London: The Times Publishing Company, Limited, 1943. The Times edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This wartime pamphlet edition published by The Times is the first standalone publication of Winston Churchill’s wartime broadcast of 21 March 1943 from Chequers, the Prime Minister’s country home. Composed of 8 pages, wire-stitched, in self-wrappers, this..... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1941. British Library of Information edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This is the British Library of Information edition, only printing, of Churchill's famous 9 February 1941 "Give us the tools and we will finish the job" speech, directed toward the American public as the..... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1940. British Library of Information edition, only printing. Leaflet. This is the first edition, only printing of Churchill's October 21, 1940 broadcast speech to the French people. This speech was made from the Cabinet War Rooms very close to the end of the..... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1941. First edition, only printing. Leaflet. This is the first edition, only printing of Churchill's January 9, 1941 speech to the Pilgrims Society (referred to as "the Pilgrims" in the title on the cover) welcoming Lord Halifax as British Ambassador to the United..... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1940. First edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This is the first edition, only printing of Churchill's December 23, 1940 address to the Italian People. The end of 1940 found Britain having escaped the imminent threat of invasion, but nonetheless beleaguered and pinning many hopes..... More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1930. First edition. Paperback. Here is a scarce and interesting 1930 Churchill speech pamphlet publication. The Romanes Lecture is a prestigious public lecture given annually since 1892 at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, England. The lecture series was founded by and named for Darwinian biologist George..... More
Unknown: none stated: British government, presumed, 1940. Presumed first and only edition. Leaflet. This wartime leaflet is the French-language issue of British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill’s 21 October 1940 broadcast speech to the French people. This is the only example we have ever encountered. Owing to the perishable nature..... More
New York: The British Library of Information, 1940. British Library of Information edition, only printing. Pamphlet. This is the elusive first U.S. edition of one of Churchill's most famous speeches, delivered in the House of Commons during the Battle of Britain on 20 August, 1940. Midsummer of 1940, just months..... More
London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1945. "Political edition," only printing. Pamphlet. This is the only printing of the "Political" edition of this striking wartime speech pamphlet. Published in April, 1945, by the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, this was a campaign piece for the forthcoming..... More
London: Friends of Europe, 1938. First and only edition. Pamphlet. This 1938 pamphlet captures one of the signal ruptures in the Conservative Party Government over the appeasement policies of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the eve of the Second World War. Specifically, according to the publisher’s note, this pamphlet publishes..... More
London: International Churchill Societies, 1994. Second Edition. Pamphlet. This important Churchill essay was originally published in pamphlet form in 1924. Here is the 1994 edition published by the International Churchill Societies - still uncommon and desirable, but fortunately neither as scarce nor as expensive as the original 1924 edition. Churchill's..... More
New York: British Library of Information, 1941. Pamphlet. This pamphlet contains excerpts from 51 addresses by British leaders including Chamberlain, Churchill, and the King. There is no publisher or publication date printed, but Cohen (Vol. II, D82, p. 1539) specifies the publisher as the British Library of Information and the..... More
Admiralty House, London: 1912. This handsomely framed item features a typed, hand-emended, and signed 15 August 1912 letter from then-First Lord of the Admiralty Winston S. Churchill on his Admiralty stationery to his newly-appointed Naval Advisor to the Turkish Navy, British Rear-Admiral Arthur Limpus. The letter encapsulates Churchill’s expectations and ambitions regarding..... More
London: Library of Imperial History, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. This is a full, four volume set of the first and only edition of Winston S. Churchill’s Collected Essays. This set is triply noteworthy – for exceptional condition, for a binding variation, and for being signed in the House of Commons..... More
Contoocook, New Hampshire: Churchill Literary Foundation, 1994. Limited issue of the second edition. Full leather. The Dream is Churchill's revealing essay about a ghostly reunion with his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, in which Winston recounts world events that have transpired since his father's death - without revealing his own role..... More
London: Dorothy Wilding Portraits Limited, 1943. Photograph. This is a signed original studio print of Dorothy Wilding’s striking Second World War portrait of Clementine S. Churchill, wife of then-wartime British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill. The portrait is signed and dated “Clementine S. Churchill | 1945” on the mount. The..... More
London & New York: Thoemmes Continuum, an imprint of The Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the definitive bibliography of Sir Winston Churchill's published writings. This particular set is noteworthy not only for being complete and in superior condition, but also for being signed..... More
London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994. British edition, reprint. Hardcover. This is an early reprint of the British first edition, inscribed and dated by the author on the title page. The inscription, boldly inked in black in four lines on the lower title page reads “For Donald Coleman | with best wishes |..... More
9 East 40th Street, New York: TIME, Incorporated, 1923. First edition. Periodical. This is a complete collection of each of Winston S. Churchill's seven appearances on the cover of TIME Magazine, spanning 14 April 1923 to 5 November 1951, including the scarce 1923 and 1925 issues. In the 1920s, TIME..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition. Paperback. This is the first edition of this early collection of Churchill's speeches. The People's Rights was most commonly issued in an exceptionally perishable form, in vividly hued, thin, yellow-orange paper wraps (with a halftone photo of Churchill on the cover) and contents..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1939. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed first edition, first printing of an important Churchill title - his last book published before the outbreak of the Second World War. This British first edition, first printing is an unusually bright and clean collector-worthy copy..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1915. Sevenpenny Library edition. Hardcover. This is the first state of the 1915 Hodder & Stoughton “Sevenpenny Library Edition” of Churchill's third book and only novel, extremely scarce thus in the strikingly illustrated dust jacket. This is an aesthetically pleasing little book measuring 6.625 inches tall..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1900. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is the British first edition of Churchill's third published book and only novel. Of note, this is one of the few Churchill books for which the U.S. edition is the true first edition. The British first edition was..... More
London: Longmans Green & Co., 1900. Colonial issue of the first edition, first printing. Hardcover. This well-worn survivor is a rare prize – the first edition, first printing, Colonial issue of Winston Churchill’s only novel, far rarer than its U.S. or British first edition counterparts. Only 1,670 Colonial editions were..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1930. First edition, first printing, first state, second binding state. Hardcover. This is the first edition, first printing, first state, of Churchill's autobiography. My Early Life sold very well at the time and has seen a great many editions since, many of them collectible in their..... More