marlborough. This final volume covers the years 1708 to 1722, chronicling the decline of Marlborough and the apparent frustration of..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the fifth and penultimate volume of Churchill's Marlborough: His Life and Times, the U.S. first edition in the uniform issue blue and gold dust jacket. The British first edition was issued in four volumes. The U.S. publisher..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1944. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition, first printing of the fourth volume of Winston Churchill's War Speeches, containing Churchill's speeches from 1943. Here the oratory takes a more positive tone as Churchill and the Allies begin to anticipate victory. Condition..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1941. First edition, first printing, first state. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, first printing of the first volume of Churchill's famous war speeches, containing speeches spanning May 1938 to November 1940, the height of appeasement and Churchill’s political isolation to the first..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1945. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing, of the fifth of Churchill's war speeches volumes. This volume publishes his speeches made during 1944 – the year that included the D-Day Normandy landings and decisive turns in favor of the..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, first printing of the first volume of Churchill's famous war speeches, containing speeches spanning May 1938 to November 1940, the height of appeasement and Churchill’s political isolation to the first six months..... More
Chartwell, Westerham, Kent: October, 1959. This is an original facsimile signed letter from Winston S. Churchill thanking “voluntary Conservative workers” for their help during the October 1959 British General Election. This was last British election Churchill contested, which saw him reelected a final time as MP for Woodford for his..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1948. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a superior six-volume jacketed set of British first editions of The Second World War, Churchill's history of the epic 20th Century struggle that was so indelibly stamped by his leadership. Jacketed British first edition sets in marginal..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1948. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a superior six-volume jacketed set of British first editions of The Second World War, Churchill's history of the epic 20th Century struggle that was so indelibly stamped by his leadership. Jacketed British first edition sets in marginal..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1952. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed, first printing set of the three-volume "definitive" edition of Churchill's war speeches, published during Churchill's second and final premiership. In 1952, the publisher reissued the seven War Speeches volumes as a new, three-volume edition. This..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1948. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a six-volume jacketed set of British first editions of The Second World War, Churchill's history of the epic 20th Century struggle that was so indelibly stamped by his leadership. Jacketed British first edition sets in marginal condition..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1956. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a full, four-volume British first edition, first printing set of Churchill's sweeping history and last great work. This first edition is regarded as one of the most beautiful productions of Churchill's works, with tall red volumes and..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1956. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a full, four-volume British first edition, first printing set of Churchill's sweeping history and last great work. This first edition is regarded as one of the most beautiful productions of Churchill's works, with tall red volumes and..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1992. Full leather. These four volumes are the striking, full leather Easton Press edition of Churchill's sweeping history and last great work. This set features full navy blue leather bindings with hubbed spines, twin red spine labels, and elaborate gilt decoration. The contents are printed on..... More
Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books. First edition, sixth printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed first edition, sixth printing of Dune, signed twice by Frank Herbert. The author characteristically signed on the title page, crossing out his printed name and signing “Frank Herbert” along the slope of the stylized sand..... More
Chartwell, Westerham, Kent: 1955. This typed, signed letter from Winston Churchill to Desmond Flower of Cassell – the wartime and postwar publisher of all of Churchill’s book-length works – symbolically affirms Churchill’s paramount importance to his publisher. The letter is typed on a single sheet of Churchill’s Chartwell stationery. The..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, third printing. Hardcover. This homely copy is rendered exceptional by the extravagantly rare dust jacket. This is the first edition, third printing of Churchill’s only and extremely popular autobiography, published in November 1930, swiftly following the first and second printings of October. The..... More
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1994. Full leather. This is a signed and magnificently bound British first edition of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, which he began writing clandestinely in prison in 1974 and finished in the 1990s after his release. The striking and potentially singular binding - clearly a custom commission..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. This is a full, four-volume set of the publisher’s signed, limited, and numbered issue of the first edition of Carl Sandburg’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. Distinct from the first trade edition, the publisher issued 525 copies..... More
Washington, D.C. Copyright Harris & Ewing Photographic News Service, 1954. Photograph. This original press photograph captures Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill on 25 June 1954 being greeted by U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon upon arrival at Washington Airport for Churchill's final visit to the White House as Prime Minister. The..... More
London: U.S. Official Photograph, published by The Daily Telegraph, 1944. Photograph. This original Second World War press photograph captures Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill crossing the English Channel aboard the HMS Kelvin on 12 June 1944 for Montgomery’s headquarters in Normandy shortly after the D-Day landings. The image is compelling..... More