New York: British Library of Information, 1941. Pamphlet. This early wartime pamphlet, published in August 1941, is both aesthetically striking and testimony to the vital British effort to court the American public. This 8-page, wire-stitched pamphlet has a front cover printed in blue, red, and black, with a prominent “V”..... More
Fulton, Missouri: Westminster College, 1972. Pamphlet. Just eight months after Labour outpaced Winston Churchill’s Conservatives in the 1945 general election, ousting Churchill from 10 Downing Street and ending his five years of wartime leadership, Churchill was invited to deliver a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri on 5 March..... More
New York: British Information Services, 1944. Pamphlet. This original Second World War pamphlet was part of Britain’s effort to communicate to Americans that “Lend-Lease is not a one-way street” by sharing “Examples of British aid to the United States”. This wartime survivor printed on brittle, acidic paper is only in..... More
London: Herbert Heather, 1920. Magazine, wire-stitched. This original 29 December 1920 issue of Punch magazine contains a political cartoon featuring Winston Churchill at p.512. Titled “ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT”, the cartoon features Churchill in the company of “Mr. Bonar Law, Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Shortt, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Neal, Sir Eric..... More
Livadia Palace, Crimea: U.S. Army Signal Corps, 1945. Photograph. This wartime photograph features British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin at the Yalta conference, held from 4 to 11 February 1945. This meeting, the final conference of these three wartime leaders..... More
San Francisco: Ransohoffs (printed by Grabhorn Press), 1940. First edition. Hardcover. This is an unusual, scarce, and striking wartime edition of Churchill's speeches. It contains seven of Churchill's speeches from 1940, including "Blood Toil Tears and Sweat" and "The Few". This is the first appearance in volume form of these..... More
Tehran: 1943. Photograph. This wartime photograph features British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin at the Tehran conference, held from 28 November to 1 December 1943. Many images were taken of this moment when the “Big Three” posed for the press..... More
Livadia Palace, Crimea: 1945. Photograph. This wartime photograph features British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin at the Yalta conference, held from 4 to 11 February 1945 – the final months of the war in Europe, of FDR’s life, and of..... More
London: The Educational Book Company, Ltd., 1956. Chartwell (First Illustrated) Edition. Hardcover. This is the first illustrated edition, which was published contemporaneously with the first edition and is known as "The Chartwell Edition." This is a particularly handsome edition of Churchill’s sweeping history and last great work. This edition is..... More
Contoocook, New Hampshire: Churchill Literary Foundation, 1987. First and Limited Edition. Full leather. This is the first book publication, the finely bound limited first edition, copy #113 of 500 hand-numbered copies. The Dream is Churchill's revealing essay about a ghostly reunion with his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, in which Winston..... More
London: David Nutt, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. This first edition, first issue, final binding state of the author’s second published book is inscribed by Frost in black ink in four lines on the front free endpaper recto: "To Gladys C. Combes | from | Robert Frost | Amherst April 1935”..... More
San Francisco: Gump's Department Store, 1985. Limited Edition, signed. Hardcover. This is a limited edition of Churchill's famous work on painting, number 397 of 500, signed by Churchill’s namesake grandson, Winston Spencer Churchill (1940-2010). In 1985 this limited edition was produced by Gump's, the famous San Francisco department store. Limited..... More
10 Downing Street, London: 1943. This wartime letter is a facsimile printing of a handwritten letter by Clementine Churchill, printed on both sides of a piece of 10 Downing Street stationery. The date and name were added in ink by an unknown, likely secretarial, hand. The letter reads in full..... More
London: Copyright Fox Photos Ltd., published by The Daily Telegraph, 1 July 1943. Photograph. This item from The Daily Telegraph archives is both quite unusual and quite striking – a triptych of Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill comprised of three wartime photographs taken on 30 June 1943 at the luncheon..... More
London: Keystone View Company, 6 October 1937. Photograph. This original press photo captures the improbable spectacle of Winston Churchill and Ernst Bohle - the leader of the Organization of the Nazi Party Abroad - smiling together outside of Churchill’s London residence on 1 October 1937. This press photo belonged to..... More
London: Copyright British Official Photograph issued by Photograph News Agencies, Ltd., published by The Daily Telegraph, 30 November 1943. Photograph. This is an original wartime "British Official Photograph" featuring U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill on Churchill’s 69th birthday, 30..... More
London: Copyright by Keystone View Co., published by the Evening Standard, 1 September 1927. Photograph. This original press photograph shows Winston S. Churchill and General Sir Alexander Godley inspecting the tanks of the newly formed Experimental Mechanized Force on 31 August 1927. This press photo once belonged the Evening Standard’s..... More
London: British Official Photograph, Crown Copyright Reserved, supplied by BIPPA, 10 June 1942. Photograph. This original wartime press photograph captures Prime Minister Winston Churchill in May 1943 giving his “V” sign to cheering sailors as he disembarks the Queen Mary in New York after crossing the Atlantic for his third..... More
London: British Official Photograph, issued by Photographic News Agencies, Ltd., published by The Daily Telegraph, 27 August 1942. Photograph. This original press photograph captures Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, General Alexander, and General Montgomery, the two commanders he had just promoted, at Montgomery’s Egypt headquarters on 19 August 1942. The..... More
London: British Official Photograph issued by Photographic News Agencies, Ltd., published by The Daily Telegraph, 25 July 1945. Photograph. This original press photo captures the Churchill, Stalin, and Truman at the Potsdam conference, just three days before Churchill was replaced as wartime Prime Minister. The gelatin silver print on matte..... More
London: British Official Photograph issued by Photographic News Agencies Ltd., published by The Daily Telegraph, 25 July 1945. Photograph. This original press photograph captures Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill and President Harry S. Truman at the Potsdam Conference. The gelatin silver print on matte photo paper measures 6 x 8..... More
London: U.S. Official Photograph issued via the U.S. Office of War Information, 14 June 1944. Photograph. This original press photo captures Winston S. Churchill in sunglasses, cigar in hand, crossing the English Channel aboard the HMS Kelvin on 12 June 1944 for Montgomery’s headquarters in Normandy shortly after the D-Day..... More
London: British Official Photograph issued by Photographic News Agencies, Ltd., published by The Daily Telegraph, 1943. Photograph. This original “British Official Photograph” captures British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill presenting a sword from King George VI to Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin on 29 November 1943 during their conference in Tehran..... More
London: Copyrighted by The Associated Press, published by The Daily Telegraph, 18 May 1942. Photograph. This original press photograph captures Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill on 16 May 1942 delivering a speech at Leeds announcing a turning point of the war. The gelatin silver print on matte photo paper measures..... More
Stockholm: Svenska Dagbladets, 10 January 1952. Photograph. This original press photo captures Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill and President Harry S. Truman aboard the Presidential yacht Williamsburg on 5 January 1952. The gelatin silver print on glossy photo paper measures 6 x 8 in (15.3 x 20.3 cm). Condition is..... More
