London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1935. First edition. Periodical. This is the original and unexpurgated appearance of Churchill’s famous article about Hitler, titled here “The Truth About Hitler”. Published in the November 1935 issue of The Strand Magazine, Vol. XC, No. 539, this was the headline, featured article, prominently advertised in..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1931. First edition. Periodical. This is the only published appearance of Winston Churchill’s substantial essay “The American Mind and Ours”. After this appearance in the August 1931 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. LXXXII, No. 488), we find no record of any subsequent printings of this..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a British first edition, first printing of Churchill's much-praised collection of insightful essays about 21 leading personalities of the day - including the likes of Lawrence, Shaw, and, most famously, Hitler. This copy is good plus, a sound... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1931. First edition. Periodical. This March, 1931 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. LXXXI, No. 483) contains the first appearance of Winston Churchill’s essay “If I Lived My Life Again”, published prior to its inclusion in Thoughts and Adventures. In this article - part time travel..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1931. First edition. Periodical. This September, 1931 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. LXXXI, No. 484) contains the first appearance of Winston Churchill’s article “Some Election Memories”, published prior to its inclusion in Thoughts and Adventures. In this article Churchill begins by asserting his well-earned authority..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1931. First edition. Periodical. This February, 1931 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. LXXXI, No. 482) contains the first appearance of Winston Churchill’s essay “Men Who Have Influenced or Impressed Me”, published prior to its inclusion in Thoughts and Adventures. The subject characters of the piece..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1931. First edition. Periodical. This May, 1931 of The Strand Magazine (Vol. LXXXI, No. 485) contains the first appearance of Winston Churchill’s essay “Mass Effects in Modern Life”, published prior to its inclusion in Thoughts and Adventures (1932). Here Churchill examines the massive societal shift that... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1939. First edition. Periodical. This August, 1939 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. XCVII, No. 584) contains the first published appearance of Winston Churchill’s portrait of his eventual successor as Prime Minister, Anthony Eden (1897-1977). Educated at Eton and Christ Church Oxford, Eden served on the... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1933. First edition. Periodical. This is the first appearance of Churchill's article "Great Fighters in Lost Causes" in The Strand Magazine, Vol. LXXXV, No 507, of March, 1933. "The figure of a valiant champion of a lost cause faithfully struggling to the end against irresistible odds... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1930. First edition. Periodical. This December, 1930 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. LXXX, No. 480) contains the first British appearance of Winston Churchill’s portrait of French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929), published prior to its inclusion in Great Contemporaries (1937). The biographies of Churchill and... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1931. First edition. Periodical. This April, 1931 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. LXXXI, No. 484) contains the first appearance of Winston Churchill’s character study of Prime Minister Arthur Balfour (1848-1930), published prior to its appearance in Great Contemporaries. In this article Churchill writes warmly of... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1936. First edition. Periodical. This May, 1936 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. XCI, No. 545) contains the first publication of Winston Churchill’s essay “Queen of the Seas” about the legendary ocean liner the Queen Mary. When the Queen Mary launched her maiden voyage on 27... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1937. First edition. Periodical. This May, 1937 special issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. XCIII, No. 557) commemorating the Coronation of George VI contains the first published appearance of Winston Churchill’s essay on the King. The authorial distance of the article belies the remarkably close relationship... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1936. First edition. Periodical. This October, 1936 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. XCI, No. 550) contains the first published appearance of Winston Churchill’s portrait of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891). Here Churchill paints a picture of the life and career of one of the... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1931. Periodical. Here we offer a magazine appearance of Churchill’s essay “Alfonso the Unlucky” published half a decade prior to its inclusion in Great Contemporaries (1937). Churchill's character profile of King Alfonso XIII of Spain was written the year the King fled his country, effectively abdicating..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1938. First edition. Periodical. This February, 1938 issue of The Strand Magazine (Vol. XCIV, No. 566) contains the first publication of Winston Churchill’s essay “Women in War”. Within this essay Churchill wrestles with the “unnatural” nature of women participating in combat in light of the necessities..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., 1937. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a British first edition, first printing of Churchill's much-praised collection of insightful essays about 21 leading personalities of the day - including the likes of Lawrence, Shaw, and, most famously, Hitler. This copy is in good condition, sound... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed first American edition, first printing of Churchill's last book published before the outbreak of the Second World War. Step By Step includes 82 newspaper articles focused on foreign affairs written by Churchill at... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1933. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a remarkably clean full set of four British first edition, first printings in complete first printing dust jackets. We rarely offer sets of this caliber. Winston Churchill's monumental biography of John Churchill, the first Duke... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1933. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is an excellent full set of four British first edition, first printings in first printing dust jackets. We are seldom able to assemble sets of this caliber. Winston Churchill's monumental biography of John Churchill, the first... More
Reno, Nevada: Jack Bacon & Company, 2009. First edition, limited and numbered. Leather_bound. This is a signed and numbered limited edition collection of more than 50 photographs from the historic Apollo 11 mission, each captioned by Buzz Aldrin with a foreword by former NASA Flight Director Eugene F. Kranz. The... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1966. First editions. Hardcover. This is a full, British first edition set of the eight main text volumes of the Official Biography of Winston S. Churchill. This set is of interest both for condition and provenance. Laid into the volumes we found two presentation letters from... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1923. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a full British first edition, first printing set of Winston Churchill’s history of the First World War. Churchill played a critical, controversial, and varied role in the First World War and his remarkable experience underpins his epic, six-volume..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1948. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a full, 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. This is an atypically clean set with superior... 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. During his long public life, Winston Churchill played many roles worthy of note - Member of... More
