London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This first edition set of Winston Churchill's biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, is noteworthy both for being a publisher’s presentation set and for superior condition. A small number of copies of this edition bear a one-inch circular “PRESENTATION..... More
London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a first edition set of Winston Churchill's biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. The first edition, only printing, is aesthetically pleasing, featuring deep red cloth, untrimmed page edges, gilt stamping, and the family coat of arms in..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1938. First Edition, only printing. Hardcover. This book is the precursor to Churchill’s great war speeches, the first edition, only printing – an unusually clean and bright unjacketed copy. Copies lacking the elusive and expensive original dust jacket are typically significantly worn and..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1995. Full leather. This is a handsome set of the beautiful, leather bound edition of the three volumes of correspondence between Winston S. Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt spanning 1933, the year FDR was inaugurated, to 1945, the year FDR died. Condition of all three volumes..... More
London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a first edition set of Winston Churchill's biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. The first edition, only printing, is aesthetically pleasing, featuring deep red cloth, untrimmed page edges, gilt stamping, and the family coat of arms in..... More
London: Sir Winston Churchill Trust, 2005. Limited and numbered edition. This is a limited and numbered lithograph of an original painting by Winston S. Churchill. The painting is titled “A Study of Boats”. The original was apparently painted circa 1933 (not 1939 as printed in the lower margin of this..... More
London: Macmillan and Company, 1906. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is The Times Book Club binding issue of the first edition of Lord Randolph Churchill.... When the British first edition was published, first edition sheets were acquired from Macmillan by The Times Book Club, slightly trimmed, more plainly bound..... More
New York: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1906. First U.S. edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the first U.S. edition, only printing, of Winston Churchill’s 1906 biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill. This U.S. edition is visually similar but aesthetically superior to its British counterpart, having gilt top page edges..... More
London: Macmillan and Company Limited, 1907. First one-volume edition. Hardcover. This is the 1907 first one-volume unabridged edition of Winston Churchill’s biography of his father. The British first edition was published in two volumes in 1906. In 1907, the publisher issued this one-volume edition, containing the full text of the..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition, only printing. Softcover. This humble, battered, late-nineteenth century paperback is the extravagantly rare “wraps” (paperback) colonial issue of the first edition, first printing, first state of Winston Churchill’s first book. This is arguably the most elusive among the many first edition issues..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. Second edition, second printing. Hardcover. This second and final printing of the Silver Library edition of Churchill's first book is notable for being a scarce binding variant in superior condition with interesting provenance, including both Churchill's alma mater and the British embassy in Paris..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. Second edition, Colonial Library issue, first printing. Hardcover. This is a scarce Colonial Library issue of Churchill's first book, the first printing of the Silver Library edition, one of only 360 copies bound thus. Colonial editions were produced in small numbers simultaneously with the..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. Hardcover. This is the first one-volume edition of Churchill's second book, The River War, originally published as a two-volume edition in 1899. In 1902 Churchill (by then a new member of Parliament) revised and abridged his text, adding a new Preface and excising much..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1898. First edition. Hardcover. This attractive, well-preserved, ex-library copy of the British first edition features compelling provenance. The front pastedown features a decorative “Ex Libris” bookplate handwritten “FROM: Col: F.W. Blood 1941". The facing front free endpaper recto is inked in five lines: "Presented by..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a collector-worthy first edition, first printing of Churchill's fourth published book. London to Ladysmith via Pretoria is the first of Churchill's two books based on his newspaper despatches sent from the front in South Africa. The British..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. This is the elusive U.S. first edition of Churchill's second book, increasingly scarce thus in the striking dust jacket. Originally published in England in 1899, this was one of the few Churchill books that did not see a U.S. first..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. Hardcover. This is the first one-volume edition of Churchill's second book. The River War was originally published as a two-volume edition in 1899. In 1902 Churchill (by then a new member of Parliament) revised and abridged his text, excising much of the criticism of..... More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933. Hardcover. This is the second printing of the bibliographically significant 1933 edition of Churchill's second book in the scarce early issue dust jacket. Originally published in 1899, The River War recounts Churchill's experiences and reflections concerning British involvement in the Sudan, including Churchill’s participation in..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. Second edition, second printing. Hardcover. This second and final printing of the Silver Library edition of Churchill's first book is notable for being a scarce binding variant and for intriguing provenance. The Silver Library edition was the first to incorporate the author's corrections in the..... More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1941. Hardcover. This collectible Second World War reprint of The River War features the elusive dust jacket. Originally published in 1899, The River War recounts Churchill's experiences and reflections concerning British involvement in the Sudan, including Churchill’s participation in “the last great British cavalry charge”. In..... More
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd., 1916. Third edition. Hardcover. This is the Shilling Library edition, notable for both superior condition and the presence of the striking front face of the exceptionally rare original dust jacket. This title was Churchill's first book, recounting his experiences while attached to Sir Bindon..... More
Toronto: The Copp, Clark Company, Ltd., 1900. First Canadian edition. Hardcover. This is a collector-worthy Canadian first edition of Churchill's fourth published book. Both U.S. and Canadian editions were published in June 1900. The Canadian is the scarcest of the three English-language first editions. This Canadian edition was bound in..... More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933. Hardcover. This is the first printing of the bibliographically significant 1933 edition of Churchill's second book in the scarce dust jacket. Originally published in 1899, The River War recounts Churchill's experiences and reflections concerning British involvement in the Sudan, including Churchill’s participation in “the last..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. Second edition, second printing. Hardcover. This is the second and final printing of the Silver Library edition of Churchill's first book, notable for being a scarce binding variant. This Silver Library edition was the first to incorporate the author's corrections in the text, making..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. Second edition, final printing. Hardcover. This is the second and final printing of the Silver Library edition of Churchill's first book, notable for being a scarce binding variant. The Silver Library edition was the first to incorporate the author's corrections in the text, making..... More