A Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill, complete in three volumes, signed in each volume by the author.
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. Ronald Cohen's mammoth bibliographic effort reflects his singular experience as both a collector and bibliographer of Churchill's work. This set is not only in exceptional condition, but signed "Ronald I. Cohen" on each title page below the author's printed name.
While no bibliography is perfect and we have certainly sent emendations to Mr. Cohen over the years, we regard this as among the most diligent and comprehensive bibliographies available not just for Churchill, but for any author - which is all the more remarkable considering Churchill’s extraordinarily prolific output. The books are attractively bound in blue buckram with gilt stamping and red spine title boxes. The contents are printed on acid-free paper and each volume bears a red satin ribbon marker. This work is indispensable to any serious Churchill collector. That said, availability is limited, as publication was limited to 400 copies.
This set is in fine condition. The bindings are square, clean, tight, and unfaded with sharp corners and only a few trivial scuffs. The contents are immaculately bright and clean. Even the text block edges are bright, unblemished white.
Nearly 25 years of exhaustive research went into this three-volume, 2,183-page Bibliography of the Writings of Sir Winston Churchill. As a work of bibliography, it is worthy in scope and detail to its subject; Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and his rough tally of published work includes 58 books, 260 pamphlets, 840 articles, and 9,000 pages of speeches. No less an authority than Churchill's official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert, effusively praised Ron Cohen’'s work, calling it: "...a high point - and surely a peak - of Churchill bibliographic research... adding not only to the bibliographer's art, but to knowledge of Winston Churchill himself." Ron's Bibliography seeks to detail every single edition, issue, state, printing and variant of every printed work authored by, or with a contribution from, Winston S. Churchill. This includes full bibliographical descriptions and background on publications wholly by Churchill, his contributions to the published work of others, articles by Churchill in serial publications, reports of speeches by Churchill in other published works, and other categories of published Churchill contributions and communications. The result is a necessary and greatly improved replacement for Fredrick Woods' then-worthy, but limited and now quite dated bibliographic work on Churchill.
Bibliographic reference: Zoller A762. Item #008330
Price: $1,600.00